MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens has always been a bit of a slow starter. Last year, before the WTA tour was shut down because of the global pandemic, she lost five of her first six matches […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 14, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a warm, late-winter’s evening in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday’s Abierto Zapopan 2021 singles final between Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain turned into a battle between heavy hitters, each swinging […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza ended a two-year WTA title drought by winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships singles final over Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Aviation Club Tennis […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) From wild card to title match, the joy has been in the journey this week in the high altitude of Guadalajara, Mexico for Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. Friday evening, the 144th-ranked Canadian from Montreal […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a 31º (C) late-winter afternoon on Centre Court at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium complex, Spain’s World No. 16 Garbiñe Muguruza came into her third career Dubai semifinal against 18th-ranked Elise […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 Watching Elisabetta Cocciaretto play tennis serves as a reminder that there is value in hard work and optimism. It pays off. Just ask the 20-year-old Italian who has broken through to her first WTA semifinal at the […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Widely regarded as one of the best doubles players in the world, Barbora Krejcikova is starting to gain recognition as a solo artist. That’s because the 63rd-ranked, soft-spoken Czech with steady and measured […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When most tennis fans think of the current state of American women’s tennis, the names that most quickly come to mind are Serena and Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and Coco […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 10 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Garbiñe Muguruza won her WTA-leading 15th match of the 2021 season in a duel of Top 20 players and past and present Grand Slam champions at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Wednesday […]
STUTTGART, March 10, 2021 (Porsche Press Release) The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart will be held without spectators due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the organizers of the WTA 500 event on Wednesday. The […]
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