BERLIN, November 22, 2019 (Press Release) In exactly seven months the first winner of the Grass Court Championships Berlin will be crowned! After Angelique Kerber, who has celebrated one of her greatest victories in 2018 on the “holy” lawn in Wimbledon, Julia […]
HOBART, November 22, 2019 (Press Release) Australian No.3 and 2011 US Open champion Sam Stosur will compete at the Hobart International in January. The decorated 35-year-old last competed at the Hobart International in 2014, reaching the semifinals as the top seed. She made her […]
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Tomas Berdych, long regarded by many as one of the best of the current Golden Age not named Federer, Nadal or Djokovic, and Dominika Cibulkova, who at just 5-feet-3 (1.6 meters) stood tall […]
PERTH, November 8, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The official draw for the 2019 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final between host Australia and France took place in a festive atmosphere at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth, Western Australia on […]
WASHINGTON, November 5, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) What some saw as a performance of relentless aggression, Timea Babos and Kristina “Kiki” Mladenovic viewed as opportunity to show the world that they were indeed a very formidable doubles team that knows […]
WASHINGTON, November 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty made a bit of tennis history Sunday evening at the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen in southeastern China. The top-seeded Barty beat defending champion Elina Svitolina, 6-4, 6-3, before an enthusiastic, sold-out […]
SHENZHEN, November 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) With the largest prize check in professional tennis – men’s or women’s – awaiting the winner of the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, the showdown between defending champion Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and World […]
SHENZHEN, November 2, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) This week’s season-ending Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen have been plagued by a series of injuries and illnesses that have resulted in some unfortunate retirements. Through it all, defending champion Elina Svitolina has steered […]
SHENZHEN, November 1, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) No. 2 seed Karolina Pliskova and No. 5 seed Simona Halep came into Friday’s final day of round-robin play at the Shiseido WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China, fighting for second place in the […]
SHENZHEN, October 31, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) As the final day of Red Group round-robin singles play unfolded at the Shiseido WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China, with both semifinal berths still in play on Thursday, top seed Ashleigh Barty knew she […]
