Swiatek blasts compatriot in Warsaw homecoming
WORLD number one Iga Swiatek‘s 37-match winning streak might have come to an end at Wimbledon, but the Polish star showed no signs of slowing down in her first match since that event. Swiatek returned home to Warsaw and won her 17th consecutive match on clay with a regulation blitz of compatriot Magdalena Frech. The […]
WTA Tour wrap: Hungarian qualifier Bondar upsets Schmiedlova in Poland
ALMOST a full day’s play was completed across both WTA Tour tournaments in Gdynia and Palermo, with eight of the nine total matches finding a result. In Poland, the Round of 32 was knocked over with a couple of contrasting results, whilst another two Round of 16 winners advanced through to the quarter finals. In […]
WTA Tour wrap: Poland and Palermo see upsets on opening day
TWO clay events began overnight in Italy and Poland, respectively, with the women’s draws providing plenty of intriguing results on the respective opening days. Palermo saw three seeds compete with the day’s favourite in Liudmila Samsonova crumbling at the first hurdle in a shaky 6-3 6-2 loss to Chinese 18-year-old Zheng Qinwen, with the youngster stunning […]
