WTA Tour wrap: Chicago and Cleveland finals ramp up US Open prep
ELINA Svitolina‘s last-minute wildcard entry to the Chicago Women’s Open has paid off in spades with the newly married Ukrainian earning her place in the final tomorrow, taking on ninth seed Alize Cornet for what will be both players’ first final of the year. At the Tennis in the Land tournament in Cleveland, unseeded Romanian […]
WTA Tour wrap: Svitolina blasts Mladenovic away in Chicago as seeds advance to semi-finals
IN a rather strange day at Chicago Women’s Open, top seed Elina Svitolina was one of the rare constants, putting together her most dominant performance since winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics to blow seventh seed Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic away in 55 minutes. The Ukrainian talent won 6-1 6-0 in a complete rout to storm […]
WTA Tour wrap: Huge results across WTA 250 events
THE Round of 16 has begun in both Chicago, Illinois and Cleveland, Ohio, with plenty of intrigue surrounding the day’s results. In Chicago, seventh and eighth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Marta Kostyuk both made it through to the quarter finals unscathed, with straight sets wins apiece. Mladenovic required just 72 minutes to stop Canadian Francoise Abanda in her tracks with […]
WTA Tour wrap: Venus falls on rough day for Americans
THE second day of the Tennis in the Land and Chicago Women’s Open events saw plenty of big results during the Round of 32, with a seed falling at each of the tournaments. At the Tennis in the Land in Cleveland, the top two seeds came away relatively unscathed, as top seed Daria Kasatkina asserted herself with […]
WTA Tour wrap: In-form Americans upset seeds
TWO in-form Americans have caused a couple of upsets at the National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada as three Top 10 seeds were knocked out in the second round of the tournament. Unseeded duo Danielle Collins – coming off back-to-back titles in the lead-up to the event – and Jessica Pegula claimed wins over sixth […]
Women’s Olympics wrap: Bencic takes gold over Vondrousova, Monfils takes bronze
BELINDA Bencic has claimed Olympic gold for Switzerland, overcoming a shaky second set to take out the win against unseeded Marketa Vondrousova who takes home silver for the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, fourth seed Ukrainian Elina Monfils took out the bronze clash, coming from behind to defeat Kazakh Elena Rybakina. Bencic’s victory was by no means straightforward, only just […]
Olympics Women’s wraps: Gold medal match decider booked for Vondrousova and Bencic
IT will be an intriguing clash for the Gold Medal in the Olympics 2020 women’s tennis, with Marketa Vondrousova and Belinda Bencic making their way into the Tokyo final following respective victories and earning definite medal chances as they proceed. While Vondrousova had the expected tougher opponent in fourth seed Elina Monfils, the highest remaining seed left in […]
WTA Tour wrap: The Barty Party rolls on at Wimbledon
AUSTRALIAN world number one Ash Barty booked her ticket to the third round of Wimbledon action on Thursday, proving too good for Russian Anna Blinkova with a 6-3 6-4 victory. Despite conceding breaks in both sets and committing an uncharacteristic 33 unforced errors, Barty remained composed and won 75 per cent of points at the […]
WTA Tour Wrap: Mixed bag of results as seeds fall
IT was not a good day to be a seed at Wimbledon, with a number of the top players knocked out of the tournament earlier than they would have hoped. Belinda Bencic was disposed of in two sets up against Kaja Juvan, while Sofia Kenin was ousted by fellow American Madison Brengle in two sets. […]
2021 Wimbledon preview: Will the Fed Express have one last stop? Can Serena equal the Grand Slam record?
THE Wimbledon Championships are finally here. One of the most eloquent events on the planet, the third Grand Slam of the year played on the grass courts of London are set to begin overnight with plenty of sub-plots in both the men’s and women’s draws. For the greatest ever champions at the event, there is […]
