MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 8, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Saturday’s Mutua Madrid Open women’s final paired a couple of Top 20 competitors, World No. 10 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia and World No. 14 Jessica Pegula of the United States. Each was chasing […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, December 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu forced to withdraw from the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition after testing positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, it left tournament […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a year filled with milestones for Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, on Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., she added a few more to her breakthrough season. The […]
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, October 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Never count out Garbiñe Muguruza when there’s a title on the line. While the Spaniard may not always cross the finish line first, she always gives her best effort. Sunday afternoon, with rain […]
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur collected her 44th win of the season to advance to the WTA 500 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic final Saturday afternoon at XS Tennis Village on the city’s South Side. Although it […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The final edition of the “Greatest Day in Tennis” – Manic Monday at the Wimbledon Championships – took place at the All England Club on Monday. It’s a tradition unlike any other at […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur was so nervous before her first match point in her Wimbledon Centre Court debut against the 2017 ladies’ champion Garbiñe Muguruza that she just went and kneeled down along the back […]
BIRMINGHAM/WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur made history Sunday by winning the WTA 250-series Viking Classic Birmingham in Birmingham, England. The World No. 24 Jabeur’s 7-5, 6-4 victory over No. 35 Daria Kasatkina of Russia in an […]
