Olympics Women’s wrap: Bertens falls on day one as other seeds advance
SIX of the seven seeds out on court in the Olympics have advanced through to the second round of competition after a mixed bag of results on day one of the women’s tennis tournament. The highest seeded player out on court was Poland’s Iga Swiatek, with the 2020 Roland Garros champion taking care of Germany’s […]
WTA Tour Wrap: Tomlijanovic to face Barty as Raducanu retires
THE eighth day of Wimbledon saw a mixed bag of wins, each game never failing to surprise and delight tennis fans. Although a rising star of the game retired from her match due to medical reasons, all other games were played out to the end as eight players remain in the Wimbledon singles draw. Britain’s […]
Wimbledon 2021: Who’s into week two?
THE opening week of Wimbledon action for 2021 is done and dusted, and as the only grand slam that has retained the “Middle Sunday” day off for grass court maintenance, we take a look at the athletes from both the women’s and men’s draw who have secured their spot in the fourth round. In the […]
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: 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. […]
WTA Tour wrap: Stephens stuns Kvitova on day one at Wimbledon
SLOANE Stephens showed she means business at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, taking a huge scalp on day one. The US Open winner has struggled with consistency over the past few years, but she made not mistake in putting together a big win against two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 6-3 6-4. In just 77 minutes of […]
WTA Tour wrap: Carnage in Eastbourne as Bad Homburg goes to plan
THERE were two very different sets of results at the WTA Tour’s grass court events overnight, with the Eastbourne and Bad Homburg Round of 16s completed. In Eastbourne, just one seed survived the night – top seed Aryna Sabalenka – as the four others fell, leaving the title wide open after the Belarusian favourite. Meanwhile […]
WTA Tour wrap: Krejcikova claims maiden Roland Garros singles title
THE 2021 Roland Garros singles final played out overnight, with unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova claiming the silverware over 31st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The huge one hour and 58-minute clash went down to the wire as Krejcikova’s Russian opposition bit back in the second, before the tight third set cemented the Czech in the history books. The […]
WTA Tour wrap: Sakkari downs reigning champ to ensure new Grand Slam winner will be crowned
MARIA Sakkari has knocked out the last remaining Grand Slam winner, ironically the reigning Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek, in straight sets overnight. Sakkari won her quarter final 6-4 6-4 over the eighth seed to set up a semi-final with Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova. Sakkari needed 95 minutes to dismiss the 2020 Roland Garros champion, […]
