Siegemund joins top eight seeds in quarters as final match delayed
UNSEEDED German Laura Siegemund has earned a place in his first ever Grand Slam quarter final alongside a couple of top eight seeds in Sofia Kenin and Petra Kvitova. The 32-year-old veteran produced an impressive performance to down Spaniard Paula Badosa in straight sets, 7-5 6-2. The match lasted an hour and 36 minutes with […]
Jabeur continues Grand Slam form with Sabalenka upset
TUNISIA’S Ons Jabeur is through to the fourth round of the French Open after knocking out eighth seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in three sets. The 30th seed reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open earlier this year, and could be in line to reach that feat again if she can overcome Danielle Collins in […]
Pliskova sisters downed as Ostapenko returns at full strength
DAY five at the Roland Garros saw the second day of Round of 64 action, with the women’s draw continuing to produce some intriguing results. Three more seeds fell to lower ranked opposition as the draw continues to heat up, with second seed Karolina Pliskova upset in straight sets by a tenacious Jelena Ostapenko, while […]
Teenager Tauson wins on Grand Slam debut as Pliskova and Kenin challenged
DAY three of the 2020 Roland Garros saw the remainder of the Round of 128 finish up their matches, with some predictable top seeds in Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin and Aryna Sabalenka making their way through to the second round although the former two had to fight back after strong showings from their opposition. The […]
Kenin outclassed by relentless Azarenka
A HUGE upset was the story of the day at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, with third seed Sofia Kenin going down in straight sets to in-form Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. While Azarenka has been in excellent form, making two straight finals in New York – winning one by default – it was not the fact that […]
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 […]
Azarenka and Pironkova join Serena and Mertens in quarters
EUROPE will have four representatives in the last eight of the US Open women’s draw after veterans, Victoria Azarenka and Tsvetana Pironkova continued their runs at Flushing Meadows. The experienced duo will join United States’ Serena Williams and Belgian Elise Mertens in the quarter finals, which begin tomorrow. The remarkable achievement of Belarus and Bulgaria […]
Williams books fourth round spot, set to face Sakkari for second time in a fortnight
AMERICAN superstar Serena Williams’ pursuit for a 24th Grand Slam title remains on track after coming from a set down to defeat 26th seed Sloane Stephens 2-6 6-2 6-2. It was their first match against each other since 2015, but Williams had won five of six encounters between them leading into this contest. Stephens did […]
Three top 10 seeds in Sabalenka, Konta, Muguruza fall at US Open
AN intriguing round of results finished off the Round of 64 at the 2020 US Open, with a couple of matches postponed due to the weather, but majority of the games going off without a hitch despite some huge seeds dropping across the board. Three significant losses made the news on Day 4 of play, […]
