WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As the tennis world grapples with the domino effect of the coronavirus pandemic, an issue full of enormous scale and human impact – where the current situation is very fluid – its various […]
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been less than 48 hours since the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., one of the most prestigious events on the professional tennis calendar, was canceled. There has been plenty of […]
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The 2020 BNP Paribas Open, one of the world’s biggest and most significant tennis tournaments, will not be held as scheduled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Public health officials in California declared a […]
MONTERREY, March 9, 2020 Top seed Elina Svitolina claimed her first title of the 2020 season, outlasting No.9 seed Marie Bouzkova for the Abierto GNP Seguros trophy in Monterrey. Svitolina, champion of the 2018 WTA Finals, battled through the top […]
ATP/WTA Press Release, March 8, 2020 As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to cause concern on a global scale, the ATP and WTA have jointly announced a series of precautionary health measures that will be implemented on-site at upcoming events […]
STARNBERG, March 2, 2020 After almost 19 years of plying her trade as one of the top female tennis players in the world, Russian born Maria Sharapova has quietly announced she will exit stage left from a solid tennis career. […]
DOHA, March 1, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As Petra Kvitova and Aryna Sabalenka squared off in their WTA Premier 5 title match at the Qatar Total Open in Doha Saturday evening, the 11th-ranked Czech star arrived on Centre Court at […]
DOHA, February 29, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Petra Kvitova lost to Ashleigh Barty four times in the past year after she had dominated their head-to-head series by winning the first four times, including a quarterfinal round victory en route to the […]
INDIAN WELLS, February 27, 2020 (Press Release) Former World No. 1, four-time Grand Slam Champion and two-time BNP Paribas Open Champion Kim Clijsters was awarded a wild card into the 2020 event and will continue her comeback at the largest WTA and […]
DOHA, February 26, 2020 (Press Release) Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia on Monday paid a visit to the Qatar National Library on the sidelines of the ongoing Qatar Total Open 2020. The 34-year-old, winner of the 2009 […]
