August 16th, 2019
Osaka Retires, Keys Downs Venus In Cincinnati QFs, Barty A Win From No. 1
Who’ll win their first Cincinnati women’s title on Sunday?
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August 15th, 2019
Keys Edges Halep In Cincinnati Thriller; Barty, Osaka, Pliskova Battle For No. 1
Three women in Cincinnati are bidding for the No. 1 seed at the US Open.
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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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May 18th, 2019
Konta Keeps Winning, Beats Bertens To Reach Rome Final, Pliskova Awaits
A new Rome women’s champion will be crowned on Sunday.
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May 17th, 2019
Pliskova Powers Pasts Azarenka In Rome, Leads Unlikely Group Of Semifinalists
Two unseeded players including a qualifier made the last four in Rome.
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May 16th, 2019
Osaka Wins 2 In Rome, Secures French Top Seed; Konta Upsets Stephens, Venus; Halep, Kvitova Ailing
Players were pushed to the limit Thursday in Rome.
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January 14th, 2019
Sharapova, Kerber, Wozniacki Winners At Australian Open; Williams On Tap Tuesday
The three former champions in the women’s draw all cruised in their Rod Laver openers on Monday in Melbourne.
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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.”
Posted by Staff @ 9:46 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
August 5th, 2018
Preview: Serena Drops Out, Insane Men’s Openers at Rogers Cup Tennis
The outrageous number of opening-round seeds vs. floaters match-ups includes (16) Kyrgios vs. (WC) Wawrinka, (11) Schwartzman vs. Edmund, (6) Cilic vs. Coric, (3) Del Potro vs. Nishikori, (14) Fognini vs. Johnson (winner to meet Shapovalov), (5) Dimitrov vs. Verdasco, (10) Goffin vs. Raonic, (4) Anderson vs. Rublev, (7) Thiem vs. the fast-rising Tsitsipas, (9) Djokovic vs. Chung, and (2) Zverev vs. Ferrer…
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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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December 31st, 2017
Unseeded Sharapova Joins Halep, Ostapenko in Shenzhen Title Chase; Preview
Halep is trying to stay atop the WTA rankings this week, and Ostapenko is coming off an exhibition win over Serena Williams…Interesting starts include (5) Wang vs. the upset specialist Riske (winner to meet Sharapova), and (2) Ostapenko vs. the lesser Pliskova, winner to meet the scrappy Giorgi…
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