Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza seems to have found her mojo as she overcame a tough challenge from Zarina Diyas to reach the semi-finals of the...
READ MOREShenzhen – Big names crash out in China
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 7, 2020 | WTA Tour
There were plenty of shocks at China’s Shenzhen Open on Tuesday, with the premature departure from the the singles by both top...
Zhuhai | Mertens dispatches Sakkari from Rose Group
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 23, 2019 | WTA Tour
Belgium’s Elise Mertens won her first, somewhat topsy-turvy match, in the Rose Group at the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai on Wednesday, effectively eliminating Maria...
New York | Mertens & Sabalenka win first Grand Slam doubles title
by Barbara Wancke | Sep 9, 2019 | US Open
Elise Mertens & Aryna Sabalenka won their first career Grand Slam title with a hard-fought 7-5 7-5 win over Ash Barty & Victoria Azarenka in the US Open doubles...
New York | Mertens & Sabalanka reach women’s doubles final
by Barbara Wancke | Sep 7, 2019 | US Open
The exceptional season on American hard courts keeps on rolling for Elise Mertens & Aryna Sabalenka, as the No 4 seeds overcame the all-American tandem of Caroline...
New York | Andreescu ousts Mertens to clinch first semifinal berth
by Barbara Wancke | Sep 5, 2019 | US Open
The Maple Leaf flew around Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night when Bianca Andreescu, the precocious 19-year old Canadian, pulled off a stirring comeback victory,...
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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...