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, August 30, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) If there’s one word to describe American No. 1 Jessica Pegula, it’s “consistent.” This year, Pegula has won two WTA Tour singles titles – at Dubai on a hard court and at […]
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Filipina sensation Alexandra Eala has been the center of attention since she arrived in the nation’s capital city a week ago to make her debut in the Mubadala DC Open, an ATP/WTA 500-series […]
WASHINGTON, August 3, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 10 Taylor Fritz of the United States and 19-year-old Rafael Jodar of Spain never took the court for their Mubadala DC Open men’s singles final at Rock Creek Park in northwest […]
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Competing in just her fifth career WTA Tour-level semifinal after Berlin and Auckland in 2026, and Eastbourne and Miami in 2025, Alexandra Eala has shown a sense of maturity in handling big-match situations. […]
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) After World No. 3 and top seed Jessica Pegula got off to a slow start in her opening-round match against Magdalena Frech at the Mubadala DC Open Thursday afternoon, dropping the first set, […]
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) The Mubadala DC Open has announced that top-ranked Americans, World No. 4 Jessica Pegula and World No. 5 Ben Shelton, have accepted main draw wild cards into this year’s tournament, joining fellow wild […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 6, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) When top-seeded Jessica Pegula secured match point to successfully defend her WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open title with a straight-set victory over unheralded Yuliia Starodubtseva in the South Carolina Lowcountry Sunday […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 5, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) On the grainy green clay of the Credit One Charleston Open, anything can happen – and on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the South Carolina Lowcountry, the semifinals of the WTA 500-series […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 4, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Jessica Pegula‘s road to her fourth consecutive Credit One Charleston Open semifinal has been nothing short of a colorful journey. It’s been one filled with a lot of scenic peaks and valleys. […]
