PRAGUE, May 2, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova (World. No. 5) withdrew because of a viral illness and No. 2 seed and 13th-ranked Anastasija Sevastova was upset in the first round, it opened up the […]
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Lucie Safarova said good bye to Prague on Wednesday afternoon. There were tears mixed with smiles, but no regrets from the Czech Republic star. At about 2:20 p.m., in the first round of […]
NOTTINGHAM, May 1, 2019 (LTA Press Release) With a little over a month to go before the start of the Nature Valley Open begins in Nottingham, the women’s field has been confirmed for the LTA summer grass court event which runs […]
ISTANBUL, April 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Two years ago, Petra Martic’s career had sunk to new depths. With her ranking plummeted to No. 662 in the world, thanks to a back injury which sidelined her for a period of […]
STUTTGART, April 28, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 3 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic came into Sunday afternoon’s final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart looking to become the first two-time winner on the WTA Tour […]
STUTTGART, April 27, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) At about the same time that Petra Kvitova and Kiki Bertens were taking Centre Court inside Porsche Arena to play their semifinal match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Saturday afternoon, bigger news […]
STUTTGART, April 26, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) With four of the WTA’s Top 10 players in action during the quarterfinal round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, on Friday, a ticket to the 4,200-seat Porsche Arena was […]
STUTTGART, April 25, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Hsieh Su-Wei was probably not the ideal opponent for World No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan to begin her clay-court season against at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart. After all, the No. […]
STUTTGART, April 24, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Julia Goerges came into her first-round match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova having won four of her previous six meetings against the 34th-ranked Russian, including both previous matches on […]
STUTTGART, April 23, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Although the World No. 1 ranking is in play this week at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a couple of last-minute withdrawals are making headlines as the European clay-court season gets underway in […]
