Simona Halep, one of this year’s title favourites, produced an incredible fightback to reach the semifinals of the French Open, recovering from...
READ MOREFrench Open | Halep dominates
by Henry Wancke | Jun 6, 2017 | French Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
Simona Halep continues to provide performances which could well take her all the way at the French Open as the field, with the dismissal of the reigning champion in the...
French Open | French fans upset Muguruza
by Henry Wancke | Jun 5, 2017 | French Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
Garbine Muguruza joined the list of former champions when she lost her title in the fourth round of the French Open to Kristina Mladenovic and a very partisan crowd which...
French Open | Pliskova starting to live up to her ranking
by Henry Wancke | Jun 2, 2017 | French Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
Karolina Pliskova, the second seed from the Czech Republic, reached the third round of the French Open for the first time in her career in what is looking like an...
Pliskova and Wozniacki through
by Henry Wancke | Mar 29, 2017 | WTA Tour
The first of the womenÈs Miami Open semi-finals will feature the second seed Karolina Pliskova against the former world No1 Caroline Wozniacki.
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Linz | Martic tops Sakkari to play Potapova in WTA 250 final
Feb 12, 2023
Petra Martic upset top seed Maria Sakkari in the semi-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open on Saturday, rallying from a set down to pull off a 3-6 6-3 6-4 win at the WTA 250 event in Austria.

Abu Dhabi | Bencic to meet Samsonova in WTA 500 final
Feb 12, 2023
Belinda Bencic, the World No 9, reached her second final of the year on Saturday at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open with a straight-sets win over Beatriz Haddad Maia, where she will meet Liudmila Samsonova, ranked 19, who battled past Zheng Qinwen in 3 tight sets to make...

London | Svitolina honoured by Zelenskyy as opposition to IOC move grows
Feb 12, 2023
Elina Svitolina, Ukraine’s former top-ranked player, was back in her home country for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion last February as an an ambassador for United 24, the foundation founded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to collect financial...

Linz | It’s a Sakkari v Martic and Potapova v Vondrousova semi-final showdown in Austria
Feb 11, 2023
Top seed Maria Sakkari secured her spot in the Last 4 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open with a 6-3 7-6(8) straight-sets win over Donna Vekic, and will face off against another Croatian in Petra Martic next, while Anastasia Potapova, the 8th seed, takes on the...

Abu Dhabi | Zheng and Haddad Maia cause quarter-final upsets
Feb 11, 2023
Things are hotting up at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open as the WTA 500 tournament approaches its climax this weekend, with the premature departures of top seed Daria Kasatkina and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina at the hands of Zheng Qinwen and Beatriz Haddad Maia...