WTA Tour wrap: Russians and Americans dominate day two of National Bank Open action
ON the second day of National Bank Open action in Montreal, Canada showcased plenty of talent, with the remaining Round of 64 clashes finishing up as the beginning of Round of 32 action took over. It was a hugely successful day for Russia, as all four Russians made their way through the opening round, with […]
WTA Tour wrap: Poland and Palermo see upsets on opening day
TWO clay events began overnight in Italy and Poland, respectively, with the women’s draws providing plenty of intriguing results on the respective opening days. Palermo saw three seeds compete with the day’s favourite in Liudmila Samsonova crumbling at the first hurdle in a shaky 6-3 6-2 loss to Chinese 18-year-old Zheng Qinwen, with the youngster stunning […]
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 […]
2021 Wimbledon preview: Will the Fed Express have one last stop? Can Serena equal the Grand Slam record?
THE Wimbledon Championships are finally here. One of the most eloquent events on the planet, the third Grand Slam of the year played on the grass courts of London are set to begin overnight with plenty of sub-plots in both the men’s and women’s draws. For the greatest ever champions at the event, there is […]
WTA Tour wrap: Jabeur makes history as Samsonova makes breakthrough
TWO huge results came to fruition overnight, as qualifier Liudmila Samsonova went all the way, claiming the Bett1Open WTA 500 title in Berlin, whilst Ons Jabeur made history at the WTA 250 Viking Classic Birmingham, becoming the first Arab woman to win a WTA title. For Jabeur, it was about “going for it” as much as making […]
WTA Tour wrap: Samsonova stars with upset win in Bett1Open
THERE was no shortage of excitement at both the Viking Classic and the Bett1Open as a couple of surprise upsets headlined the action particularly in Berlin. With rain plaguing the Viking Classic all of the quarter and semi-finals were played making for plenty of intense battles but in the end it was Ons Jabeur and […]
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 wins battle of former number ones as Samsonova cracks Top 100
A SEED fell at each of the grass events overnight, with the WTA 500 tournament in Berlin seeing Karolina Pliskova go down in straight sets while at the 250 event in Birmingham Jelena Ostepenko competed hard to go down in three. It was Jessica Pegula who took down Pliskova, overcoming the former world number one 7-5 6-2 credit to a […]
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 […]
