CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Though familiar foes Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula were facing each other for the seventh time in a WTA Tour event at the Cincinnati Open Monday afternoon, it was just their first head-to-head meeting […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON,January 27, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka swept aside all of her challengers, one after another, and did not drop a set throughout the 14 she contested at the 2024 Australian Open. With one final, majestic cross-court forehand winner […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka played aggressive tennis against Coco Gauff from first ball to last and the defending champion booked her return to the Australian Open final after defeating the American teenager, 7-6 (2), 6-4 […]
BRISBANE, November 28, 2023 (Press Release) Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Next Gen rising star and US Open semi-finalist, Ben Shelton have confirmed they will join the world class line-up for Brisbane International presented by Evie in 2024. Australian Open champion and world No.2 […]
ST. PETERSBURG, FL., September 23, 2023 (WTA Press Release) The WTA announced the first set of qualifiers for the 2023 WTA Finals, which includes WTA World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, recent US Open champion Coco Gauff and Elena […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 10, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Win or lose, it’s been very clear from Day One that Coco Gauff has been anointed the teenage queen of Queens of this year’s US Open. The 19-year-old American from Florida has been […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 8, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Coco Gauff has been the center of attention in women’s singles this US Open fortnight, round by round – becoming the first American teenager to advance to the semifinals since 2001. On […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) While the WTA Tour has been hurt for years by a lack of consistent major rivalries at the top of the rankings – the last time the No. 1 and No. 2 players […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final between a pair of Top-5 stars, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland and World No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, was the culmination of […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) All week long, Aryna Sabalenka has kept an eye on the grand prize at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. The grand prize, visibly on display behind the baseline inside Porsche Arena […]
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