Late on Tuesday night, Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic needed 3 hours and 3 minutes to quell the challenge of local wild-card Jang Su-Jeong in the Hana Bank Korea Open, the WTA 500 tournament in Seoul, to complete the 1st-round of matches and set up a meeting with 4th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia from Brazil, who received a…
With the finals of the Qatar TotalEngeries Open set for next Saturday, play got underway on Sunday in the 48-woman main draw following two earlier days of intense qualifying, all hosted by the Qatar Tennis Federation on the courts of the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. I haven’t been on tour that long, compared…
Heather Watson, a former British No 1, upset 9th seed Veronika Kudermetova in the 1st-round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Tuesday, while Danielle Collins ousted former World No 1 Naomi Osaka, also in straight sets. I say some pretty harsh words about myself. I know the word, but if I say it, it…
