TORONTO, December 5, 2016 Tennis Canada announced Monday that rising stars Bianca Andreescu, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Denis Shapovalov have been named the 2016 Canadian junior players of the year. All three athletes are winning the award for a second time […]
TORONTO, December 3, 2016 Tennis Canada announced Friday that Eugenie Bouchard is the 2016 Tennis Canada Female Player of the Year, an honour she is receiving for the fourth consecutive season. Two other athletes are being presented with Excellence Awards […]
LINZ, October 15, 2016 The final at the WTA Generali Ladies Linz is set with the tournament’s number two, Dominika Cibulkova, taking on Vikorija Golubic for the title on Sunday afternoon. The latter benefited from a walkover of Madison Keys, who withdrew from […]
LINZ, October 13, 2016 The quarterfinals of the WTA Ladies Generali Linz are set. The tournament’s top seed Garbine Muguruza remained untroubled against Monica Niculescu from Romania, winning 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday. The 23-year-old Spaniard saved five of the six […]
NOTTINGHAM, June 3, 2016 Victoria Azarenka has confirmed on Friday that she has had to withdraw from the Aegon Open Nottingham because of injury. Azarenka has spent the past two days at the Nottingham Tennis Centre practicing on grass ahead […]
GSTAAD, June 1, 2016 Patty Schnyder, who returned to the courts last year, will receive a wild card for the inaugural edition of the $226,750 WTA Ladies Championship in Gstaad, taking place from 9 to 17 July 2016. The tournament […]
MADRID, May 4, 2016 Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw from the Mutua Madrid Open due to a lower back injury. This was announced by the world number five on Wednesday. “Unfortunately in my first match I think I tweaked […]
SANTA PONSA, May 4, 2016 The entry list for the inaugural WTA Mallorca Open, held from 11 to 19 June at the Santa Ponsa Tennis Club, has been released. With Sabine Lisicki, Germany’s power lady number one will serve on […]
BERLIN, April 19, 2016 When it comes to the annual Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Award ceremony, there were not many alternatives to tennis players in recent years. 2016 was no exception. World number one players Novak Djokovic […]
INDIAN WELLS, March 21, 2016 Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka captured the titles at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, but all the talk afterwards was of Indian Wells Tournament Director Raymond Moore’s astonishing comments about the women’s game, and a […]
