SHENZHEN, December 30, 2018 It was a dream beginning to a new season for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as the No.8 seed got off to a sizzling start in her debut in at the Shenzhen Open. The Russian needed just 53 minutes […]
SYDNEY, December 29, 2018 (Press Release) Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Victoria’s Daria Gavrilova and New South Wales’ Jordan Thompson are among the main draw wildcard recipients at the Sydney International. Three times a semifinalist in the Harbour City, and the champion in 2015, WTA top 20 […]
SHENZHEN, December 29, 2018 (Press Release) The first round qualifying matches of the Shenzhen Open 2019 are set to get underway on Saturday over three courts at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Centre. The strong qualifying field, with a cutoff ranking […]
SHENZHEN, December 28, 2018 (Press Release) Young WTA stars Jelena Ostapenko and Wang Xinyu visited Gankeng Hakka Town, one of China’s most ancient towns, this morning to try their hands at the ancient Chinese art of silk dyeing. The small […]
SHENZHEN, December 28, 2018 (Press Release) Having just arrived in Shenzhen on Thursday morning, five-time grand slam champ Maria Sharapova made her first media appearance of the season in front of the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, located just outside the Shenzhen […]
SHENZHEN, December 27, 2018 (Press Release) Players from China feature strongly in the doubles field for the $US750,000 2019 Shenzhen Open with two of the top four seeded tandems being national players. The tournament will be played at the Shenzhen […]
MONTREAL, December 19, 2018 (Tennis Canada Press Release) Former world no. 21 Aleksandra Wozniak announced on Wednesday that she was retiring from tennis and will focus on new challenges. The 31-year-old athlete began playing on the professional tour in 2005. […]
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka showed brilliance and resolve in beating 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-4, to win the U.S. Open in September. It was Osaka’s first Grand Slam title, and she became […]
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) In an exhilarating 2018 season, Daria Kasatkina enjoyed a career week last March at the BNP Paribas Open in the desert climate of Indian Wells, California, that was a portent of good things […]
ITF Press Release, December 13, 2018 The ITF announced today that Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Romania’s Simona Halep have been named the 2018 ITF World Champions. Djokovic receives the honour for the sixth time, while it is the first year Halep has been recognised. […]
