Around the Tour: Hon stuns Kvitova in Adelaide
AUSTRALIAN wildcard Priscilla Hon has taken out Czech star Petra Kvitova in a stunning night match at the Adelaide International. The 263rd ranked Hon was a heavy underdog against the 17th ranked Kvitova and former world number two, but battled hard to run away with the contest in the third set. The 31-year-old Czech is […]
Five WTA Grand Slam winners land in Adelaide
A BLOCKBUSTER top half of the draw for the Adelaide International will see a massive five WTA Grand Slam winners contest for semi-finals spots. Alongside the return of world number one Ash Barty, the likes of Iga Swiatek (fifth seed), Sofia Kenin (sixth seed), Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka have all been placed in the […]
2022 WTA Tour Players to Watch: Marta Kostyuk
UKRAINIAN teenager Marta Kostyuk snuck into the WTA Tour’s Top 50 last month, reaching her career-high ranking after a memorable season. The European young gun has been a name that has kept popping up over the last few seasons as a prodigy, so it would be easy to forget that she is only 19-years-old. Starting […]
2022 WTA Tour Players to Watch: Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
COLOMBIAN teenager Maria Camila Osorio Serrano kicks off our WTA Tour Players to Watch count for 2022, after the 19-year-old broke through for her maiden title his year. Recording a 35-17 win-loss record, Osorio Serrano reached a career-high 53rd, and was 55th by year’s end. Five years ago aged 14, Osorio Serrano began her WTA […]
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 […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Open fields in Chicago, Nur-Saltan
THE CHICAGO Fall Tennis Classic has been dealt a blow this year, with a number of top talents unable to play in what is an open field of entrants. Whilst the likes of Ash Barty, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka and – after a late withdrawal – Maria Sakkari will not take part, there […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Tauson and Juvan topple seeds, Riske finds form
FOUR of the eight quarter finalists at the events in Luxembourg and Potoroz have been decided as we take a quick glimpse at how the first two rounds of action panned out in the WTA Tour 250 events. Over in Slovenia, it was a great day for the home nation, with young gun and future […]
A look ahead – 2021 WTA Tour: Luxembourg & Portoroz
FOLLOWING the conclusion of the US Open, the WTA Tour is not taking a break like the ATP Tour, with two WTA 250 events. The qualifiers were completed for the 2021 Luxembourg Open with the main draw matches to begin overnight tonight, whilst the Zvarovalnica Sava Porotorz in Slovenia has begun qualifying, with those matches […]
WTA Tour wrap: Past US Open winner claims rare win over seeded opponent on day three
PAST US Open winner Sloane Stephens was one of only three unseeded players to advance to the Round of 32 in the bottom half of the women’s draw following day three of action. The first 16 players through to the third round were decided overnight, with all the Top 20 seeds securing their spots in […]
WTA Tour: Barty takes out W&S Open title as 250s get underway
ASH Barty has looked the goods this week in Cincinnati following a surprise loss at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and did not show an ounce of nerves as she blasted past giant-killing wildcard Jil Teichmann, 6-3 6-1 to claim the 2021 Western and Southern Open trophy. A tight start to the first set saw neither player […]
