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WTA Tour wrap: Collins claims second straight title as Petkovic returns to winners list

TWO WTA Tour events came to a close today, with the WTA 500 Silicon Valley Classic and WTA 250 Winners Open decided. iN San Jose, USA, The Silicon Valley Classic finished off with a hometown winner as Danielle Collins claimed her second title in as many weeks, with the seventh seed breaking through to win 6-3 […]

WTA Tour wrap: Collins earn another final berth as Sherif makes history in Romania

THE Silicon Valley Classic and Winners Open finalists have been decided in both San Jose, USA and Cluj-Napoca, Romania, following straight sets victories across the board during the semi finals. At the WTA 500 event in San Jose, fourth seed Daria Kasatkina and seventh seed Danielle Collins both overcame their respective opposition to earn finals berths. For […]

WTA Tour wrap: Seeds proceed in one-sided days at San Jose and Romania

COME from behind wins appeared to be the theme of the day at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, with all four seeds claiming three set wins. It was a different story at the Winners Open in Romania, as the lone seed of the day also participated in the only three-setter in a much […]

WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in San Jose while seeds fall in Romania

THE Silicon Valley Classic WTA 500 event in San Jose has continued with six matches playing out to finish off the Round of 32, whilst in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, seeds fell across the board as four home hopefuls claimed opening round wins. Three of six American competitors claimed a second round berth in the United States, […]

2021 ATP/WTA 1000 Miami Open preview: Federer and Nadal withdraw as Barty returns

THE 2021 Miami Open is set to begin this week, played from Monday, March 22 through to Sunday, April 4, with the 1000 event expected to showcase some high calibre encounters across both the ATP and WTA Tours. Whilst the men’s list is missing a couple of notable names within the top 20, the women’s […]

Australian Open Women’s Round of 64 wrap: Reigning champion Kenin falters

WHILE rain delays may have soured Day 4 of the 2021 Australian Open, there was not much to sour the women’s draw as the Round of 64 concluded, with a much more predictable day at the office compared to Wednesday’s results. But one result was the upset of the round – and possibly the week […]

Australian Open Women’s Round of 128 wrap: Barty dominates as Sherif first Egyptian woman to make it to grand slam second round

A flurry of exciting players joined the Australian Open fray on Day 2 of proceedings at Melbourne Park, with world number one Ash Barty making her Open return in smashing fashion, while the likes of Sofia Kenin, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova all came out flying as the top seeds of the day. In a highly competitive day of […]

Qualifiers confirmed for Australian Open

ALLOWING enough time to quarantine for 14 days, the Australian Open qualifiers have been confirmed following the completion of the three-round qualification stage over in the UAE. Hosted in Dubai three weeks prior to the Australian Open first round kicking off, 16 men and 16 women earned their places in the respective 128-player draws. The […]

Teenager Tauson wins on Grand Slam debut as Pliskova and Kenin challenged

DAY three of the 2020 Roland Garros saw the remainder of the Round of 128 finish up their matches, with some predictable top seeds in Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin and Aryna Sabalenka making their way through to the second round although the former two had to fight back after strong showings from their opposition. The […]

Second seed Martic out as Prague Open Round of 16 begins

FEWER matches played out on the third day of regular proceedings at the Prague Open, with a couple games from the day prior completed and just two of the three Round of 16 matches played. A late walkover from Lesia Tsurenko – withdrawing prior to the game’s expected start – gave Ana Bogdan an easy […]

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