WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in Charleston as three-setters set the tone in Bogota
THE WTA Tour 500 and 250 events in Charleston, USA and Bogota, Colombia have continued, with results coming through from America across both the Round of 64 and Round of 32 whilst the Copa Colsanitas has now completed its first round proceedings. At Charleston, just two seeds participated in the day’s Round of 64 action […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Konjuh shocks Keys as Barty shaky on international return
THE Round of 64 at the 2021 Miami Open has already produced some excellent efforts and intriguing results as the top seeds enter the main draw, with Ash Barty and Aryna Sabalenka amongst the seeds who were challenged on their opening day. In a mostly successful day for seeds, just one fell despite hard challenges against the aforementioned […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Americans fall on day one as qualifiers continue hunt for main draw entry
WHILST qualifying rounds are still being complete, the WTA Tour Miami Open 1000 event has officially begun, with intriguing results pouring out already on the first day of competition. The top ranked player of the day was Shelby Rogers, and the homegrown hope was the only United States talent to proceed to the second round as […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets blow open Dubai draw
UPSETS in the top half of the 2021 WTA Tour’s Dubai Tennis Championships have left the door wide open for an unseeded player to make a run at a 1000 title. Just a single seed remains in the top half – sixth seed Belinda Bencic – after a number of upsets in the second round […]
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 […]
2021 WTA Tour Qatar & Lyon previews
DESPITE losing four Grand Slam winners to-date, the 2021 WTA Tour Qatar Ladies Open still looms as a quality event to take place next week. Top five players, Ash Barty, Simona Halep and Sofia Kenin, as well as US Open winner Bianca Andreescu and Roland Garros runner-up Marketa Vondrosova all withdrew from the 500 tournament, […]
2021 Adelaide International: Teenagers and Swiss talents reign supreme in quarters
A HUGE couple of semi-finals await at the 2021 Adelaide International after big results ensued yesterday. Two teenagers are well within their chances to show up their more experienced opposition, as two Swiss talents also remain in the hunt. All four players remaining in the draw are under the age of 24, making for an […]
2021 Adelaide International: Collins gatecrashes Barty Party as Storm Sanders becomes the last Aussie standing
DANIELLE Collins has sought revenge on world number one Ash Barty, overturning the result between the pair at last year’s Adelaide International to win in straight sets and book her place in the last eight. The American went down in three sets in last year’s semi-final showdown which saw Barty go on to win the […]
2021 Adelaide International: Rogers downs Konta in day of upsets
DAY 3 at the Adelaide International saw a couple more upsets make their way through to the Round of 16, with one seed disposed of in straight sets and a duo of Aussie qualifiers winning their third straight win to head to the second round. It was Johanna Konta who fell at the first hurdle, […]
2021 Adelaide International: Qualifiers share spotlight as main draw takes the court
DAY 2 of the Adelaide International qualifying round saw the WTA 500 tournament’s main draw begin, with plenty of hotly contested matches on centre court during the first day of the official competition, as Anastasija Sevastova, Wang Qiang, Shelby Rogers and Danielle Collins headed into the Round of 16 with relative ease. Sevastova was the first to […]
