MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Never count Elise Mertens out of a tennis match. She never does. Now Simona Halep knows that the Belgian doesn’t either. On Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open, with the roof open to […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The highly-anticipated Mutua Madrid Open battle between recent and reigning French Open champions, Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek, took place under the lights and in open-air at Manolo Santana Stadium Monday evening. The […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a season filled with challenges, South African Lloyd Harris enjoys good ones, whether reaching a tournament final after qualifying for the main draw or facing Top 20 opponents – the more arduous […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Karolina Muchova will always have this week to remember. It started with her rise to World No. 20 in the WTA rankings and continued with her third win over a Top 10 player […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Wild card Paula Badosa of Spain has been thriving on the red clay in La Caja Mágica this week at the WTA 1000 Mutua Madrid Open. In Spain, on her favorite surface, she’s […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek, playing on clay for the first time since her crowning moment last fall at Roland Garros, ran her winning streak on red dirt to nine with her […]
ESTORIL/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As Saturday’s semifinal round of the ATP 250 Millennium Estoril Open arrives in the Portuguese Riviera town near Lisbon, there are three seeds remaining in competition for the clay-court title leading into next […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With her 23-match winning streak snapped last month in Miami, World No. 2 Naomi Osaka decided to chill for a few weeks and reset for the European clay swing. While three weeks away […]
ESTORIL/WASHINGTON, April 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Tennis stars-turned-rappers Denis Shapovalov and Corentin Moutet, who collaborated on the rap song “Drip,” squared off in the ATP 250 Millennium Estoril Open Thursday on red clay in this Portuguese Riviera town near […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The 12th edition of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open began Thursday amid rain, which closed the roofs of the three biggest show courts at La Caja Mágica so the show could go on, […]
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