MONTERREY, MEXICO/WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine the thrill that Marcela Zacarías must have felt Monday evening. After making her WTA main draw debut eight years ago in Acapulco, the 27-year-old Mexican captured her first win at this […]
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It has been an extraordinary week in professional tennis. Besides a new No. 1 in men’s tennis being crowned not named Federer, Nadal, Murray or Djokovic for the first time since February 2004, […]
DOHA/WASHINGTON, February 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Iga Swiatek culminated a dominant week in the Persian Gulf with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Anett Kontaveit to win the WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEngergies Open in Doha, Qatar Saturday evening. It was Swiatek’s […]
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA on Thursday announced in a press release an update to its 2022 WTA Tour calendar, which outlines the season from post-Wimbledon through the US Open. It covers a nine-week period starting […]
GRANBY, February 16, 2022 (Tennis Canada Press Release) Today, Tennis Canada announced an important transition in 2022 as the tournament in Granby becomes the National Bank Championships: a mixed event featuring a WTA 250 and an ATP Challenger. Moreover, National Bank […]
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Among many who congratulated Rafael Nadal Sunday after he garnered the most important comeback victory of his career – and, with it, a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It’s taken more than two years for American Madison Keys to win a WTA title but it’s been worth the wait. On Saturday afternoon, Keys returned to the winner’s circle for the first time […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 12, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There was frustration and disappointment for Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu as she bowed 6-0, 6-1 to No. 7 seed Elena Rybakina in her opening performance of the 2022 season, in the first round […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 7 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia has picked up where she left off at the end of the 2021 season, when arguably she was the hottest player on the WTA tour. On […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 10, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty capped a great week to start the 2022 season after winning both the singles and doubles titles of the WTA 500 Adelaide International 1 Sunday in South Australia. […]
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