ITF Press Release, April 5, 2019 The International Tennis Federation has today announced that Gabriela Sabatini has been awarded the ITF’s highest honour, the Philippe Chatrier Award. The Philippe Chatrier Award, named after the former ITF President, was introduced in […]
MONTERREY, April 5, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Former World No. 1 players Garbiñe Muguruza, Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber were in action Thursday at the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico. The WTA International hard court event, which started the […]
MONTERREY, April 4, 2019 Former World No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza took some time out to visit the CONCACAF Champions League semi-final football match between UANL Tigres and Santos Laguna at the Estadio Universitario on Wednesday evening. Following her triumph last […]
MONTERREY, April 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The second round of the WTA Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico, began with seven of eight seeded players remaining, but just three of them saw action on Wednesday – four-time champion and this year’s […]
MONTERREY, April 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Three former World No.1 players – defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza, top seed Angelique Kerber and No. 5 seed Victoria Azarenka – were in action on Tuesday at the Abierto GNP Seguros, a WTA […]
TA Press Release, April 1, 2019 Australia’s Ashleigh Barty (Qld) has broken into the top 10 for the first time, hitting a career-high ranking of world No.9 following her impressive title win in Miami. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) official rankings were […]
MIAMI, April 1, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Going into the women’s doubles final of the Miami Open presented by Itaú Sunday afternoon, Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka had strung together nine consecutive wins, including a title victory two weeks ago at […]
MIAMI, March 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Entering Saturday afternoon’s women’s singles final of the Miami Open presented by Itaú, there had been 13 different champions crowned during the first 13 WTA tournaments of 2019. If the Czech Republic’s Karolína […]
MIAMI, March 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When Karolina Pliskova and Ashleigh Barty square off in the final of the Miami Open presented by Itaú on Saturday afternoon inside Hard Rock Stadium – the stadium within a stadium – it […]
MIAMI, March 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Neither rain nor Simona Halep’s quest to recapture the World No. 1 ranking could deny Karolina Pliskova from earning her first Miami Open presented by Itaú final. She came ready to play. In […]
