September 30th, 2020
Halep, Svitolina Wednesday Winners At French Open; Serena, Azarenka Out
Three big names – Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Coco Gauff – all exited the French Open singles on Wednesday.
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September 27th, 2020
Gauff Sends Konta Home, Halep, Azarenka Advance; Serena Headlines French Open Monday
Simona Halep made her 29th birthday a special one at the French Open.
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May 28th, 2019
Nervous Osaka Survives Schmiedlova Upset Bid At French, Halep Successfully Opens Title Defense
The top seeds again struggled on Tuesday as the French Open first round closed up.
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January 12th, 2019
Kenin Claims First WTA Title, Defeats Schmiedlova In Hobart Final
The first American woman to win a title in 2019 is Sofia Kenin, just like we all thought.
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April 15th, 2018
Schmiedlova, Ranked Outside Top 100, Returns to Prominence After WTA Bogota Title
“I was much more nervous days before [the final],” said Schmiedlova, who doesn’t even have a head shot photo on the WTA website. “Yesterday, for example, I played to get to Top 100 and to get to the main draw of Roland Garros, and also to get to final of WTA. I just wanted to show a good game, and that I can play good, and I think at least part of the match today was really good.”
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August 16th, 2016
Qualifier Vekic Upsets Ivanovic; Muguruza v Vandeweghe Tuesday In Cincinnati
Jelena Ostapenko won a wild one Monday in Cincinnati.
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July 18th, 2016
WTA Previews: Venus Williams Goes for 3rd Stanford Title; Bastad
Venus the lone Top 10 player ahead of the No. 12 Cibulkova…(8) Lepchenko a tough start against Riske…Wildcards went to Americans Catherine Bellis, Julia Boserup, Maria Mateas, and Canada’s Carol Zhao…
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July 10th, 2016
Halep Headlines Bucharest; Schnyder Returns at Gstaad!
Halep the lone Top 10 or Top 20 participant…(2) Errani looking at a 2nd rd. meeting with the former French Open champ Schiavone…
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April 23rd, 2016
Stosur, Kuzy, Multiple Slam Winners at Prague; Rabat; WTA Previews
Guess the tournament couldn’t meet Petra Kvitova’s price point?…No Top 10 players in the field, but multiple Grand Slam title winners and finalists among the seeds…Tough start for (8) Wickmayer vs. Giorgi…
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April 17th, 2016
Radwanska Leads 6 of Top 10 Women at Stuttgart; Istanbul; WTA Previews
Lots of floaters in the draw and tough opening-round match-ups including (1) Radwanska vs. Petkovic, (8) Safarova vs. Pliskova in an all-Czech, (6) Vinci vs. Makarova, (3) Muguruza vs. Lisicki, and (2) Kerber vs. the riser Beck in an all-German…
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April 3rd, 2016
Kerber, Bencic, Venus Lead Charleston; WTA Previews This Week
Two Top 10ers in the field, in addition to two former No. 1s…The Top 8 seeds receive opening-round byes…Potential tough starts for (9) Jankovic vs. Garcia and (3) Venus Williams vs. Riske…Wildcards were awarded to Americans Frances Altick, Louisa Chirico and Shelby Rogers…
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March 21st, 2016
Miami Open Tennis Women’s Preview: One Mind-blowing Quarter
As Ray Moore might say, ‘There are a lot of attractive ladies out there — umm, competitively attractive…oh crap, I’ve done it again.
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March 8th, 2016
Serena Leads, Sharapova Drugged Out of Indian Wells; Preview
What, too early for Maria jokes?
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February 6th, 2016
Venus Gets Paid in Taiwan; Swiss Top Seeds in St. Pete: WTA Previews
Let’s play “Guess Who Got the Appearance Cash?” with Venus as the top seed, and the No. 62-ranked Doi seeded second…No Top 10 seeds in the field…Remove Venus, and this would essentially be an ITF-level field…Potentially tricky starts for (8) Riske vs. the Croat riser Vekic, and (2) Doi vs. the lesser Pliskova…Wildcards stayed in-country to Chinese-Taipei’s Hsu Ching-Wen, Lee Pei-Chi and Lee Ya-Hsuan…
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October 17th, 2015
ATP/WTA Previews: Radwanska, 4 Top 10 in Moscow; Lux, Stockholm, Vienna
Notes: Strong seeding but not a lot of field depth…(4) Tomic will start against the Querrey-Baghdatis winner…Top 4 seeds receive opening-round byes…Wildcards went to Berdych, Swede Mike Ymer and Finn Jarkko Nieminen…Last year Berdych came from a set down to beat Dimitrov in the final…Berdych trying to become the first Stockholm back-to-back winner since James Blake (2005-06)…Former champs in the field are Berdych (2014,’12), Dimitrov (2013), and Baghdatis (2009).
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