The women’s quarter-final places were completed on Monday at the Australian Open, Day 8 of the championships, with an in-form Simona Halep...
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Melbourne | Kerber crushes Sharapova to take on Hsieh
Angelique Kerber continued her march towards a second Australian Open crown with a clinical third-round victory over five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova. The 2016...
Melbourne | Sharapova and Kerber safe as Kvitova falls
Day 2 of the Aussie Open placed rather less stress on the women’s seeds, who mostly secured their second round slots with relative ease. So too did two former champions,...
US Open Day 2 | Defending champion Kerber knocked out by Osaka
Defending champion and former World No 1, Angelique Kerber, met the talented teenager, Naomi Osaka, from Japan and was shown the exit door at the US Open. It was a bad draw...
US Open Preview | The battle for WTA No.1
Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic may well be the World No.1 and top seed at the US Open which starts on Monday, but it is Maria Sharapova, the Russian wild-card...
Cincinnati | Pliskova gets the defence of her title under way
The top seeded Karolina Pliskova, the defending champion, eased into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win over Russian Natalia Vikhlyantseva...
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Cleveland | Zhu takes out Garcia, as Alexandrova, Sorribes Tormo and Maria make Last 4
Caroline Garcia’s hopes of a deep run at the Tennis In The Land WTA 250 in Cleveland, Ohio, were brought to an abrupt halt when the top-seeded wild-card was soundly beaten by China’s Lin Zhu, 6-4 6-1, in the quarter-finals, while Ekaterina Alexandrova, Sara Sorribes...
New York | British No 7 Miyazaki leads upsets in 1st-round of US Open qualifying
Britain's Yuriko Lily Miyazaki joined Harriet Dart in the 2nd-round of qualifying for the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Wednesday, producing a convincing 6-3 6-2 win over Ukraine's Daria Snigur, the No 23 seed, 6-3 6-2, while a string of other upsets also...
Cleveland | Lucky loser Sorribes Tormo upsets Kudermetova
The quarter-final line-up was almost completed on Wednesday at the Tennis In The Land WTA 250 tournament in Cleveland, when Ekaterina Alexandrova and Tatjana Maria advanced, but Veronika Kudermetova was sent packing by Sara Sorribes Tormo, while Sloane Stephens’ match...
New York | Serena gives birth to second daughter
Serena Williams gave birth to her second child this week, as she and her husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed a baby daughter to their family, announcing the arrival on social media on Tuesday.
New York | Dart wins US Open QR1 but Watson falls at first hurdle
Of the 3 British women contesting for a place in the main draw of the US Open this week, only Harriet Dart has made it into the 2nd-round of qualifying so far, with Heather Watson falling at the first hurdle and Lily Miyazaki yet to play her opener.