June 2nd, 2021
Serena Too Strong At French Open; Barty To Test Ailing Hip
Serena Williams is through to the third round at the French Open.
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June 1st, 2021
Barty Battles Hip, Pera For French Open Win, Kvitova Withdraws; Serena Returns Wed.
Petra Kvitova suffers a freak accident during press forcing her out of the event. And Ash Barty is nursing a bad hip.
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July 28th, 2019
Svitolina Seeks First Title Of Year In San Jose; Venus, Anisimona In Field; Vandeweghe Makes Return
Mihaela Buzarnescu and Victoria Azarenka are the lone former champions in San Jose.
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January 15th, 2019
Serena Sublime In Comeback At Australian Open; Venus, Halep Escape
The Williams sisters moved on at the Australian Open.
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August 5th, 2018
Buzarnescu Wallops Sakkari for 1st Career Title at WTA San Jose
“I was able to take all the emotions away and keep focused, and try to take it as a normal match, not as a final,” said Buzarnescu who improved to 1-2 in finals this year. “Even after the first set, I thought she could come back, so it was really not easy. After leading 3-0, I thought I could really win the match.”
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August 4th, 2018
Venus Falls To Sakkari In San Jose, Azarenka Retires; Washington Is Wet
Former No. 1s Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka both were eliminated Friday in San Jose.
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July 27th, 2018
Both Williams Sisters, Muguruza v Azarenka 1st Rd. at WTA San Jose
Interesting starts for (1) Muguruza vs. the former No. 1 Azarenka, (8) Babos vs. Mladenovic, and (6) S.Williams vs. Konta…
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June 22nd, 2018
Kvitova Strong In Birmingham, Buzarnescu Beats Svitolina For Second Time This Month
Mihaela Buzarnescu followed up her big win at the French Open over Elena Svitolina by beating her again on a different surface.
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May 20th, 2018
Stephens, Barty Headline Pre-French Events at Nurnberg, Strasbourg; WTA Previews
(2) Gavrilov starts against American Jennifer Brady and is then looking at the veteran Stosur in the second round, which would be a rematch of last year’s final…
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May 6th, 2018
Kvitova Comes From a Set Down at WTA Prague, 3rd Title of 2018
Kvitova jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first set before dropping five straight games and hitting five doubles faults and 24 unforced errors to find herself a set down.
Posted by Staff @ 11:20 am in Tennis | 1 Comment »
April 28th, 2018
Pliskova v Pliskova 1st Round at WTA Prague; Preview
Two Top 10 players in the J&T Banka Prague Open field are led by former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, who is coming off reaching the final at Stuttgart, and in Prague will open against her twin sister Kristyna.
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April 8th, 2018
WTA Previews: Mladenovic Heads Lugano, Maria in Bogota
Tough starts for the struggling (1) Mladenovic vs. last year’s breakout player Siegemund, (9) Van Uytvanck vs. Dodin who she has lost to (winner to face Giorgi), and struggling comeback player (5) Kuznetsova vs. the powerful Barthel…
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April 1st, 2018
Stephens, Osaka, Kasatkina Headline Next-Gen Stars at WTA Charleston; Preview
Former champions in the field are Kasatkina (2017), Stephens (2016), Andrea Petkovic (2014), and Stosur (2010).
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January 12th, 2018
Preview: Serena Out; Women’s Australian Open Likely to See a 1st-Time Winner
(5) Venus vs. Bencic the must-watch 1st rd. match in Melbourne…Other tough starts for (31) Makarova vs. Begu, and the injury-hampered (13) Stephens vs. Zhang, who she has previously lost to…
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