CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, September 6, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Ons Jabeur and 2022 titlist Belinda Bencic have joined the Credit One Charleston Open 2024 player field, the tournament announced on Wednesday. The annual WTA Tour 500 event on green clay […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) This week’s 50th edition of the Credit One Charleston Open at Daniel Island in the South Carolina lowcountry has been a golden celebration of what’s good about tennis. An ideal Championship Sunday […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 10, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 10 Ons Jabeur staged multiple comebacks during her Credit One Charleston Open semifinal against No. 15 seed Amanda Anisimova Saturday afternoon at Daniel Island. Like the weather, which was unseasonably […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 9, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year has made in the lives of Spain’s Paula Badosa and Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who met Friday in the quarterfinal round of the WTA 500 Credit One […]
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 23 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and World No. 10 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia are the latest tennis players to disclose they’ve tested positive for the coronavirus. The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist […]
ABU DHABI, December 17, 2021 (MWTC Press Release) Andy Murray served up a treat for fans on Day 2 of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, swapping the court for the kitchen in an entertaining cook-off with Belinda Bencic. As Olympic […]
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, July 31, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal Saturday evening in Tokyo, something even Hall of Famer Martina Hingis never accomplished. The No. 9 seed Bencic […]
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, July 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Belinda Bencic has positioned herself to do something that Swiss greats Roger Federer and Martina Hingis could never achieve: win an Olympic gold medal. On Thursday at Tokyo’s Ariake Park, the World No. […]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With the top four seeds eliminated earlier in the week, fifth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland found herself as the highest remaining seed left in the WTA 500-series grass-court bett1Open as quarterfinal-round action […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Australian Summer Swing came to an exciting conclusion Saturday evening as Polish trailblazer Iga Swiatek won the Adelaide International in South East Australia. She earned her first WTA hardcourt title in just […]
