[ad_1] Aryna Sabalenka fought past her first challenge at this year’s US Open by recovering from a set down against Ekaterina Alexandrova. The world No. 2’s victory at the Cincinnati Open heading into the US Open and previous Grand Slam hard court success at the Australian Open, where she has won two titles, meant many…
[ad_1] With The Championships barely a couple of hours old came the news that one of the title favorites, Aryna Sabalenka, had pulled out of the Ladies Singles with a shoulder injury, leaving the competition wide open, while Emma Raducanu’s opponent, Ekaterina Alexandrova, also withdrew at the last moment due to illness. I pushed myself…
[ad_1] Ekaterina Alexandrova followed up her astounding win over Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open on Monday by stunning Jessica Pegula to reach the semi-finals, where she will meet Danielle Collins, who dispatched Caroline Garcia in straight sets earlier in the day. [I’m] trying to be more consistent on the baseline, not to rush things,…
[ad_1] Jelena Ostapenko charged to her eighth career title. Photo credit: Upper Austria Ladies Linz Facebook Second serves are terminal cases when Jelena Ostapenko is operating overwhelming returns. Playing declarative first-strike tennis, Ostapenko powered to her second title of the season. In a clash of former finalists, Ostapenko did not drop serve, sweeping second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 to…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko swept aside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz WTA 500 where she will meet Ekaterina Alexandrova, who needed 3 sets to get past Donna Vekic in their semi-final on Saturday. For me, tiebreaks, we have a hard relationship, especially in the last set. Even when…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia takes on third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Linz final on Sunday. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL Ekaterina Alexandrova was a fighter to the finish in Linz. Alexandrova battled back from 1-5 down in the decisive tiebreaker stopping Donna Vekic 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(6) to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz final in a thriller. The second-seeded…
[ad_1] Top seed Elena Rybakina met her match on Thursday and was sent packing by Ekaterina Alexandrova, while Jessica Pegula came through her 2nd 3-setter in a row to get past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Jelena Ostapenko saw off Marta Kostyuk, and Daria Kasatkina advanced to the semi-finals without striking a ball after Laura Siegemund pulled out…
