WTA Miami Open 1000: Top talents prevail in majority seeded battles
THE WTA Miami Open 1000 Round of 16 fielded majority seeded encounters on Day 8 in the United States, and while a couple of matches went exactly to plan for top talents, results went awry for others in a couple of three set battles. Top two seeds Ash Barty and Naomi Osaka both came away with wins on […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Tight clashes see Kenin and Pliskova fall in Round of 32
THE Miami Open Round of 32 is complete with a series of intriguing results setting the tone for the fourth round of proceedings as we enter the second week of the WTA 1000 event. Just one match went down in straight sets on a massive day of competition, with plenty to fight for. Top seed […]
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 Miami Open 1000: Collins wins against Mladenovic as Latvian duo advance
IN a blockbuster second day at the WTA Miami Open 1000, the Round of 128 was completed with some interesting results. It was a real mix of winners, with some experienced players and some young guns winning through to the second round in an action-packed day. The first Round of 64 match was also decided […]
WTA Tour wrap: All Russian final in St. Petersburg as Mexico shapes up to be a cracker
THE semi-finals are almost complete at the Monterrey and St. Petersburg WTA events, with an all-Russian encounter set up to challenge the St. Petersburg WTA 500 trophy, while the Mexico WTA 250 event sees a couple of intriguing names. At Monterrey, Swiss 28-year-old Viktorija Golubic ended the run of eighth seed Ann Li, downing the […]
WTA Tour wrap: Top seeds out in St. Petersburg
THE St. Petersburg all-Russian semi-finals have been decided with the home nation eliminating the final foreign player, whilst the first two quarter finals are in the books in Monterrey. The top two seeds have been ousted in the heavily-weighted Russian St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter finals, with Ekaterina Alexandrova and Veronika Kudermetova both dumped from […]
WTA Tour wrap: Remarkable Russian quarter finals on the way at St. Petersburg
ROUND of 16 results at Monterrey and St. Petersburg are almost complete, with the Russian WTA 500 tournament producing some remarkable results that put the tournament and its upcoming quarter finals in the history books. Meanwhile in Mexico, with just two matches complete thus far, we take a look back at the outcome of yesterday’s […]
WTA Tour wrap: Russia dominate St Petersburg as qualifiers reign supreme in Monterrey
IT was a massive day on court for Russia at St Petersburg Ladies Trophy, with all four home nation players advancing through to the quarter finals, while the rest of the Round of 32 were completed at the Abierto GNP Seguros, and the Round of 16 underway. It was a quadruple treat in St Petersburg […]
WTA Tour wrap: Russians reign supreme as seeds bow out in Mexico
RUSSIANS proved too strong on home soil at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg event whilst it was a mixed bag of results as seeds fell at the WTA 250 event in Monterrey, Mexico. Sloane Stephens was the big out on Day 2 at Monterrey, with the out-of-form American top seed disposed on in straight sets […]
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 […]
