WTA Roundup – Paris, Karlsruhe, Strasbourg and Rabat
W125 Trophée Lagardère American Claire Liu claimed the biggest title of her career by winning the inaugural Trophée Lagardère in Paris, defeating Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-2 6-3, in the final on Sunday in an hour 37 minutes.
London | Laura Robson retires from competition
Former British No 1 Laura Robson has decided to formally retire from competitive tennis after her long battle with injuries that curtailed her on-court career.
Paris | Fruhvirtova and Noskova lead the charge in Roland Garros qualifying
The French Open at Roland Garros, which begins on Sunday, beckons and 128 hopefuls are embarking on their journeys in the qualifying event, hoping to win 3 matches to gain entry into the main draw headlined by the World No 1 Iga Swiatek.
Strasbourg | Stosur makes surprise singles appearance
Aussie Sam Stosur made a surprise appearance in the singles in the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Sunday after having announcing at the Australian Open that she was retiring from singles play.
Paris | Svitolina and Monfils are expecting a baby daughter
Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils are expecting their first child together, the couple have announced on their individual social media accounts on Sunday.
ATP TOUR
Rome | Djokovic sweeps up sixth title
The Rome Masters Final nearly became a mirror image of the disappointing and one-sided final played out last week in the Madrid title round following Novak Djokovic’s domination of Sefanos Tsitsipas in the first set.
Rome | Djokovic reaches new milestone
Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet in the Rome Masters final in what is a repeat of last year’s classic French Open title decider -- won by the Serbian from two-set to love down – and could provide an indication of the state of the individual players’...
Rome | Djokovic battles into semi-final and retains the No.1 ranking
Novak Djokovic is well on his way to achieving his two goals for the week as he prepares for the major clay court championships at Roland Garros starting Sunday week, namely, retaining his position at the top of the world rankings and winning a sixth Rome Masters title.
WTA TOUR
WTA Roundup – Paris, Karlsruhe, Strasbourg and Rabat
W125 Trophée Lagardère American Claire Liu claimed the biggest title of her career by winning the inaugural Trophée Lagardère in Paris, defeating Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-2 6-3, in the final on Sunday in an hour 37 minutes.
Strasbourg | Stosur makes surprise singles appearance
Aussie Sam Stosur made a surprise appearance in the singles in the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Sunday after having announcing at the Australian Open that she was retiring from singles play.
Rome | Swiatek shatters Jabeur hopes in final
20-year old Iga Swiatek continues to amaze as the World No 1 won her 5th WTA tournament in a row at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, successfully defending her title with an emphatic 6-2 6-2 win over Ons Jabeur and cementing her status as the game’s best...
OFF COURT
London | Laura Robson retires from competition
Former British No 1 Laura Robson has decided to formally retire from competitive tennis after her long battle with injuries that curtailed her on-court career.
Paris | Svitolina and Monfils are expecting a baby daughter
Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils are expecting their first child together, the couple have announced on their individual social media accounts on Sunday.
London | Osaka breaks away from IMG to set up own agency
Naomi Osaka has decided to break away from her management company, IMG, to start her own sports agency with longtime agent Stuart Duguid.
Florida | Chris Evert completes treatment for cancer
Former World No 1 Chris Evert has completed her 6th and final chemotherapy session to treat stage 1 ovarian cancer, the 18-time Grand Slam champion tweeted on Monday.
DAVIS CUP & BJK CUP
London | Czechs edge Team GB as USA pip Ukraine in BJK Cup Qualifiers
Great Britain’s quest for a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in November came down to a deciding doubles against the Czech Republic, which Harriet Dart & Katie Swan...
London | Raducanu wins for Britain in BJK Cup Qualifiers
Day 1 of the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers saw Emma Raducanu win her first professional clay court match to put Great Britain on a level footing with Czech...
London | Malaga gets the Finals
The latter stages of the Davis Cup Finals, due to be played in November, will now be hosted by Malaga in Southern Spain, the organisers have announced.
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GRAND SLAMS
Paris | Fruhvirtova and Noskova lead the charge in Roland Garros qualifying
The French Open at Roland Garros, which begins on Sunday, beckons and 128 hopefuls are embarking on their journeys in the qualifying event, hoping to win 3 matches to gain entry into the main draw headlined by the World No 1 Iga Swiatek.
Paris | French Open increases prize money, but not for the champions
The French Open, which starts at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday 22 May, is increasing its prize money by nearly 7% from 2019 to €43.6 million, which is about $46 million, with an increase of 35% for players who lose in the first round of singles.
Belgrade | Rublev through after slamming Wimbledon ban decision
Only two matches were played in the Serbian Open with the second seed remaining on track to meet local hero Novak Djokovic in the Belgrade final when he beat Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-3 6-3.
LTA NEWS
Vilamoura | Silver lining for Brits at World Team Cup
Great Britain’s overall performance at last weekend’s 2022 BNP Paribas World Team Cup - the wheelchair tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup - ensured that their men’s, women’s and junior wheelchair teams will qualify for next year’s...
London | Xu at the double –
Fourteen-year-old Mingge Xu has, in the past fortnight, begun to make some serious waves at National junior level, the Bridgend born youngster building on her remarkable victory in the 18-and-under National Championships 10 days ago to claim the 16-and-under...
London | Young Brits on the move
A compelling week of competitive tennis at the LTA Under 18 National Junior Championships concluded on Friday with victory for Solihul’s Luca Pow and Mingge (Mimi) Xu, from Bridgend, south Wales.
London | Raducanu signs up with Vodafone to promote grass-roots programme
Emma Raducanu has partnered with Vodafone to become the brand’s grass-roots tennis ambassador, helping to inspire the next generation of players.
Australian Open | Hewett beaten in final
Alfie Hewett’s bid to complete this year’s Australian Open as men’s singles and men’s doubles champion ended in a gallant three-set loss on Thursday as world No.1 Shingo Kunieda of Japan regained the title after a 7-5 3-6 6-2 win
Australian Open | Hewett and Reid make wheelchair history
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid secured their latest chapter in the tennis history books on Wednesday at the Australian Open when they won their third successive Australian Open men’s wheelchair doubles title, extending their tally of consecutive Grand Slam titles...
Australian Open | Hewett races into second men’s singles wheelchair final as Brits eye three doubles titles.
Alfie Hewett was in imperious form on Tuesday as he booked his place in his second successive Australian Open men’s wheelchair tennis singles final with a 61 61 victory over Stephane Houdet of France at Melbourne Park.
Australian Open | Hewitt, Reid, Shuker all through to wheelchair doubles finals
Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid, Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne made it a highly successful second day of wheelchair tennis competition for British players at the Australian Open on Monday as all four secured their places in Wednesday’s men’s, women’s and quad doubles...