Aussies win but fall short of knockout stage
AUSTRALIA will not win the 2025 United Cup after falling agonisingly short of a wildcard at the event. The green and gold did manage to defeat Great Britain last night, but with the result being 2-1, the decision for the second placed wildcard turned to games won as a tiebreaker and therefore allowed Czech Republic […]
Poland eliminate Norway in tight contest
AFTER the first match lasted just 62 minutes and one player won 12 of the 13 games, fans would have been forgiven for thinking it might be a one-way traffic day for Poland over Norway at the 2025 United Cup. However despite the early one-sidedness, Norway forced its way into a live decider and then […]
Gao-ing well – China upsets Brazil in United Cup
NO QINWEN Zheng, no worries as it turns out for China after world number 175 Xinyu Gao produced the biggest win of her career, downing Top 20 Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia to help guide her nation to victory at the United Cup last night. In the first of the night ties in Perth, Gao came […]
2025 United Cup: Group E preview
MISSING a couple of talents from making the group really interesting, reigning champions Germany looms as the obvious choice to advance through in Group E of the 2025 United Cup. Both Brazil and China have quality prospects, but no Next Gen ATP Finals winner in Brazilian Joao Fonseca or Chinese Olympic gold medallist Qinwen Zheng […]
Zheng seizes control to take out Uchijima in Tokyo
A DOMINANT purple patch when 5-4 down in the first set lit the flame of top seed Qinwen Zheng in Tokyo as the Chinese talent won the last nine games of the match against local hope Moyuka Uchijima to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter finals. Uchijima took it up to Zheng early, was no […]
Katie Boults into Tokyo second round
BRITISH ninth seed Katie Boulter wasted no time in dismissing Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon to race into the Round of 16 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo overnight. The sole seed in action, and only match that did not contain a local Japanese hope, Boulter needed just 77 minutes to get past Hon 6-1 […]
Gauff ends surprise packet’s run in Beijing
REACHING her seventh WTA Tour 1000 semi-final, Coco Gauff is running hot Beijing. The world number six ended the giant-killing run of Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtsewa, after the 24-year-old reach the quarter finals of the China Open with some big wins under her belt. It looked as though Gauff was going to be another scalp […]
Beggars belief in Beijing with upsets galore
THREE of the four Round of 16 matches in Beijing produced a trio of massive upsets overnight, with the only one not following suit being a mid-match retirement to former number one Naomi Osaka. The Japanese star was a set and a break up on young gun and fellow Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff, before […]
Frech bagel no worries for Pole
DESPITE not winning a game in the opening set of her Round of 32 match in Beijing, Polish 23rd seed Magdalena Frech turned her form around to take down higher ranked opponent Diana Shnaider and reach the fourth round of the China Open. The 31-year-old lost their only previous encounter back in Toronto when the […]
Osaka begins China Open with big win
FORMER China Open winner Naomi Osaka got her 2024 campaign at the tournament off to a perfect start, defeating Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-2 on the opening day of the tournament. Although she ultimately finished with a lower first serve percentage than her Italian opponent, Osaka absolutely blitzed Bronzetti on the aces count, winning it […]
