St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Upsets galore in entertaining day’s action
FIVE of the eight matches in Round of 32 of the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy yesterday saw the lower ranked opponent triumph in a day of upsets. In one of the tightest matches of the day, Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic knocked off fifth seed Czech, Marketa Vondrousova in three sets, winning 3-6 6-3 6-4 in two […]
Australian Open: Women’s Day 2 review – Sabalenka, Anisimova out as experience wins tight ones
A COUPLE of massive upsets to completed Round 1 of the Australian Open women’s draw, with four seeds bundled out of contention, including a couple of future stars. Sixth seed Belinda Bencic overturned recent form against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova around in a straight sets win, 6-3 7-5. Bencic and Schmiedlova both hit 25 winners, but […]
WTA Adelaide International: Day 4 – Barty, Yastremska proceed to semi finals
DAY 4 of the Adelaide International saw four matches play out in the quarter finals, with Ash Barty, Danielle Collins, Aryna Sabalenka and Dayana Yastremska to proceed to the semis. All four victors ran away with straight sets wins, putting on a solid effort in the first to run away with victory in the second. […]
WTA Adelaide International: Day 3 – Bencic powers forward
DAY 3 saw mostly clean sweeps in the WTA Adelaide Classic, bar one three setter and one match finishing early with injury. With plenty of seeded players taking the court on Day 3, there was plenty of talent competing for a chance in the quarter finals. Ninth seed – and former three-time Grand Slam winner […]
WTA Adelaide International: Day 2 – Barty strikes back after early loss in Brisbane
DAY 2 of the WTA Adelaide International saw first seed Australian, Ash Barty bounce back from a shock loss in the Brisbane International last week, taking down Russian opponent, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in a mammoth three sets. All but two matches on Day 4 saw opponents play off for spots in the Round of 16, with […]
WTA Adelaide International: Day 1 – Seeds flex muscles on opening day
TWO future stars of the WTA Tour and one already accomplished Grand Slam winner flexed their muscles in straight sets wins on Day 1 of the Adelaide International. Seventh seed American, Sofia Kenin took just 63 minutes to bowl over Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, 6-0 6-4. Switzerland’s brightest hope and fourth seed, Belinda Bencic had better […]
Year in review – 2019: Ash Barty
ALWAYS touted as a future star of the WTA Tour, Ash Barty lived up to all expectations in 2019, shooting to the top spot in the rankings after claiming Roland Garros mid-year and the WTA Finals. Rank: #1 Wins: 57 Losses: 13 Titles: 4 Prize Money: $11,307,587 Barty became tennis’ most recognisable face on the […]
