Schmiedlova upsets Azarenka as Williams withdraws
DAY four of Roland Garros saw some huge results, with the biggest news to come out of the day the withdrawal from Serena Williams, bowing out to Tsvetana Pironkova prior to the match starting, citing an Achilles injury and more than likely now not playing another tournament in 2020. As for other top 10 seed […]
Intriguing winners list on day one of Roland Garros
A HUGE day one of the 2020 Roland Garros began with a couple of intriguing winners on the list among a plethora of seeds. As expected, top seed Simona Halep dominated her contest to head through to the second round, as did six of her fellow seeds. Halep was clinical in her effort against Spaniard […]
Halep favourite at Roland Garros in even WTA Tour field
After being postponed in May due to the spread of COVID-19, Roland Garros is set to commence on Monday. It should be a fascinating two weeks of tennis on the women’s side, as six of the top ten players are competing and some former Grand Slam champions are in outstanding form. In our tournament preview, […]
Thigh injury ends Pliskova’s Rome run as Halep claims title
WORLD number two Simona Halep has had the perfect lead-up to Roland Garros by claiming her first Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a win over an injured Karolina Pliskova. The Romanian was announced the winner after Pliskova was forced to retire early in the second set with a thigh injury. In her third Rome final – […]
Top two seeds in Halep and Pliskova to do battle for Rome title
TWO huge battles were the talk of the town at the WTA Tour’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia, fittingly seeing the top two seeds in Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova proceed into the final. With two seeded battles going ahead, neither player got away with easy wins although Pliskova certainly came away with the quicker victory. Halep […]
Clay court stars book final four spots in Rome
TWO Roland Garros champions, last year’s runner-up and a regular performer on clay have all won their respective quarters finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. Top two seeds, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova advanced through to the semi-finals, to now take on their respective opponents, Garbine Muguruza and Marketa Vondrousova who also booked impressive wins. […]
Putintseva survives against Rybakina in come-from-behind all-Kazakh triumph
YULIA Putintseva has stunned the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a remarkable come-from-behind victory over fellow Kazakh, Elena Rybakina. The world number 30 faced a 4-6 2-5 deficit against the world number 18 and 10th seed, but found a way to fight back and win 4-6 7-6 6-2 to book her spot in the quarter finals. […]
Top seeds return convincingly to Rome International
THE beginning of the Italian Open Round of 32 saw a couple of intriguing results, and while all seeds bar one head through to the Round of 16, there were very little straightforward matches played out. Also on day five, Victoria Azarenka and Venus Williams went head to head in a delayed first round match, […]
Internazionali BNL d’Italia sees Nadal return among a flurry of WTA players to the clay
THE Internazionali BNL d’Italia qualifying rounds are almost done and dusted making for an intriguing full draw at both the men’s and women’s Italian Open. While all US Open semi-finalists were given the first round of competition off to recover from the quick turnaround in competitions – and countries – just one ATP Tour player […]
Three top 12 seeds out, but Italy International still stacked with talent
THE Internazionali D’Italia or Italy International might not feature world number one, Ash Barty or top 12 players Bianca Andreescu and Aryna Sabalenka, but there are still plenty of top 10 talents running around on the Rome clay courts. The lead-up event to Roland Garros, players such as Serena Williams and Simona Halep will be […]
