WASHINGTON, September 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Sometimes, a change of scenery does a player good. Take Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann, for instance. After a disappointing first-round loss on clay last week in Rome, Teichmann has returned strong on the terre battue in […]
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Elena Rybakina reached four WTA finals at the start of the season, compiled a 21-4 win-loss record and won a hardcourt title at Hobart. Yet, a month after the tour’s relaunch, the 18th-ranked Russian-born […]
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Top-seeded Simona Halep came out ready to play when she stepped out on Centrale for her Internazionali BNL d’Italia final against Karolina Pliskova Monday afternoon. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for the defending champion […]
WASHINGTON, September 20 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It’s too bad there had to be a loser when top seed Simona Halep faced Garbiñe Muguruza in the first Internazionali BNL d’Italia women’s semifinal Sunday afternoon. The former No. 1 players and two-time Grand Slam winners […]
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In a battle between Garbiñe Muguruza and Victoria Azarenka, both two-time Grand Slam champions and former World No. 1 players, something had to give when they faced each other during Saturday’s quarterfinal round of […]
WASHINGTON, September 19, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Both top seed Simona Halep and No. 2 seed Karolina Pliskova, the defending champion, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Friday. Each beat their respective opponents in straight sets […]
WASHINGTON, September 18, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It doesn’t matter that less than a week ago Victoria Azarenka was playing in the final of a major while quarantined in “the bubble” in New York. She’s arrived in Rome and has […]
WASHINGTON, September 18, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) US Open champion Naomi Osaka will miss this month’s French Open, citing a sore hamstring and the short preparation time for clay following her third Grand Slam title last Saturday. Osaka, 22, wrote […]
LONDON, September 17, 2020 (ATP Press Release) The ATP and WTA have today announced the cancellation of the 2020 VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, due to issues relating to COVID-19. Cancellation of the ATP 250 event, scheduled to run from […]
WASHINGTON, September 13, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Neither of the finalists competing for the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul singles title, former World No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and 88th-ranked Patricia Maria Tig from Romania had met on the WTA Tour […]
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