WTA Tour wrap: Seeds proceed in one-sided days at San Jose and Romania
COME from behind wins appeared to be the theme of the day at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, with all four seeds claiming three set wins. It was a different story at the Winners Open in Romania, as the lone seed of the day also participated in the only three-setter in a much […]
WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in San Jose while seeds fall in Romania
THE Silicon Valley Classic WTA 500 event in San Jose has continued with six matches playing out to finish off the Round of 32, whilst in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, seeds fell across the board as four home hopefuls claimed opening round wins. Three of six American competitors claimed a second round berth in the United States, […]
Olympics Women’s wraps: Sorribes Tormo stuns Barty in Olympic-sized upset
FRESH off a second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, many were expecting world number one and Australian Ash Barty to cruise through her opening match at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They could not be more wrong, as the top seed was bundled out in a shock loss to rising Spanish talent Sara Sorribes Tormo in […]
WTA Tour wrap: Krejcikova, Zidansek, Putintseva claim trophies ahead of Tokyo
ALL three WTA Tour events finished up with varying results overnight, with the two clay events seeing the number one seed claim the crown as the hard court event saw the second seed reign supreme in an all-Czech battle. In Prague, it was Barbora Krejcikova who overcame eighth seed Tereza Martincova in an effortless 6-2-6-0 battle, […]
WTA Tour wrap: Finalists decided with fresh faces looking to make breakthroughs
PLENTY of intrigue surrounds the trio of WTA Tour finals taking place tonight, with an all-Czech battle, and couple of first time finalists taking centre stage following a huge round of semi-finals overnight. Success will be had by a Czech on home soil as Barbora Krejcikova and Tereza Martincova go head-to-head for the Prague Open title, after […]
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: Putinseva cruises through as Min upsets Stojanovic
WITH only one player inside the Top 50 on court across the three WTA Tour tournaments overnight, there was plenty of potential for rankings movement ahead of the Olympics. Tournaments in Hungary, Czech Republic and Switzerland all took place, with two matches suspended due to rain, but the rest all being completed be it first […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets aplenty as trio of WTA 250 events begin
THREE WTA 250 tournaments have begun this week with one hard court event starting in Prague, Czech Republic, and a couple of clay events in Lausanne, Switzerland and Budapest, Hungary. While the opening day at the Ladies Open Lausanne saw some slight delays and eventual suspended matches due to rain, the other two events were […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets aplenty at Strasbourg
A BIG sixth day of action at the 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg saw six matches play out, with two Round of 16 clashes joining the quarter finals. It was a day of pure upsets, with none of the higher ranked players winning in their respective clashes. Two seeded clashes played out, with fifth seed Barbora Krejcikova […]
WTA Tour wrap: French fall like flies in Strasbourg
IT was not a good day for the French WTA Tour athletes in Strasbourg as all three players were bundled out in different circumstances following five Round of 16 matches overnight. Wildcard duo Harmony Tan and Clara Burel, as well as experienced Caroline Garcia were all knocked out of the WTA Tour 250 event, as […]