2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 3
AS the second round got underway at Melbourne Park, the first of the 2022 Australian Open third round matches became clear. There were a handful of upsets, and some epic contest, but on the most part everything seemed to go fairly to plan. Twelve seeds still remain in the men’s draw, with just one more […]
2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 2
DAY TWO of the 2022 Australian Open saw more upsets than its predecessor, and some epic five-set and three-set contests in the men’s and women’s draws respectively. At the conclusion of the day, the full first round is complete, with second round matches – Round of 64 – kicking off today. Despite a scare from […]
Around the Tours: Barty overruns Coco
WORLD number one Ash Barty produced a strong comeback to put away teenage prodigy Coco Gauff in three sets at the Adelaide International last night. In one of the matches of the day, Gauff took the first set against the rusty Australian, and went 4-2 up seemingly set to advance to the quarter finals. Instead, […]
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 […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Hontama stuns top talents
QUARTER finalists have been decided at the Chicago fall Tennis Classic, with the final four determined in Nur-Saltan with Indian Wells edging closer by the day. CHICAGO FALL TENNIS CLASSIC WTA 500: Japanese 200th ranked talent Mai Hontama has stunned onlookers at the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic by reaching the quarter final of the event, […]
2021 WTA Tour weekly title wrap: Kontaveit caps off sparkling run with second title in three tournaments
ANETT Kontaveit has moved back inside the Top 20 after her WTA Tour 500 title at Ostrava. The Estonian talent is edging closer to her career-high ranking of 14th, winning her second title this year after her triumph at Cleveland. The 25-year-old has won 12 of her past 13 matches, only losing to Iga Swiatek […]
WTA Tour wrap: Top two seeds on track for Budapest final
YULIA Putintseva and Danielle Collins are on track to face off in a mouth-watering final after the pair won their respective quarter finals at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest overnight. The number one and two seeds respectively need one more win to advance through to the final, but play much lower ranked opponents in […]
WTA Tour wrap: Stephens stuns Kvitova on day one at Wimbledon
SLOANE Stephens showed she means business at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, taking a huge scalp on day one. The US Open winner has struggled with consistency over the past few years, but she made not mistake in putting together a big win against two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 6-3 6-4. In just 77 minutes of […]
2021 ATP/WTA 1000 Miami Open preview: Federer and Nadal withdraw as Barty returns
THE 2021 Miami Open is set to begin this week, played from Monday, March 22 through to Sunday, April 4, with the 1000 event expected to showcase some high calibre encounters across both the ATP and WTA Tours. Whilst the men’s list is missing a couple of notable names within the top 20, the women’s […]
