2021 WTA Tour year-end rankings and surprise packets
THE 2021 WTA Tour came to a close for the most part this week, with the official year-end rankings confirmed on Monday and seeing some last-minute Top 10 changes over the past week. We run through the 2021 year-end Top 10 and the surprise packets from the season that was. READ>>2021 WTA Memorable Moments Ash […]
2021 WTA Tour weekly title wrap: Vekic breaks drought as Kontaveit plays villian against Halep
RED-HOT Estonian Anett Kontaveit has continued her remarkable 2021 form to claim her fourth WTA Tour title of the season and enter the Top 10 in the world for the first time. The second seed at the 2021 Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca, Kontaveit overcame home crowd favouritism to her opponent, top seed and Romanian Simona […]
WTA tour midweek update: Raducanu, Halep among stellar standouts
THE WTA Tour has heated up this week, as big wins and a top-seed loss were the talk of the town at the Transylvania Open and Courmayeur Ladies Open. Top-seeded players were unstoppable in Romania as their stellar performances helped launch them through to the quarterfinals. Among the impressive performers was US Open champion Emma […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Jabeur’s busy season rolls on as Grand Slam winner fronts up in Romania
TUNISIAN Ons Jabeur has had a remarkable 2021 WTA Tour season, but she is not looking to slow down any time soon with yet another tournament after playing at Indian Wells – and then having to retire at the Kremlin Cup – fronting up in the Courmayeur Ladies Open in Italy. It is one of […]
WTA Tour Midweek Update: Kremlin Cup and Tenerife Ladies Open impress
THE number of contenders in the VTB Kremlin Cup continues to narrow down, as the remaining players put on a dominant display in Russia. Three top-seeded players advanced to the next stage, whilst a surprise retirement of a match amidst the action of day five of the cup. Meanwhile at the Tenerife Ladies Open, a […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Sabalenka returns in Moscow
TWO WTA Tour tournaments kick off this week in the wake of the Indian Wells concluding, with world number two Aryna Sabalenka returning following her positive COVID-19 test that forced her to miss the BNP Paribas Open. She will suit up for the WTA 500 event on the hard courts of Moscow, as we preview […]
Midweek Tour update: Indian Wells quarter finals get underway
SIX of the eight quarter finals have been completed across the ATP and WTA Tour’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Two of the men’s quarter finals were completed in very different fashions, whilst all four of the women’s quarter finals decided the 2021 semi-finalists. INDIAN WELLS ATP: Two in-form players upset a couple of […]
2021 WTA BNP Paribas preview: Andreescu returns to defend her title
FOUR past winners, including reigning champion Bianca Andreescu will line up at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. The WTA 1000 event is the last major event on the calendar prior to the WTA Finals, with only a sprinkling of 250 events and one 500 left for the season. Andreescu joins two-time […]
WTA Tour wrap: Fernandez topples Kerber on 19th birthday
ONLY the most recent Grand Slam winner in action on court for the women’s US Open Round of 16 matches was able to progress through to the quarter finals, as three previous Grand Slam winners all fell in the fourth round. One of them was to Barbora Krejcikova, with the most recent Roland Garros champion, […]
WTA Tour wrap: Fernandez stuns Osaka in sole upset of day five
CANADIAN young gun Leylah Fernandez has produced a sensational comeback to defeat reigning US Open champion and world number two Naomi Osaka in three sets to book her Round of 16 spot. In the only real upset of day five, Fernandez is the sole unseeded player advancing through to the Round of 16 in the […]
