Simona Halep survived a scare against Aryna Sabalenka as she fought back from a set down to progress into the Dubai Duty Free Championships...
READ MOREMelbourne | Halep storms into semis with Kontaveit KO
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 29, 2020 | Australian Open
Former World No 1 Simona Halep signalled her intent to go the whole way at the Australian Open on Wednesday when she crushed Anett Kontaveit, 6-1 6-1, to reach the...
Stuttgart | Kontaveit and Kvitova reach final
by Henry Wancke | Apr 28, 2019 | WTA Tour
Petra Kvitova and Anett Kontaveit will contest the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title in Stuttgart in what is the first big clay court event on the women’s circuit, following a...
Zhuhai | Kontaveit upsets defending champion Goerges
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 1, 2018 | WTA Tour
Day 3 of the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy at Zhuhai in China produced its first upset of the tournament when defending champion Julia Goerges fell to Estonia’s Anett...
Zhuhai | Sabalenka and Mertens score first wins
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 31, 2018 | WTA Tour
Power-hitting Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka had all the answers on Tuesday, dispatching Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, 6-4 6-4, in the opening match of the WTA Elite Trophy in...
French Open | Muguruza and Sharapova progress
by Barbara Wancke | Jun 3, 2018 | French Open
It was a day of mixed fortunes for Grand Slam champions at the French Open on Saturday. The reigning Wimbledon champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, saw off Sam Stosur, a former...
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Austin | Dart falls to 18-year old in longest match of the year
Mar 1, 2023
Harriet Dart saw 2 match points come and go against 18-year old Erika Andreeva, a Russian Lucky Loser who prevailed over the British No 2 after a 3-hour and 32-minute marathon in the opening round of the inaugural ATX Open, while the teenager’s compatriot Varvara...

Acapulco | Alcaraz and Norrie pull out
Mar 1, 2023
A double blow for the organisers of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco, an ATP 500 event, as both Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie, withdraw following their exhausting labours in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro where they both reached the finals,...

Doha | Djokovic edges his opener while Evans retires in his
Mar 1, 2023
The world No.1 Novak Djokovic returned to on-court action for the first time since winning his record tenth Australian Open and immediately suffered a scare as he dropped a set and was taken to a deciding tiebreak in his opening round at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis...

Dubai | Rublev wins through to R2 but Murray withdraws
Feb 28, 2023
On the opening day of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre, the defending champion Andrey Rublev, seeded two for the event, got the defence of his title successfully underway by defeating Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-2.

London | Raducanu signs up for the Eisenhower Cup
Feb 28, 2023
Emma Raducanu, who had to withdraw because of tonsillitis from this week’s ATX Open, the WTA 250 event in Austin, Texas, is now expected to return to action on 7 March, when she will team up with British No 1 Cameron Norrie for the mixed doubles at the Eisenhower Cup...