Jessica Pegula, the World No 3, was the first seed to advance on the opening day’s play at the Australian Open on Monday, cruising past...
READ MOREAdelaide | Andreescu stages impressive come-back win over Muguruza
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 1, 2023 | WTA Tour
The WTA 500 Adelaide International 1 kicked off on Sunday at Memorial Drive with a 1st-round popcorn match between Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, and two-time...
Dubai | Swiatek leads Kites to opening WTL win
by Barbara Wancke | Dec 20, 2022 | Invitational
The World Tennis League, the newly-created invitational team competition, kicked off in Dubai on Monday with the Kites coming from behind to defeat the Eagles, 35-27, as a...
London | Andreescu and Pliskova revert to former coaches for 2023
by Barbara Wancke | Dec 8, 2022 | Off Court
The off-season traditionally is a time for a change of coaches and, this year, the carousel of new appointments continues with Bianca Andreescu and Karolina Pliskova...
Fort Worth | Garcia and Andreescu split from coaches
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 31, 2022 | Off Court
The coaching carousel has begun, an end-of-season changing of mentors ahead of the 2023 season, although the news that Caroline Garcia has split with Bertrand Perret, the...
Guadalajara | Players race for the WTA Finals in Mexico
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 18, 2022 | WTA Tour
The last WTA 1000 event of the year takes place in Guadalajara this week, determining the final 5 spots in the WTA Tour finals in which only Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and...
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Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova to meet Aoyama & Shibahara in AO doubles final
Jan 28, 2023
Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova defeated Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse to advance to the Australian Open women’s doubles final, where they will face Shuko Aoyama & Ena Shibahara, the No 10 seeds, who put an end to the hopes of the...

Melbourne | Djokovic explains father’s ‘lapse’ after claiming place in final
Jan 27, 2023
As expected, Novak Djokovic, following a straight sets victory over Tommy Paul, has reached the final of the Australian Open where Stefanos Tsitsipas awaits and where he hopes to lift the men’s trophy for a record breaking 10th time for the 22nd grand slam of his...

Melbourne | Mirza hanging up her racket
Jan 27, 2023
Sania Mirza, India's greatest women's tennis player, reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open, the last Grand Slam of her illustrious career, with Rohan Bopanna, but fell short to Luisa Stefani & Rafael Matos, the first all-Brazilian team to win a...

Melbourne | Hewett and Reid seal record wheelchair doubles titles
Jan 27, 2023
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid equalled the record for most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles won by a pair in the Open Era today after the British second seeds beat Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren 6-1, 6-2 to seal their fourth successive Australian Open...

Melbourne | Tsitsipas overcomes hiccup to reach final
Jan 27, 2023
It was his fourth time in the semi-final of the Australian Open and for the first time, he overcame a major mental hurdle to reach the final of the ‘Happy Slam’ which looked possible when he dropped the third set against Karen Khachanov.