Billie Jean King Cup wrap: Day 1 – Home nation off to perfect start, Spain produce comeback victory
HOME nation side and tournament favourites Czech Republic have got home in a thriller over Germany to kick-start their Billie Jean King Cup campaign off on the right note. Possessing the top-ranked player at the event in Barbora Krejcikova, 2019 Roland Garros winner Marketa Vondrousova and doubles duo Katerina Siniakova and Lucie Hradecka, the home […]
2021 Billie Jean King Cup nation preview: Germany
THE WTA Tour’s most prestigious team event is less than a month away, and Draft Central is counting down the days until it kicks off by previewing each team individually. Starting with the lowest ranked nation through to the highest one, we take a look at each squad, their fixtures, and what they might be […]
2021 Billie Jean King Cup nominations confirmed
WITH action just a few weeks away, the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup nominations have come in for the 12 teams battling it out for glory. Several big names will miss the event, led by world number one Ash Barty and world number two Aryna Sabalenka, but nations like Switzerland and Spain will be at […]
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: Grass events begin in lead-up to Wimbledon
THE grass court events have begun over the past week, with one victor already crowned at the first of two tournaments in Nottingham, as Johanna Konta claimed her fourth career title on home soil. With the first of the grass events out of the way for the first time since 2019, we now cast our eye […]
WTA Tour wrap: Krejcikova and Cirstea to battle in Strasbourg final
BARBORA Krejcikova and Sorana Cirstea will do battle in the 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg final after both players won their respective semi-finals in the WTA Tour 250 event. The fifth seed Czech and the unseeded Romanian both won their penultimate tournament matches in tight three sets, with the former eyeing off her main Tour title, […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets aplenty at Strasbourg
A BIG sixth day of action at the 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg saw six matches play out, with two Round of 16 clashes joining the quarter finals. It was a day of pure upsets, with none of the higher ranked players winning in their respective clashes. Two seeded clashes played out, with fifth seed Barbora Krejcikova […]
WTA Tour wrap: Andreescu pulls out of quarters as Rus upsets Pegula
THE Internationaux de Strasbourg has continued with Day 4 rolling around already, and six matches playing out across the first and second rounds following a huge opening couple of days. Four matches played out to complete the Round of 32, with the biggest upset of the lot a 6-4 6-4 effort from Arantxa Rus over second […]
