Pavlyuchenkova, Krejcikova To Play Roland Garros Final

PARIS, June 10, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) In her 52nd major main draw appearance, 29-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came through her Roland Garros semi-final against Tamara Zidansek in straight sets to move into her career-first Grand Slam final. The No. 31 seed […]

Stricker Stuns Hurkacz At MercedesCup

STUTTGART/STARNBERG, June 10, 2021 Swiss teenager Dominic Stephan Stricker continued his great run of form by reaching the quarterfinals of the MercedesCup in Stuttgart. The 18-year-old wild card entry knocked out Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, No. 2 seed of the […]

Basilashvili Aiming For Hamburg Three-Peat

HAMBURG, June 10, 2021 (Press Release) He feels right at home in Germany! Two-time Rothenbaum winner Nikoloz Basilashvili will again take to the clay at the Hamburg European Open in 2021. The 29-year-old Georgian, who has already won ATP tournaments […]

Citi Open Returns To Washington, D.C. This Summer

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After a one-year respite due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Citi Open will return to the United States capital city of Washington, D.C. this summer. The Citi Open, an ATP Tour 500-series event, […]

Krejcikova, Sakkari Breaking New Ground At Roland Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The last four of the French Open women’s singles draw is set. With Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Tamara Zidansek set to do battle in Thursday’s semifinal round, it marks the […]

Trio Of Wild Card Entries Advance At MercedesCup

STUTTGART/STARNBERG, June 9, 2021 Grass court tennis has returned on the ATP Tour with the MercedesCup being held in Stuttgart, Germany this week after last year’s circuit was cancelled due to the pandemic. The ATP 250 tournament is the first […]

Sakkari Downs Swiatek, New Grand Slam Champion Confirmed

PARIS, June 9, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-five-year-old Maria Sakkari continued to make history in Paris following a remarkable straight-set victory over French Open defending champion Iga Swiatek on Wednesday. It ended the 20-year-old Swiatek’s 22-set winning streak at the clay-court major. […]

ITF World Tennis Tour – Round-Up CW22

MUNICH, June 9, 2021 (by Dietmar Kaspar) M25 Santo Domingo DOM – Aidan HcHugh victorious in the Caribbean  The M25 Santo Domingo tournament, hosted by the Centro Nacional de Tenis Parque del Este, concluded with the championship of Aidan HcHugh. […]

Historic Fortnight For Pavlyuchenkova, Zidansek

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The semifinal for the lower half of the French Open women’s draw is set between unseeded Tamara Zidansek and No. 31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Huh? Who? At the start of this year’s Roland-Garros, […]