2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 2
DAY TWO of the 2022 Australian Open saw more upsets than its predecessor, and some epic five-set and three-set contests in the men’s and women’s draws respectively. At the conclusion of the day, the full first round is complete, with second round matches – Round of 64 – kicking off today. Despite a scare from […]
Around the Tours: Chinese teen continues run
CHINESE teenage Qinwen Zheng continued her remarkable run in Melbourne to reach a quarter final at the event. In what was only her fifth main draw match of her career – she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Palermo last July – she was able to get past the always tough Vera Zvonareva […]
Around the Tours: Osaka wins tough upon return
JAPANESE star Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the WTA Tour in Melbourne, getting up in a tight three-set win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. It was the perfect start for Osaka, perhaps not the most dominant of performances, but she blew out the cobwebs and came away with the win. Cornet is a […]
US Open shines light on WTA future stars
WHEN it comes to the WTA Tour, there is no doubt that youngsters are on their way up with plenty of developing talent showcasing their wares throughout the season so far. An all teenage grand slam final was seen for the first time since 1999 as Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez faced […]
WTA Tour wrap: Past US Open winner claims rare win over seeded opponent on day three
PAST US Open winner Sloane Stephens was one of only three unseeded players to advance to the Round of 32 in the bottom half of the women’s draw following day three of action. The first 16 players through to the third round were decided overnight, with all the Top 20 seeds securing their spots in […]
WTA Tour wrap: US Open starts with a bang
A HUGE opening day of US Open action proved that the top talent is here to play, with just one of the day’s 16 women’s seeds falling. That being said, wins did not always come easy, with a flurry of three set tiebreaker contests setting the tone. Apart from a second set slip up from Aryna […]
WTA Tour wrap: Huge results across WTA 250 events
THE Round of 16 has begun in both Chicago, Illinois and Cleveland, Ohio, with plenty of intrigue surrounding the day’s results. In Chicago, seventh and eighth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Marta Kostyuk both made it through to the quarter finals unscathed, with straight sets wins apiece. Mladenovic required just 72 minutes to stop Canadian Francoise Abanda in her tracks with […]
WTA Tour: Barty takes out W&S Open title as 250s get underway
ASH Barty has looked the goods this week in Cincinnati following a surprise loss at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and did not show an ounce of nerves as she blasted past giant-killing wildcard Jil Teichmann, 6-3 6-1 to claim the 2021 Western and Southern Open trophy. A tight start to the first set saw neither player […]
WTA Tour wrap: Williams downed as first and second rounds continue
THE WTA Tour saw a mixed bag of results on Day 4 of the respective events in Parma, Italy and Belgrade, Serbia, with both tournaments playing out a combination of first and second round matches. At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, the eldest and youngest Americans came away with dastardly different results, as veteran and […]
WTA Tour wrap: Halep cleans up in 56 minutes as seeds control proceedings
TWO seeds fell across a widely predictable day on the WTA Tour, with the two events seeing fairly convincing results across the board. At the WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Gand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, four world top 10s all proceeded to the quarter finals, with world number two and top seed Simona Halep doing it in […]
