WTA Tour wrap: Rain delays in Belgrade as Gauff sets up blockbuster quarter final
ANOTHER big day of proceedings were had at both the Serbia Ladies Open in Belgrade and Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, with one event interrupted by rain, delaying entrants to the quarter finals, and the other completing its Round of 16 results. In Serbia, Ana Konjuh was the big winner of the day downing second seed Yulia Putintseva. The […]
WTA Tour wrap: Williams downed as first and second rounds continue
THE WTA Tour saw a mixed bag of results on Day 4 of the respective events in Parma, Italy and Belgrade, Serbia, with both tournaments playing out a combination of first and second round matches. At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, the eldest and youngest Americans came away with dastardly different results, as veteran and […]
WTA Tour wrap: Pliskova into third straight Rome final against clay talent, Swiatek
DAY 8 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia saw three matches take place, with one player taking the court twice and reigning supreme on both occasions to head into the Rome final. Expect a huge clash between ninth seed Czech Karolina Pliskova and 15th seed Pole Iga Swiatek in the final, with the former a well-established winner […]
WTA Tour wrap: Pliskova hangs tough as Gauff books semis spot with Barty retirement
KAROLINA Pliskova has survived an almighty scare against Jelena Ostapenko, needing three sets, two hours and 20 minutes, and a couple of match point saving moments to post a victory over the Latvian. The Czech ninth seed had to save three match points in the 10th game of the the third set, before recovering to […]
WTA Tour wrap: Teens impress as Rome final eight is revealed
THE final eight has been decided at the the WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, with the draw evenly split for seeded and unseeded competitors following a couple of intriguing results, which saw two teenagers win their way through to the quarter finals. The big upset of the day saw youngster Coco Gauff down in-form seventh […]
WTA Tour wrap: No easy wins as seeds struggle in second round
IT was a horror day for the top seeds on Day 5 of the 2021 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, as seven of the top talent fell including three of the top five. It was also a scrappy day for the United States, as just two of eight American competitors proceeded to the third round. With so […]
WTA Tour wrap: Sorribes Tormo outlasts in longest match of the season
A BIG first day of women’s proceedings at the 2021 Internazionali BNL d’Italia saw the longest match of the year so far, as all four of the day’s seeds head into the second round. It took a marathon three hours and 51 minutes, but it was Sara Sorribes Tormo who came out victor in her […]
WTA Tour wrap: Seeds successful in big second day of action at Stuttgart and Istanbul
ANOTHER big day of proceedings were had at both the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart, Germany and the WTA 250 event in Istanbul, Turkey, as majority of the seeds across both competitions reigned supreme. Six matches played out in Stuttgart on Day 2 of proceedings at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, seeing a couple of […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Trio of seeds downed in three sets as second round completed
THREE out of the four seeds defeated in the second round of the 2021 WTA Tour’s Miami Open 1000 event were knocked out in close contests, going down in three sets. Tenth seed Kiki Bertens was the highest ranked seed to fall, though she was incredibly disappointing yet again, continuing her poor 2021 form to […]
WTA Tour wrap: Mertens fights tough as six of seven seeds advance to Dubai second round
SIX of the seven seeds advanced at Dubai in what was largely a predictable day, but a couple of past Top 30 players were knocked out early on. With the top eight seeds having a bye from the first round, seven of the other seeds took to the court on day two of the main […]
