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2019 Shenzhen Open Announces Player Field

SHENZHEN, December 3, 2018 (Press Release) The US$750,000 2019 Shenzhen Open has already announced some of its early marquee players who will take to the courts of the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Centre from 29 December 2018 to 5 January 2019. […]

Buzarnescu To Headline Hobart International 2019

HOBART, November 28, 2018 (Press Release) World No.24 and 2018 finalist Mihaela Buzarnescu will headline an outstanding Hobart International 2019 field. The Romanian, who made her debut in Hobart earlier in the year is one of six former top 20-ranked players confirmed to compete […]

Shenzhen Open To Celebrate Its Seventh Year

SHENZHEN, November 26, 2018 (Press Release) It has been one of the curtain raisers to each new season on the WTA Tour for the last six years and the $US750,000 Shenzhen Open will once again hold that honour as it […]

Kumkhum Beats Lisicki To Capture Taipei OEC Open Title

TAIPEI, November 18, 2018 Sabine Lisicki still has to wait for her first title win on the WTA Tour since 2014. The former Wimbledon finalist lost Sunday’s singles final of the $125,000 Taipei OEC Open to Luksila Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, […]

Singles Finals At Oracle Challenger Series In Houston Are Set

HOUSTON, November 18, 2018 Oracle Challenger Series Championship Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center at Rice University in Houston will get underway at 11:30 am local time, with wild card Peng Shuai of China taking on US-American qualifier Lauren […]

Shuai Overcomes Bencic To Reach Houston Quarterfinals

HOUSTON, November 16, 2018 The quarterfinals have been set at the Oracle Challenger Series in Houston, as only eight men and eight women remain. In the biggest match on Thursday, former Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai took down the […]

Radwanska Hangs Up Her Racket

STARNBERG, November 14, 2018 Agnieszka Radwańska announced on Wednesday her retirement from professional tennis. The 29-year-old from Poland captured 20 WTA career singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in July 2012. Radwanska earned a […]

Bencic Continues Good Run Of Form At Oracle Challenger Series

HOUSTON, November 14, 2018 On a chilly but clear day in Houston, six US-American women and seven US-American men booked their spots in the second round of the Oracle Challenger Series, as a whopping 27 matches were on Tuesday’s schedule. […]

One Flawless Week In Singapore, One Big Title For Svitolina

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Elina Svitolina beat Sloane Stephens in a battle of undefeateds, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, to win the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global for the biggest title of her career […]