MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) As the Miami Open presented by Itaú got under way in South Florida last week, the news of Ashleigh Barty‘s stunning retirement from pro tennis at age 25 became the buzz of conversation […]
STUTTGART, March 24, 2022 Eight Top 10 players will headline the 45th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix led by current World No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland, who could become the new top-ranked women’s player after the retirement […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Through the first nearly-three months of the 2022 season, Iga Swiatek has arguably been the most dominant player on the WTA Tour. After all, she’s already won 20 hard-court matches – including […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 19, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 4 Iga Swiatek of Poland is undefeated this year at WTA 1000 events. So, it shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise that her latest victory, a straight-set semifinal […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 14, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) A day after Rafael Nadal pulled off a great comeback victory at the BNP Paribas Open, Iga Swiatek garnered her own comeback victory Sunday afternoon on the same Stadium 1 court as […]
DOHA/WASHINGTON, February 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Iga Swiatek culminated a dominant week in the Persian Gulf with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Anett Kontaveit to win the WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEngergies Open in Doha, Qatar Saturday evening. It was Swiatek’s […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA’s 2022 season kicked off Monday Down Under at the Adelaide International 1, a 500-series outdoor hard-court event at Memorial Drive in South Australia. The tournament, with more than $700,000 in prize […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Roland Garros women’s titlist Iga Swiatek of Poland rounded out the quarterfinal field with her 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine Monday evening. Playing in her first night session match […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The second day of the Roland Garros fortnight started with defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrating her 20th birthday by playing her best friend, Kaja Juvan of Slovenia, and winning 6-0, 7-5. […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) No one could have imagined that Sunday’sfinal of the WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, which featured two players who saved match points en route to reaching the championship match at Rome’s Foro Italico, would […]
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