Serena breaks 430-day drought
SERENA Williams has broken her 430-day winless drought by defeating Spaniard, Nuria Parrizas Diaz in straight sets. The American 23-time Grand Slam winner proved too good for the lucky loser, finally getting her first win in more than a year at the National Bank Open in Toronto. Williams’ Round of 64 victory was one of […]
Naomi returns to win first match since April
FOUR-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has returned to the WTA Tour, producing a hard-fought three set win over promising Chinese teenager Qinwen Zheng. The former world number one has not played since her first round loss at Roland Garros, and has not won a match since the Madrid Open on April 30. In a […]
2022 Indian Wells WTA scores: Round of 128
AS part of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 Masters coverage, we’ll be adding the Round of 128 scores all in one place. The men’s first round of competition started on Wednesday local time and finished on Thursday, with the results uploaded as they were completed. OSAKA RETURNS TO WIN BATTLE OF THE US OPEN CHAMPIONS […]
WTA Tour Scores: February 20, 2022 – Doha
FINDING all the WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw results from the tennis tournaments from yesterday, February 20. For the WTA Tour, that is the WTA 1000 event in Doha. QATAR OPEN: Doha, Qatar | WTA 1000 | Hard In the […]
WTA Tour title winners: Ostapenko claims memorable Dubai win
HAVING a run to a WTA Tour title like few others, Jelena Ostapenko can safely say she earned her Dubai WTA 500 trophy this week. Completing what was an outstanding week of tennis, the world number 21 knocked off Russian Veronika Kudermetova in an easy 6-0 6-4 match that lasted just 65 minutes. WTA TOUR: […]
WTA Tour Scores: February 15, 2022 – Dubai
FINDING all the WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw results from the tennis tournaments heading into February 16. For the WTA Tour, that is the WTA 500 event in Dubai. DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | WTA […]
Barty breezes into third round, blasts Bronzetti
SEEMINGLY having somewhere to be quickly, Australian world number one Ash Barty has dismantled yet another opponent. This time the unlucky player was Italian qualifier Lucia Bronzetti, who lasted less than an hour at the Barty Party before it was lights out for the 23-year-old world number 142. Barty was as swift and clinical as […]
2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 1
THE 2022 Australian Open got underway yesterday and in Rookie Me Central’s Australian Open Scoreboard, see how every match went down. The men’s singles went largely to plan, with only Sebastian Korda‘s win over British 12th seed Cameron Norrie, and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic victory 30th seed South African Lloyd Harris the sole seeded upsets. […]
2022 Australian Open preview
AFTER another long year Down Under, the Australian Open kicks off today in the opening Grand Slam of the tennis year. The biggest controversy happened well before a ball was bounced with world number one and Australian Open record holder Novak Djokovic deported back to Serbia. It means there will be a new reigning champion, […]
Barty-Osaka fourth round clash highlights Aus Open draw
A MASSIVE potential fourth round clash between reigning champion Naomi Osaka and world number one Ash Barty highlighted the women’s Australian Open draw today. In an unbelievable sight, arguably the two best players in the world – and two favourites will instead meet in the Round of 16 instead of the final. Though Osaka has […]
