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Swiatek ousts Osaka at rainy Roland Garros

CURRENT world number one Iga Swiatek was forced to save a match point in order to defeat former world numbers one Naomi Osaka at Roland Garros and reach the third round overnight. On a day severely impacted by rain, just a handful of matches were completed on the Paris clay, with all the outdoor contests […]

Penko powers into Roland Garros second round

LATVIAN world number 11 Jelena Ostapenko advanced through to the second round of Roland Garros overnight, defeating Romanian Jaqueline Cristian in a tough two-set match. The ninth seed had to work for her win, eventually getting up 6-4 7-5 to book her place in the Paris Round of 64. The former Roland Garros champion has […]

WTA Tour midweek update: Tauson and Juvan topple seeds, Riske finds form

FOUR of the eight quarter finalists at the events in Luxembourg and Potoroz have been decided as we take a quick glimpse at how the first two rounds of action panned out in the WTA Tour 250 events. Over in Slovenia, it was a great day for the home nation, with young gun and future […]

WTA Tour wrap: Mendez through to final eight on debut as Romanians fall at Winners Open

HOME nation competitors were ousted at the 2021 WTA Tour Winners Open in Clu-Napoca, Romania with the first lot of Round of 16 matches completed. Most had to back up after a big day the day before, with the four competed matches all over relatively quickly. Both Romanian representatives in third Ana Bogdan, and unseeded […]

Seeds prevail in mixed bag of results on Day 5 at Linz

IT was a mixed bag of results on Day 5 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, both in terms of scores and rounds, with the remainder of the Round of 32 complete and the first three matches of the Round of 16 played. Looking to the Round of 32 first, and it was a mostly […]

Sabalenka survives early scare on Day 2 at Linz

TWO players retired on day two of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, seeing six of the eight matches run out as expected and very little surprises bar the two late withdrawals. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka survived an early scare from Jasmine Paolini before consolidating a win, while it was Julia Grabher and Tereza Martincova who finished their matches early, […]