[ad_1] Historic day as Celine Simunyu is set to become the first Irish female player to be awarded a wildcard at a WTA event. Celine has been selected as a Wild Card for qualifying for the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship. This is a great opportunity for the young Irish player to…
[ad_1] Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe have had a bit of trouble in semifinals of late, with their latest loss coming in the Dubai final four. The second seeds lost a back-and-forth battle with fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. It is their third consecutive loss when…
[ad_1] Few would have predicted the semi-final line up at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, other than Iga Swiatek, of course, who has sprinted through the draw without loss of a set, but Thursday saw sensational upset wins by Anna Kalinskaya, Coco Gauff’s vanquisher, and Sorana Cirstea, who came from a set and 1-5…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek avenged her Wimbledon defeat against Elina Svitolina to reach the quarter-final at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where she will meet Zheng Qinwen, while Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina both needed 3 sets to get past Karolina Pliskova and Magdalena Frech respectively to also make it into the Last 8. I’m…
[ad_1] Friday’s schedule of play for the ATP Tour and WTA Events in Rio, Doha, Los Cabos, Dubai and Puerto Vallarta can be found below. This week marks the third week of a busy month of action in February. With four events on the schedule, tennis fans will have an abundance of matches to follow…
[ad_1] Qinwen Zheng battled bravely against Iga Swiatek, but she wasn’t able to beat her despite giving it a really good try at the 2024 Dubai Championships. Zheng and Swiatek played some interesting matches in the past. The Chinese player gave her a tough time a couple of times, but for the most part, Swiatek…
[ad_1] Elena Rybakina is out of the 2024 Dubai Championships, which sends Jasmine Paolini into the event’s semi-final. The Italian could have given Rybakina quite a bit of trouble in this match, and eventually, she’s moving to the semi-final. However, it does happen without any points played, which is a shame for both players. Rybakina…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek has been cruising through this Middle Eastern stretch, but what happens when she faces the Australian Open runner-up Qinwen Zheng? Swiatek made history recently by matching a decade-old feat by Serena Williams of winning one event three years in a row. She did it at the Qatar Open, where she bested Elena…
[ad_1] Thursday’s schedule of play for the ATP Tour and WTA Events in Rio, Doha, Los Cabos, Dubai and Puerto Vallarta can be found below. This week marks the third week of a busy month of action in February. With four events on the schedule, tennis fans will have an abundance of matches to follow…
[ad_1] Leylah Annie Fernandez was unable to recreate her magic from Doha the previous week at the second of back-to-back WTA 1000s in the Middle East, losing to Jasmine Paolini in straight sets in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The Canadian struggled to pull away despite striking first in both…
