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: Retirements flood National Bank Open first round
THE National Bank Open has begun in Montreal, Canada, with a flurry of top talents expected to take the court this week as the US Open draws ever closer. In intriguing circumstances, three match results came down to injury retirements, as two Czechs in Marie Bouzkova and Tereza Martincova both dropped the first set before closing out […]
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: Mixed bag of results across grass court events
IT was a bit of a mixed bag of results across the WTA Tour’s two grass court events yesterday, with two seeds making their way through in each of the Viking Classic and Bett1Open quarter finals, whilst in the other two matches the underdog prevailed. In Berlin, fifth seed Belinda Bencic advanced through to the […]
WTA Tour wrap: Azarenka and Kerber set up second round clash, Tomljanovic outlasts Mertens
THE two grass event continued in Germany and England overnight, with the WTA 500 bett1open in Berlin and WTA 250 Viking Classic in Birmingham both seeing one big seeded upset apiece amongst relatively predictable results. In Germany, a huge second round has been set with a couple of former world number ones in Victoria Azarenka and Angelique […]
WTA Tour wrap: Kasatkina destroys Bencic for Roland Garros third round spot
DARIA Kasatkina caused the upset of the day by ousting 10th seed Belinda Bencic from Roland Garros in their second round clash. The Russian took no prisoners in a one-hour and 16-minute beating, running out a 6-2 6-2 winner over the talented Swiss player. Bencic was one of only two seeds to fall outside of […]
WTA Tour wrap: Osaka and Sabalenka fire as Kerber falls at Roland Garros
IT was a convincing opening day at the 2021 Roland Garros, with the Round of 128 seeing just one seed fall from 10 of the day’s entrants. One of those winners was Naomi Osaka, who has been well and truly in the media spotlight this week following her announcement not to partake in press conferences during […]
WTA Tour wrap: Gauff bounces back to reach Parma final as Serbian semis decided
AMERICAN teenager Coco Gauff will contest the Emilia-Romagna Open final against Wang Qiang after the Chinese sixth seed took care of Gauff’s compatriot Sloane Stephens. Wang won 6-2 7-6 in the one-hour and 46-minute match to reach the Parma final, as Gauff had to bounce back from a shocking second set to win in three […]
WTA Tour wrap: Emilia-Romagna and Belgrade begin
THE second day at both the Emilia-Romagna Open and Belgrade WTA 250 events saw plenty of intriguing results, following predictable opening days at each tournament. Of the eight Day 2 matches which played out at Parma, all three seeds proceeded joining the opening day’s winners in Daria Kasatkina, Amanda Anisimova and Wang Qiang. Top seed Serena Williams was […]
WTA Tour wrap: Jabeur and Sharma to face off in Charleston as Billie Jean King Cup playoff winners decided
ONS Jabeur and Astra Sharma will face off in the MUSC Health Women’s Open final after the respective players toppled their opponents overnight in the semi-finals. Top seed Jabeur continued her steam-rolling of opponents with a 6-3 6-0 smashing of Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic, reversing the result of last tournament, when Kovinic won in straight sets. […]
