WTA Tour wrap: Seeds falter on Day 2 as Osaka withdraws
PLENTY went on across Day 2 of the 2021 Roland Garros, with plenty of huge clashes seeing quality talent disposed of in the opening round, as Naomi Osaka officially withdrew from the event following criticism this week. Of the 12 seeds, five fell on the second day on clay, with the biggest name Bianca Andreescu amongst a […]
2021 Roland Garros preview: Nadal eyes off 14th title as Barty returns to Paris
TO the delight of tennis fans all across the globe, the main draw of the much-anticipated Roland Garros is set to commence on Monday. This comes one week later than initially scheduled, as the French Tennis Federation postponed the tournament in the hope that COVID-19 restrictions would ease and more fans would be allowed to […]
WTA Tour wrap: Teens impress as Rome final eight is revealed
THE final eight has been decided at the the WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, with the draw evenly split for seeded and unseeded competitors following a couple of intriguing results, which saw two teenagers win their way through to the quarter finals. The big upset of the day saw youngster Coco Gauff down in-form seventh […]
WTA Tour wrap: No easy wins as seeds struggle in second round
IT was a horror day for the top seeds on Day 5 of the 2021 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, as seven of the top talent fell including three of the top five. It was also a scrappy day for the United States, as just two of eight American competitors proceeded to the third round. With so […]
WTA Tour wrap: Seeds struggle on clay in drizzly conditions
A RAIN delay was not enough to curb the form of a couple of former champions on Day 2 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, as the Round of 64 continued with just one of the day’s four seeds proceeding to the second round following some huge matchups. Spaniard Garbine Muguruza was the lone seed to proceed […]
WTA Tour wrap: Home hope continues dream run at Bogota as Kvitova and Muguruza fall at Charleston
THE Round of 16 at both Charleston and Bogota are done and dusted, with plenty of intriguing results coming out of both events. Charleston saw an intriguing day of results as third seed Petra Kvitova fell to Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and Garbine Muguruza retired in her encounter with fellow seed Yulia Putintseva, unfortunately handing over a dominant first game victory […]
WTA Tour wrap: Barty’s clay court court campaign recommences with 61-minute demolition
ASH Barty continued her red-hot form to completely dismantle unseeded Japanese talent Misaki Doi 6-2 6-1 to advance through to the Round of 16 at the Volvo Car Open. The world number one moved to a 15-2 record on the 2021 WTA Tour, which also stretches out to 27-4 since her first-up match at the […]
WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in Charleston as three-setters set the tone in Bogota
THE WTA Tour 500 and 250 events in Charleston, USA and Bogota, Colombia have continued, with results coming through from America across both the Round of 64 and Round of 32 whilst the Copa Colsanitas has now completed its first round proceedings. At Charleston, just two seeds participated in the day’s Round of 64 action […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Top talents prevail in majority seeded battles
THE WTA Miami Open 1000 Round of 16 fielded majority seeded encounters on Day 8 in the United States, and while a couple of matches went exactly to plan for top talents, results went awry for others in a couple of three set battles. Top two seeds Ash Barty and Naomi Osaka both came away with wins on […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Tight clashes see Kenin and Pliskova fall in Round of 32
THE Miami Open Round of 32 is complete with a series of intriguing results setting the tone for the fourth round of proceedings as we enter the second week of the WTA 1000 event. Just one match went down in straight sets on a massive day of competition, with plenty to fight for. Top seed […]