WTA Tour

Jessica Pegula: Making A Big Name For Herself

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When most tennis fans think of the current state of American women’s tennis, the names that most quickly come to mind are Serena and Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and Coco […]

It’s All Muguruza In Win Over Swiatek At Dubai

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 10 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Garbiñe Muguruza won her WTA-leading 15th match of the 2021 season in a duel of Top 20 players and past and present Grand Slam champions at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Wednesday […]

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix To Be Held Without Spectators

STUTTGART, March 10, 2021 (Porsche Press Release) The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart will be held without spectators due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the organizers of the WTA 500 event on Wednesday. The […]

Kuznetsova’s Mind Is Telling Her To Keep Playing

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Many is the time that Svetlana Kuznetsova has trouble accepting that she can’t always deliver the same kind of performance she gives on the practice court during a match. However, as the 35-year-old […]

In A Day Of Dubai Upsets, Pliskova Survives

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As Day Three of the WTA’s first 1000-series event of the year, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, pared its field from 32 to 16 on Tuesday, some of the top seeds were […]

Amanda Anisimova: ‘I Know My Game Is There’

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Nineteen-year-old Amanda Anisimova made her much-awaited season debut Monday evening at the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Much-awaited because she hadn’t appeared in WTA tour-level match since Roland Garros last fall. […]

Keys Regaining Form One Match At A Time

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While Monday’s completion of the first round of the WTA’s 1000-series Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships was peppered with many straight set wins – by the likes of seeded players such as No. […]

Dubai First Round: From Routine To Rollercoaster

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Thirty-first-ranked Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was among the group of seven first-round winners safely through to the second round of the first WTA 1000-series event of the season, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis […]

Big-Time Victory For Tauson, Wins First WTA Title

LYON/WASHINGTON, March 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s final of the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon matched a pair of qualifiers, Denark’s Clara Tauson and Viktorija Golubic from Switzerland, one a walking Wikipedia of tennis knowledge, the other friendly with […]

A Dreamy Week For Tauson, Golubic Continues

LYON/WASHINGTON, March 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While Danish teenager Clara Tauson‘s dream week to remember continued at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon on Saturday, it’s been a pretty dreamy run for another qualifier, Viktorija Golubic of […]