All Alexandr-ova for Sabalenka in Doha
IT WAS the result no one saw coming. Despite winning in Linz a fortnight ago, Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova was given little to no hope of beating the best hardcourt player in the world in Aryna Sabalenka in Doha, but then the world number 26 tore up the script. In a match that had to be […]
Parks piles on pain for Shnaider in Doha
AMERICAN qualifier Alycia Parks caused a huge boilover against 11th seed Diana Shnaider to reach the second round of the 2025 Qatar Open overnight. The hard-hitting but often inconsistent Parks smashed her way to victory as one of three unseeded players to knock off seeded opponents. Parks won 6-4 7-6 in 95 minutes, blowing her […]
Muchova Czechs into quarter finals
TOP SEED Karolina Muchova is through to the quarter finals of the 2025 Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament after a commanding 6-2 6-3 triumph over Spanish qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo. The overwhelming favourite for the event since second seed Elina Svitolina was knocked out, Muchova made light work of the counter-punching Sorribes Tormo to win […]
Magic Martic holds off lucky Lys
IN her first match as a Top 100 player, German young gun Eva Lys was unable to overcome a hungry Petra Martic at the WTA Tour 500 event in Linz, as the recently turned 23-year-old suffered a 6-4 5-7 6-3 loss to an opponent 12 years her senior. Martic is no stranger to success on […]
2025 WTA Tour Week 5 preview: Linz
A QUICK turnaround from the Australian Open sees a WTA 500 event take place with a host of players outside the world’s Top 20 and throughout the Top 100 looking to boost their ranking ahead of the hardcourt season outside Australasia. After some impressive tennis at Melbourne Park despite a second round exit to Naomi […]
Armenian upset: Avanesyan battles past Badosa in Brisbane
ALMOST 12 months after knocking off Top 10 talent Maria Sakkari at Melbourne Park aligned to Russia, now-Armenian aligned Elina Avanesyan produced an equally eye-catching performance with a three-set victory over former world number three and fourth seed, Paula Badosa to reach the third round of the Brisbane International. A capable player with powerful ground […]
Katie Boults into Tokyo second round
BRITISH ninth seed Katie Boulter wasted no time in dismissing Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon to race into the Round of 16 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo overnight. The sole seed in action, and only match that did not contain a local Japanese hope, Boulter needed just 77 minutes to get past Hon 6-1 […]
Around the Tour: Saito strikes in Osaka
PROMISING Japanese teenager Sara Saito is through to the quarter finals on WTA debut in her home tournament. The 18-year-old and former junior world number two upset talented fifth seed Elina Avanesyan to book her place in the last eight of the WTA Tour Japan Open. Saito had to work hard early, saving two set […]
Around the Tour: Saito strikes on debut in Osaka
JAPANESE teenager Sara Saito had a WTA Tour debut to remember, picking up an upset win over Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in Osaka overnight. The junior girls world number two earned a wildcard into the WTA 250 event and played her first main draw match against the 22-year-old world number 62, coming away with the […]
Beggars belief in Beijing with upsets galore
THREE of the four Round of 16 matches in Beijing produced a trio of massive upsets overnight, with the only one not following suit being a mid-match retirement to former number one Naomi Osaka. The Japanese star was a set and a break up on young gun and fellow Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff, before […]
