The 1st-round of the WTA 500 Adelaide International was completed on Tuesday, and the upsets continued, with Laura Siegemund beating 7th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova in 3 sets, and qualifier Katerina Siniakova seeing off wild-card Karolina Pliskova, but Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina and Caroline Garcia were among those to make it safely through to round 2. I…
Top seed Elena Rybakina was pushed hard by lucky loser Cristina Bucsa but prevailed in 2 sets, while 2nd-seeded Jessica Pegula survived an all-American clash on Wednesday, but fended off another lucky loser, Bernarda Pera, in 3 sets to also reach the quarter-finals at the Adelaide International WTA 500 tournament. [Pera] was hitting unbelievable shots…
Latvia tennis star Jelena Ostapenko has continued winning silverware in 2024 with a win at the Adelaide WTA 500. The Adelaide International, as it’s also known, is part of the buildup for the Australian Open. And, as the name suggests, is played in Adelaide, South Australia, at the Memorial Drive Tennis Center. The tournament is…
ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL—Adelaide, Australia Semifinal results: Jack Draper defeats Alexander Bublik (8) 7-6(4), 6-4Jiri Lehecka (7) Defeats Sebastian Korda (3) 6-2 6-1 ***** ASB CLASSIC—Auckland, New Zealand Semifinal results: Taro Daniel Defeats Ben Shelton (1) 7-5 7-6(9)Alejandro Tabilo Defeats Arthur Fils (6) 6-2 7-5 Watch all the action live this week from the ATP Tour on…
The ATP Tour and WTA 2024 schedule of Play for Saturday, January 13 for Adelaide, Auckland and Hobert can be found below. This week’s events will feature the final week of preparation for the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne. Watch all the action live this week from the ATP Tour on Tennis TV. Source link…
Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko surged back into the world’s Top 10 for the first time since 2018 by stunning Russian Daria Kasatkina, 6-3 6-2, in the Adelaide International final, claiming her 7th WTA career title from 15 finals on Saturday night. In all moments I tried to play aggressive, in deciding moments especially, to put pressure…
ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL—Adelaide, Australia No. 7 seed Jiri Lehecka won his maiden ATP Tour title on Saturday in Adelaide, Australia, defeating Jack Draper 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. In a match that lasted two hours and eight minutes, Lehecka struck eight aces, won 75 percent of his first serve points and hit 34 aces in total. Overcoming the…
Major disappointment for Jack Draper who after dominating the Adelaide International final for a set and half, let the match slip from his grasp allowing Jiri Lehecka to claim the title in three sets in what was only his second appearance in a title round. We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time,…
Getty Images Jiri Lehecka and Jack Draper will be going head-to-head for the first time in their careers and both will be seeking their first ATP title when they collide in the Adelaide International final on Saturday afternoon. Each man is 0-1 lifetime in ATP finals. Lehecka finished runner-up at the Winston-Salem tournament last summer,…
Jack Draper wanted to go one stage further at this year’s Adelaide International and has now achieved that goal by reaching the final of the Australian Open’s warm-up event, the seasons’ first major championships which starts on Saturday. Alexander’s a great player and someone who’s a very unorthodox player. It’s always tricky to play against…
