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July 25th, 2021

Barty Bounced Out Of Olympic Singles; Osaka Impresses In Return

World No. 1 Ash Barty is out of the Olympic singles.

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June 29th, 2021

Serena Injured, Barty, Coco, Venus Advance At Wet Wimbledon

Serena Williams will have to wait to get to 24.

Posted by Staff @ 5:02 pm in Wimbledon | 1 Comment »

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.

Posted by Staff @ 9:50 pm in French Open | Comments Off on Barty Battles Hip, Pera For French Open Win, Kvitova Withdraws; Serena Returns Wed.

May 31st, 2021

Osaka Withdraws, Muguruza Upset At French Open; Serena, Swiatek Survive Tough Tests

There is no better story Tuesday in Paris than the return of Carla Suarez Navarro.

Posted by Staff @ 7:12 pm in French Open | Comments Off on Osaka Withdraws, Muguruza Upset At French Open; Serena, Swiatek Survive Tough Tests

January 22nd, 2020

Gauff Outlasts Cirstea At Australian Open, Serena Wins; Pliskova, Halep Headline Thurs.

Coco Gauff sets a rematch with Naomi Osaka.

Posted by Staff @ 8:20 am in Australian Open | Comments Off on Gauff Outlasts Cirstea At Australian Open, Serena Wins; Pliskova, Halep Headline Thurs.

April 21st, 2019

Kuznetsova The Biggest Star In WTA Istanbul Field

Two-time Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova continues her comeback this week in Istanbul.

Posted by Staff @ 3:41 pm in Istanbul | Comments Off on Kuznetsova The Biggest Star In WTA Istanbul Field

February 10th, 2019

Halep, Pliskova, Wozniacki, Kerber Head Premier Field In Doha

With a new coach, Simona Halep leads a loaded Doha field.

Posted by Staff @ 3:43 pm in Doha | 2 Comments »

September 3rd, 2018

Super Soldier Serum-less Sharapova Shut Out of US Open, Serena Up Tuesday

Maria Sharapova has been unable to find her mojo since returning from her doping ban for using a Russian super soldier serum in 2017.

Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 11:35 pm in Tennis, US Open | 9 Comments »

June 23rd, 2018

Wozniacki, Murray Fan Favorites at ATP/WTA Eastbourne

Murray and Wawrinka square off first round, winner to meet (2) Edmund…Other openers of interest are (8) Fuchsovics vs. the grass-ready Brit (WC) Norrie, the rookie (4) Ceccinato vs. the veteran Seppi, (5) Mayer vs. Simon (winner to meet Muller), and (7) Johnson vs. Medvedev (winner to face M.Zverev)…

Posted by Staff @ 10:17 pm in Tennis | 47 Comments »

June 17th, 2018

Azarenka, Kuzy, Stosur Unseeded Floaters Vying for WTA Mallorca Open Title

Unseeded floaters to watch are the former No. 1 Azarenka (starting vs. Aleksandra Krunic then (7) Safarova), the former No. 2 Kuznetsova (vs. (3) Sevastova) and the former US Open winner Stosur (vs. Marketa Vondrousova then (5) Suarez Navarro)…

Posted by Staff @ 5:24 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

January 23rd, 2018

Mertens Upsets Svitolina, Sets Wozniacki Meeting at Australian Open

Mertens, who trains at Kim Clijsters’ academy, was ranked No. 36 to begin the year when she won the WTA Hobart title, and took that momentum into Melbourne. The 22-year-old failed to close out the first set serving at 5-2, but got the job done serving at 5-4. She then baked a bagel in the second set, ending Svitolina’s chances for not only a first Grand Slam title but the No. 1 ranking.

Posted by Staff @ 9:43 am in Australian Open, Tennis | 4 Comments »

January 22nd, 2018

Nadal, Dimitrov Bid For Australian Open Rematch; Svitolina Seeks First Slam Semi

Four semifinal berths are up for grabs Tuesday at the Australian Open.

Posted by Staff @ 8:26 pm in Australian Open | 241 Comments »

January 21st, 2018

Wozniacki Rolls Into Quarters; No. 1 Halep v Osaka Monday at Australian Open

Wozniacki is picking up straight away from 2017 when she had the most match wins on tour, challenged for the No. 1 ranking and won the year-end WTA championships.

Posted by Staff @ 9:05 am in Australian Open, Tennis | 2 Comments »

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…

Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 2:08 pm in Australian Open, Tennis | 1 Comment »

July 23rd, 2017

Wozniacki Looks to Turn Around 0-4 Record in Finals at Bastad; WTA Preview

Tough starts for (9) Larsson vs. Barthel, a tired (6) Bertens vs. the German riser Witthoeft, and (3) Garcia vs. last week’s title winner Begu (winner to likely face the former French Open finalist Errani)…

Posted by Staff @ 11:13 pm in Tennis | 2 Comments »