WTA Tour wrap: Russians and Americans dominate day two of National Bank Open action
ON the second day of National Bank Open action in Montreal, Canada showcased plenty of talent, with the remaining Round of 64 clashes finishing up as the beginning of Round of 32 action took over. It was a hugely successful day for Russia, as all four Russians made their way through the opening round, with […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins earn another final berth as Sherif makes history in Romania
THE Silicon Valley Classic and Winners Open finalists have been decided in both San Jose, USA and Cluj-Napoca, Romania, following straight sets victories across the board during the semi finals. At the WTA 500 event in San Jose, fourth seed Daria Kasatkina and seventh seed Danielle Collins both overcame their respective opposition to earn finals berths. For […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins survives tight encounter as Mertens moves through
DANIELLE Collins has fought through a couple of tight tiebreakers to be one of three seeds through to the semi-finals at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose. Collins overcame a plucky Elena Rybakina, with the seventh seed American toppling the second seed Kazakh 7-6 7-6. The first tiebreaker went 7-5, and the second one […]
WTA Tour wrap: Seeds proceed in one-sided days at San Jose and Romania
COME from behind wins appeared to be the theme of the day at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, with all four seeds claiming three set wins. It was a different story at the Winners Open in Romania, as the lone seed of the day also participated in the only three-setter in a much […]
Olympics Women’s wraps: Sorribes Tormo stuns Barty in Olympic-sized upset
FRESH off a second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, many were expecting world number one and Australian Ash Barty to cruise through her opening match at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They could not be more wrong, as the top seed was bundled out in a shock loss to rising Spanish talent Sara Sorribes Tormo in […]
WTA Tour wrap: Jabeur books fourth round spots as Top 10 seeds dominate
ONS Jabeur has continued her red-hot 2021 form by toppling Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza and booking her spot in the second week of Wimbledon. The Tunisian talent became the first Arab woman to win a WTA Tour last month, and is now through to the fourth round following her come-from-behind 5-7 6-3 6-2 win […]
WTA Tour Wrap: Williams stuns as she pulls out of Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON saw yet another injury blow with Serena Williams making a shock exit on the second day of the tournament. An injury sustained during her battle with Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich proved too much for the eighth ranked champion, who was visibly distressed following the unfortunate incident. Amidst her match against Sasnovich, 39-year-old Williams had to […]
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 […]
WTA Tour wrap: Azarenka and Kerber set up second round clash, Tomljanovic outlasts Mertens
THE two grass event continued in Germany and England overnight, with the WTA 500 bett1open in Berlin and WTA 250 Viking Classic in Birmingham both seeing one big seeded upset apiece amongst relatively predictable results. In Germany, a huge second round has been set with a couple of former world number ones in Victoria Azarenka and Angelique […]
WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate as young talent continues to shine
IT was an intriguing day of Round of 32 action in the Roland Garros women’s draw, as a number of American competitors took the court and upsets aplenty made waves. Two exciting all-American clashes took place, with the first between fourth seed Sofia Kenin and 28th seed Jessica Pegula going the whole hog, as Kenin claimed […]
