Olympics Women’s wraps: More upsets as Sabalenka, Swiatek and Kvitova fall at second hurdle
THE Tokyo 2020 second round saw plenty of interesting results, as a trio of top 10 seeds fell amongst a wealth of quality talent during the Round of 32. The three big upsets of the day all involved top 10 seeds, as third ranked Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, sixth seeded Pole Iga Swiatek and 10th seed […]
Olympics Women’s wraps: Sorribes Tormo stuns Barty in Olympic-sized upset
FRESH off a second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, many were expecting world number one and Australian Ash Barty to cruise through her opening match at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They could not be more wrong, as the top seed was bundled out in a shock loss to rising Spanish talent Sara Sorribes Tormo in […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets aplenty as trio of WTA 250 events begin
THREE WTA 250 tournaments have begun this week with one hard court event starting in Prague, Czech Republic, and a couple of clay events in Lausanne, Switzerland and Budapest, Hungary. While the opening day at the Ladies Open Lausanne saw some slight delays and eventual suspended matches due to rain, the other two events were […]
WTA Tour wrap: Stephens stuns Kvitova on day one at Wimbledon
SLOANE Stephens showed she means business at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, taking a huge scalp on day one. The US Open winner has struggled with consistency over the past few years, but she made not mistake in putting together a big win against two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 6-3 6-4. In just 77 minutes of […]
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: Kerber reaches final on home soil
ANGELIQUE Kerber has earned a place in the 2021 Bad Homburg Open final after fighting through two tough matches on a catch-up day at the German grass court event. Fourth seed Kerber had to overcome an early fight from American Amanda Anisimova in the quarter finals, winning 2-6 6-3 6-3, before then struggling in an […]
WTA Tour wrap: Carnage in Eastbourne as Bad Homburg goes to plan
THERE were two very different sets of results at the WTA Tour’s grass court events overnight, with the Eastbourne and Bad Homburg Round of 16s completed. In Eastbourne, just one seed survived the night – top seed Aryna Sabalenka – as the four others fell, leaving the title wide open after the Belarusian favourite. Meanwhile […]
WTA Tour wrap: Seeds storm to victory in Germany as Eastbourne faces rain delays
WITH the opening day of Eastbourne delayed due to rain, just the Bad Homburg event played out on Monday, as Day 2 rolled around fast. All five of the day’s seeds proceeded to the second round, in a successful day for the tournament’s top talents. Top seed Petra Kvitova and fourth seed Angelique Kerber both drew qualifiers, […]
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: Suarez Navarro makes return, Kvitova pulls out
DAY 3 of the 2021 Roland Garros women’s draw produced some huge result, as Carla Suarez Navarro made her triumphant return to tennis following cancer treatment, while Ash Barty was tested in her opening round clash and Petra Kvitova pulled out ahead of her second round matchup with an ankle injury. “Unfortunately, after an MRI and much discussion with […]
