[ad_1] Naomi Osaka will attempt to secure her third consecutive victory on clay against Daria Kasatkina at the 2024 Italian Open in Rome. Osaka has registered two consecutive wins on clay for the first time in years. Both triumphs occurred at the Italian Open, where she displayed a smooth swinging rhythm and dominated her opponents…
[ad_1] Daria Kasatkina has been given ‘safety guarantees’ regarding a possible WTA Finals participation in Saudi Arabia. The Russian is one of the few openly gay players in the tennis world. She is also one of the best players in the world with a solid chance of making the WTA Finals later this year. Although…
[ad_1] Four players faced double duty on Thursday because rain delayed the schedule on Wednesday, and making it into the quarter-finals after a two-win Day 4 were Maria Sakkari, Elise Mertens and Danielle Collins at the Credit One Charleston Open in South Carolina. Obviously it’s not easy coming out and playing two matches back to…
[ad_1] Daria Kasatkina shocked Jessica Pegula by snatching the match tiebreak in Saturday’s semi-finals of the Credit One Charleston Open, and she will meet Danielle Collins, who extended her winning run with a straight sets upset win over Maria Sakkari. Danielle is, I think, playing the best tennis of her career right now. She’s fearless….
[ad_1] Top seed Jessica Pegula saved 4 match points and needed 5 of her own to edge past Victoria Azarenka at the WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open on Friday and she now will meet Daria Kasatkina, who eventually found her way past Jaqueline Cristian, for a place in Sunday’s final. We were playing some…
[ad_1] Daria Kasatkina was left speechless after a wide ball was called in by the live hawk-eye system, which effectively lost her point. The Russian is not a player who will make a huge scene out of nothing. She’s a pretty soft-spoken and very realistic player who, however, doesn’t shy away from speaking her mind,…
[ad_1] Former champions Jelena Ostapenko and Elina Svitolina got off the mark on Monday at the Dubai Duty Free with wins over Wang Xiyu and Anhelina Kalinina respectively, while Lucia Bronzetti upset Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa retired injured against Lulu Sun. I have so many great memories here, winning here twice, winning my first…
[ad_1] World No 5 Elena Rybakina cruised to a 6-1 6-4 victory over Daria Kasatkina, wrapping up the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open championship match in 68 minutes against her Russian opponent to secure her 7th career title, and the 2nd of this year. Did I have enough in the tank for the final? I squeezed…
[ad_1] Top seed Elena Rybakina beat Liudmila Samsonova for the first time in the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open semi-final, setting up a meeting with Daria Kasatkina in Sunday’s final, who edged her way past Beatriz Haddad Maia earlier on Saturday in another marathon 3-setter, and then blasted organisers over scheduling. I have a question, I…
[ad_1] 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….
