NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 13, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Arguably the best rivalry in women’s tennis at the moment, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina met for the 18th time – 15th time on a hard court – in the third US […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 11, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) As the women’s semifinals arrived at the US Open Thursday evening on Arthur Ashe Stadium, it marked just the second time in the Open Era (since 1968) that all four of the […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 7, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka has reached the US Open final in each of her last three visits. She’s won back-to-back titles, in 2024 and 2025, each time beating an American to win the title. […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 29, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 4 Coco Gauff met for the 13th time – and fourth time in a WTA Tour final – at the Miami Open presented by Itau on […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) When World No. 2 Jannik Sinner and World No. 11 Daniil Medvedev walked out to contest the championship match of the 50th BNP Paribas Open edition Sunday afternoon, under a searing sun […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 14, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka gave a dominant and powerful semifinal performance against upstart Linda Noskova at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on a scorcher of day in the California […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 9, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka has been wearing a 12-carat engagement ring on her right hand, both on and off the court, at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells this week […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka became just the third player in the Open Era to reach four consecutive women’s singles finals at the Australian Open, after her convincing semifinal victory over No. 12 seed Elina Svitolina […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) For the first time at a Grand Slam in the Open Era, there were no unseeded players reaching the men’s singles round of 16. In fact, going into Sunday’s play at the Australian […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) The Australian Open celebrated the world’s longest continuous living culture Wednesday on Evonne Goolagong Cawley Day, with a packed program of art, culture and performances, honoring the legacy of the 14-time Grand Slam […]
