ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Vera Zvonareva still knows what it takes to win. For her, sometimes, it’s mind over matter, but she’s willing to go the extra distance in order to beat a younger opponent with […]
MIDLAND, March 17, 2021 (Press Release) The Dow Tennis Classic and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced today that Michigan’s premiere tennis event will be elevated to a WTA 125K Series event beginning November 1 – 7, 2021. As a global […]
DUBAI/MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It doesn’t happen often, but it did on Tuesday. The top seeds in two different tournaments were upset. Spread across 10 time zones – and with their matches occurring just a few hours […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Renata Zarazua has been trailblazer in her native Mexico – and it runs in the family. Last year, following a breakthrough semifinal run in Acapulco, Zarazua became just the fourth Mexican woman in […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens has always been a bit of a slow starter. Last year, before the WTA tour was shut down because of the global pandemic, she lost five of her first six matches […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 14, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a warm, late-winter’s evening in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday’s Abierto Zapopan 2021 singles final between Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain turned into a battle between heavy hitters, each swinging […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) From wild card to title match, the joy has been in the journey this week in the high altitude of Guadalajara, Mexico for Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. Friday evening, the 144th-ranked Canadian from Montreal […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 Watching Elisabetta Cocciaretto play tennis serves as a reminder that there is value in hard work and optimism. It pays off. Just ask the 20-year-old Italian who has broken through to her first WTA semifinal at the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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