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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus captured her maiden Grand Slam title, defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 4-6 6-3 6-4 in perhaps the best Australian Open women’s final in the last decade. Sabalenka, playing in her first ever Grand Slam title at age 24, cemented herself as the most in-form player in women’s tennis today, winning a […] READ MORE
The round of 16 concludes on Monday with eight matches on the schedule at Melbourne Park. It should be an entertaining day, but what are the key talking points on day eight? What to Expect on Day Eight at the Australian Open Alex de Minaur to push Novak Djokovic to five sets Novak Djokovic limped […] READ MORE
Camila Giorgi has been forced to deny that she faked her Covid vaccine certificate in order to attend the Australian Open last year. The former top 30 player has been caught up in the drama, after doctor Daniela Grillone was arrested last February and has since been charged with administering fake serums. Giorgi was brought […] READ MORE
Coco Gauff had in many ways an extraordinary season in 2022; the teenager had quite the breakthrough season and reached her first Slam final at Roland Garros, as well as a career high ranked of #4. After starting the year #22, she finished #7 and played in the WTA Finals, where she looked a bit […] READ MORE
Iga Swiatek finishes 2022 as the year-end #1 after completing one of the better seasons in WTA history. The highlights were endless but she accomplished several feats showing how great her season was. A season’s ending points total of 11,085 was the second highest to end a season in WTA history, behind only Serena Williams […] READ MORE
Tennis fans might not remember, but there was a time when Caroline Garcia was destined to be the next great player in women’s tennis. Andy Murray thought we were looking at a future world #1. We can’t blame him either, after Garcia’s dream run on the Chinese hard court swing in 2017. That run saw […] READ MORE
Alize Cornet is having quite the season in 2022. The French star made her first Grand Slam appearance at the French Open in 2005. 17 years later she made her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open in January. On Sunday she replicated the feat at Wimbledon, toppling world #1 Iga Swiatek […] READ MORE
Alize Cornet raised her hands in the air in almost disbelief as Iga Swiatek’s forehand fell into the net on match point. Cornet secured a 6-3 6-2 victory over the world #1, snapping a 37 match win streak that was the longest seen in the WTA in over 20 years. Cornet is known to be […] READ MORE
If history holds true, then the best thing to be in a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the women is a novice. No woman has won multiple Grand Slams in a calendar year since 2016. That’s going on six years of constant change at the top of the women’s game. In fact, since the end of […] READ MORE
Ahead of the second Grand Slam of 2022, five Last Word on Tennis writers – Vithun Illankovan (@VitIllankovan), Jakob Bobro (@bobrojakub), Damian Kust (@damiankust), Jack Edward and Gavin Lang – made their French Open predictions for the Women’s Singles tournament. We also have a separate roundtable for the Men’s singles. French Open Women’s Singles Roundtable Predictions Champion – Who […] READ MORE
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