Play continued late into the night as the schedule got back on track with the completion of round 3 at the French Open on Thursday, when there were wins for Zheng Qinwen and Emma Navarro, but Daria Kasatkina, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Linda Noskova joined the early exodus of seeds earlier in the day. At 9.30…
Thursday at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, the WTA 250 tournament in France this week, saw Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands topple Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 1 seed from Russia, but Caroline Garcia and Anhelina Kalinina had an easier time of it, winning through to the quarter-finals in straight sets. In a marathon encounter lasting…
Top seeds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Caroline Garcia kicked off their campaigns at the Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole, the WTA 250 tournament in France, with wins on Tuesday, while Anhelina Kalinina, Yuan Yue and Clara Burel also made it safely into round 2. Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 22 and from Russia, produced an academic 6-2 6-2 win over…
No 3 seed Emma Navarro defeated Katerina Siniakova to advance to the quarter-finals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Thursday, alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 4, and Donna Vekic, the 7th seed, while Anna Blinkova upset Dayana Yastremska, seeded 5, to complete the Last 8 line-up. I love the grind. I love to compete and…
Two former Doha champions faced off against each other in the quarter-finals of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Thursday, and if Victoria Azarenka posed any kind of threat to Iga Swiatek, the tops seed snuffed it out with a bagel second set, while her next opponent, Karolina Pliskova, prevailed over Naomi Osaka in a battle…
