STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sorana Cirstea arrived at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Thursday knowing that if she could win her second-round match, it would catapult her directly in the semifinals of the WTA 250-series Internationaux […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On Wednesday evening, World No. 2 Naomi Osaka, the highest-earning female athlete in the world, announced on her social media platforms that she is not going to speak to the media during the […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As play began at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in northeastern France following a two-and-a-half rain delay Wednesday afternoon, with both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds gone, Ekaterina Alexandrova found herself as the […]
HAMBURG, May 26, 2021 (Press Release) Andrea Petkovic is the new tournament ambassador of the Hamburg European Open. The former ninth ranked women’s tennis player was also confirmed on Wednesday as the first entry to the new women’s tournament in […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) “I hear a big crack in my hip,” Alizé Cornet explained to Tennis TourTalk, the only English-as-a-first-language media to speak with the grand dame of French tennis, after she retired in pain from […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 7 Bianca Andreescu had just won two clay-court matches at the WTA-level for the first time in her career. By the end of her 65-minute, 6-1, 6-4 victory over 259th-ranked qualifier […]
PARMA/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On Saturday in Parma, Italy, American teenager Coco Gauff won a double championship to cap a great week on red clay at the Emilia-Romagna Open. First, the 17-year-old Gauff won her first WTA […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Caroline Garcia knows firsthand what it is like to win a title at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in this northeastern French city. The 27-year-old from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, delighted her legion of fans when […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) This week’s Internationaux de Strasbourg, in the capital city of the Grand Est region in northeastern France, represents the last chance to tune up for next week’s French Open in Paris. It’s also […]
BELGRADE/WASHINGTON, May 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-three-year-old Paula Badosa‘s remarkable year has been filled with plenty of ups and downs and near misses. It’s included reaching four semifinals in 2021 – including the last three consecutive tournaments she’s entered […]
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