WTA Tour

Muguruza Falls In Opening Round In Mallorca

SANTA PONSA/CALVIA, June 14, 2016 Kirsten Flipkens caused the upset of Day 2 at the €250,000 WTA Mallorca Open, knocking out top-seed Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-4. In midsummer temperatures, the 30-year-old from Belgium capitalized on all of her three break point […]

WTA Mallorca Open Kicks Off in Sunshine

SANTA PONSA/CALVIA, June 14, 2016 While most of the grass court tournaments in Europe had to deal with bad weather, the main draw of the inaugural edition of the €250,000 WTA Mallorca Open kicked off in perfect weather conditions with a […]

Pliskova Wins Aegon Open Nottingham

NOTTINGHAM, June 12, 2016 Top seed Karolina Pliskova claimed the title of the $250,000 WTA International Aegon Open in Nottingham, winning Sunday’s final against Alison Riske 7-6, 7-5. The world number 17 sent down 14 aces, securing 84% of her first […]

Kerber Meets Ivanovic For Practice Session In Mallorca

SANTA PONSA/CALVIA, June 8, 2016 “Mallorca is one of the nicest spots in Europe,” told Ana Ivanovic on May 17. The 28-year-old from Serbia owns a second home on the Balearic Island and will be one of the stars at […]

Azarenka Forced Out Of Aegon Open Nottingham With Injury

NOTTINGHAM, June 3, 2016 Victoria Azarenka has confirmed on Friday that she has had to withdraw from the Aegon Open Nottingham because of injury.  Azarenka has spent the past two days at the Nottingham Tennis Centre practicing on grass ahead […]

ITF World Champions 2015 Honoured In Paris

PARIS, June 1, 2016 Brad Parks, the US-American founder of wheelchair tennis, was presented with the ITF’s highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, at the 2016 ITF World Champions Dinner on Tuesday in Paris at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines. The […]

Schnyder To Play Ladies Championship In Gstaad

GSTAAD, June 1, 2016 Patty Schnyder, who returned to the courts last year, will receive a wild card for the inaugural edition of the $226,750 WTA Ladies Championship in Gstaad, taking place from 9 to 17 July 2016. The tournament […]

Muguruza And Nadal Looking Forward To Team-Up In Rio

MALLORCA/PARIS, May 30, 2016 Martina Hingis and Roger Federer representing Switzerland as well as Garbine Muguruza and Rafael Nadal representing Spain will team-up at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Toni Nadal, however, stated that the Swiss combination will […]

Ivanovic Opens Santa Ponsa Tennis Club

SANTA PONSA, May 18, 2016 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, 1998 Roland Garros winner Carlos Moya and Toni Nadal, one of the most popular Majorcan as well as coach and uncle of Rafael Nadal stepped into action to officially […]

Lisicki And Her Coach Part Ways

MUNICH, May 8, 2016 Sabine Lisicki and coach Christopher Kas have parted ways. This was announced by the former Wimbledon finalist on Sunday morning via facebook. “Christopher Kas and I will no longer work together. It’s been a very intense […]