The WTA tournaments in Mexico, Tunisia and Slovenia reached their quarter-final stages on Thursday… I’m feeling amazing. A little bit overwhelmed. It’s, kind of, just hard to believe, a little bit, just because I had some opportunities in the second [set] to close it out. But, in general, I’m super happy to get through that…
The draw for the 2024 Guadalajara Open has been revealed and the WTA 500 tournament promises a lot of exciting action. The WTA 500 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, doesn’t have the best spot in the calendar. Running from September 9th to 15th, the tournament starts one day after the conclusion of the 2024 US Open,…
Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko & Lyudmyla Kichenok from Ukraine, the No 7 seeds, won the women’s doubles title at the US Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over the Chinese-French pair of Zhang Shaui & Kristina Mladenovic on Friday. I just came to Jelena after the first or second point and told her, ‘Just remember, you…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday September 6, 2024 New York—No wedding. But a Grand Slam title instead. Ukraine’s Lyudmila Kichenok was supposed to get married on Wednesday to fiance Stas Kumarsky but instead postponed the ceremony to complete her run to the US Open women’s doubles title with Jelena Ostapenko. Kichenok and Ostapenko…
Photo by Pete Staples/USTA (Seprember 6, 2024) FLUSHING, NY – Lyudmyla Kichenok was supposed to get married this week to Jelena Ostapenko’s coach, but a run at the US Open put an end to that. The No. 7 seeds won their first major title as a team beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-3…
Jelena Ostapenko‘s Wimbledon journey came to an end, but there was one moment during her quarterfinal match when she ran out of patience and made a strange request to her coaching team. Ostapenko was competing in the Wimbledon quarterfinal for the first time since 2018 and was locked in a tight battle against Barbora Krejcikova….
Jelena Ostapenko is one of the most recognizable faces in tennis, and part of that might be due to her unique personality. The Latvian tennis player is unique because some of her antics have never been seen before on the tennis court. She stands out among many other tennis players who try their best to…
The quarter-final line-up in the Ladies Singles was completed on Monday at The Championships, and among the 8 players who have emerged from the 128 that set out a week ago, there are some surprises. I mean, I have the ability to hit the ball hard, so why shouldn’t I use it? “I knew it…
Jelena Ostapenko committed one of the weirdest double faults ever when she failed to hit even the opposing part of the court during her match at the 2024 Eastbourne International. Double faults are common in tennis, as players usually commit a few double faults per match. On the WTA Tour, players are more prone to…
No Brits were in action on the first day of the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham and the appearance of Jelena Ostapenko was brief as the No 1 seed was stunned by Elisabetta Cocciaretto, while there were wins for seeds Leylah Fernandez and Anastasia Potapova but Sorana Cirstea was upset by Zhu lin. Ostapenko lifted the…
