Two-time Australian Open champion, Victoria Azarenka, the No 24 seed from Belarus, cruised past Argentine Nadia Podoroska, 6-1 6-0, in just 57...
READ MOREMelbourne | Pegula, Sakkari and Collins advance, but Anisimova and Bouzkova fall
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 16, 2023 | Australian Open
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 Jaqueline Cristian to meet...
Adelaide | Jabeur opens with a win as Begu fells Ostapenko
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 5, 2023 | WTA Tour
The two top seeds, Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka, remain on track at the Adelaide International 1, reaching the quarter-finals and, following Jelena Ostapenko’s dismissal...
Adelaide | Zheng upsets Kontaveit as Vondrousova, Azarenka and Ostapenko advance
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 3, 2023 | WTA Tour
China’s Zheng Qinwen saved a match point on Tuesday, and then went on to upset Anett Kontaveit, the No 6 seed, in a thrilling opening round encounter at the WTA 500 Adelaide...
Guadalajara | Pegula advances past Azarenka into Mexico final
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 23, 2022 | WTA Tour
Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, followed the form book with a straight sets win over Victoria Azarenka to reach the final of the Guadalajara Open Akron, but her opponent...
Guadalajara | Sakkari secures last spot at WTA Finals
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 22, 2022 | WTA Tour
Maria Sakkari, the World No 6, landed the last berth at the WTA Finals when she defeated Veronika Kudermetova, 6-1 5-7 6-4, on Friday night to advance to the semi-finals of...
Further Reading

Turin | Djokovic and Sinner meet for a second time in a week.
Nov 19, 2023
The organisers of the Nitto AP Finals couldn’t be happier when the semi-final line-up was confirmed with the top four world-ranked players, namely Novak Djokovic (1), Carlos Alcaraz (2), Daniil Medvedev (3) and Jannik Sinner (4), made the last four.

Turin | Sinner and Djokovic go through to semis
Nov 17, 2023
It was a day of reckoning for the last group matches of the Green Group with three of the four players vying for a place in the semi-finals of this year’s Nitto ATP Finals being played in Turin, Italy.

Turin | Medvedev is first to make the last four.
Nov 16, 2023
Daniil Medvedev, the 2020 champion, is the first player from this year’s field to qualify for the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin following his victory over Alexander Zverev to claim his second Red Group win.

Turin | Sinner outlasts Djokovic after Tsitsipas retires injured
Nov 15, 2023
Novak Djokovic just managed to outlast Holger Rune in his first Green Group match on the opening day of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin but required three hours and three sets to achieve that and, for the eighth time, end the year as World No.1.

St Petersburg, Fla | Controversial WTA 2024 Calendar announced
Nov 15, 2023
The WTA has been in hot water of late for a number of reasons, including its poor scheduling, which apparently does not take into account top players’ health and well-being, and it seems that its just published proposed 2024 Calendar is not going to help assuage these...