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Day 2 of the WTA Lyon tournament is upon us. Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia (we predict her match in another article) are among those in action on the second day. Both will surely like their chances of lifting the title after top seed Alexandrova was upset in the first round. Others in the slightly […] READ MORE
The WTA Lyon tournament has already served up a shock upset on Day 1 in France. Top seed< a href="https://www.flashscore.com/match/Wx4g8sNJ/#match-summary/match-summary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ekaterina Alexandrova exited the tournament in the first round after a straight sets loss to Clara Tauson. Hometown favourites Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic will hope to avoid a similar fate as they take […] READ MORE
The WTA Tour is well and truly underway in 2021, with tournaments being played in both Doha and Lyon this week. Lyon will see a new champion crowned as Sofia Kenin has elected not to defend her title here. Among those hoping to lift the trophy in her place are home favourites Fiona Ferro and […] READ MORE
With the drama and intrigue of the Australian Open behind us, the 2021 WTA Tour is under way in earnest. Iga Swiatek picked up the second trophy of her bright young career in Adelaide last week. Now all eyes turn to Doha and Lyon, with two quality fields of women hoping to add their names […] READ MORE
The stacked WTA Adelaide draw continues to provide great tennis down under as we enter Day 3 of the tournament. Wednesday sees three of the tournament’s top four seeds in action for the first time. Home favorite and World #1 Ash Barty begins her title defence in earnest. Among those still hoping to stop her […] READ MORE
With the first Grand Slam of the year done and dusted, the WTA Tour kicks off in earnest this week. The WTA Adelaide International features a strong field of competitors hoping to build on or make amends for their performances in the Australian Open. Ash Barty will look to defend her title, with Iga Swiatek […] READ MORE
Nicolas Kicker, the highest-ranked player ever to be punished for match-fixing, will return to the ATP Tour this week. The Argentinian has been handed a wildcard to the ATP Cordoba Open in his home country. Kicker is making his first appearance on the tour since being banned in May of 2018. His sentence was originally […] READ MORE
Day 6 of the Australian Open is done and dusted. For the most part the matches played went as expected. However, there were some seeds hanging on for dear life at moments in their matches. There was also one major upset and some statement performances by tournament favorites. We’ll do our best to summarize the […] READ MORE
The first two rounds of the Australian Open are done and dusted. Fans, analysts and experts alike now have a pretty good idea of who the favourites are to win the tournament. In the top half of the draw only three top ten players remain. Ashleigh Barty is the only Grand Slam winner among them. […] READ MORE
And then there were four. The semifinalists for the WTA Grampians Trophy have been confirmed after some great tennis on Saturday in Melbourne. Although all of the WTA warm-up events featured withdrawals, the Grampians Trophy still featured three high-quality matches yesterday. However, due to the delay in the schedule caused by the brief period of […] READ MORE