In addition to qualifying for the French Open, there are 2 WTA 250 tournaments being played in Strasbourg and Rabat this week, as the big guns rest and practice ahead of Roland Garros, which starts on Sunday. I think it was an unbelievable match today. I was 6-4, 2-0 down, so it was not easy…
The WTA 250 Internationaux de Strasbourg advanced to the quarter-final stages on Wednesday, with wins for Marketa Vondrousova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, and Danielle Collins, the top 3 seeds, amongst others, but defending champion Elina Svitolina was upset by Clara Burel in a rematch of last year’s semi-final. Top-seeded Vondrousova took a late wild-card into the…
Danielle Collins, Liudmila Samsonova, and Madison Keys advanced to the Internationaux de Strasbourg semi-finals on Thursday, with Marketa Vondrousova and Anhelina Kalinina’s quarter-final postponed until Friday due to rain. “I’m feeling really good so far with my clay season. Having missed the beginning of the season, I was really wanting to have a couple of…
It’s an all-American final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Saturday, when good friends Danielle Collins and Madison Keys will play the championship match. Before they could play their semi-finals on Friday, though, they had to wait for the 4th quarter-final to be completed between Market Vondrousova and Anhelina Kalinina, which had been…
Madison Keys claimed a dominant victory over her friend and compatriot Danielle Collins in an all-American final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Saturday. The World No 12 expressed her satisfaction with her performance, highlighting her ability to balance aggression with defense throughout the match. Keys’ victory was particularly impressive as Collins had been on…
Emma Raducanu is set to compete at the 2024 Strasbourg Open following the release of the official entry list. This year, the Strasbourg Open has been upgraded to become a WTA 500 event and will commence on May 19th. Raducanu is seeking to extend her clay-court stay and accumulate sufficient minutes and momentum on the…
