[ad_1] Day 2 at Wimbledon saw the defending champion up-ended in the 1st-round as a a physically hampered Marketa Vondrousova lost to 21-year old Spaniard, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Centre Court. This will be a day that Bouzas Maneiro will never forget, after she pulled off a seismic shock to oust Vondrousova, 6-4 6-2, in…
[ad_1] On Tuesday, former World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki upset 7th seed Elina Svitolina to win her first grass-court match since 2019 Wimbledon, and advance to the Last 16 at the Bad Homburg Open, the WTA 250 grass court event in Germany. Yesterday we played in the sun, then in the dark, and then court…
[ad_1] Hubert Hurkacz continues to show that he is comfortable on grass with a straight-sets win over Alexander Zverev at the Terra Wortmann Open semi-finals in Halle by dominating his German opponent, who in contrast, continues to struggle on the surface. I’ve been serving well. There were some moments where he had hit some love…
[ad_1] No 2 seed Liudmila Samsonova from Russia dashed Canada’s Bianca Andreescu’s birthday title hopes to win her first title of the season, 4-6 6-3 7-5, in the final of the Libéma Open in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on Sunday. I’m a little bit tired, honestly. I think, where I go it always rains, I don’t know….
[ad_1] The Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany, has suffered a few shocks in the last few days with several top seeds getting eliminated, the latest being Daniil Medvedev who crashed out to Zhizhen Zhang in three sets. The Russian, seeded three and world No.5 fell in the second round to the world No.42 from…
[ad_1] Defending champion Frances Tiafoe is out of the 2024 Stuttgart Open after losing out to an inspired Jack Draper, who put on a clinic. Draper is a natural on grass, thanks to growing up in Great Britain, where there is an abundance of grass courts. He moves supremely well on the surface and just…
[ad_1] Two Chileans could be appearing in the final of the Rome Masters following the conclusion of the quarter finals on Thursday, when Nicolas Jarry stunned the favourite Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Monte Carlo champion and Barcelona finalist, to join his compatriot Alejandro Tabilo in the last four. Tabilo had secured his semi-final place 24-hours earlier….
[ad_1] There was some let-up in the Paris weather on Thursday that enabled a bumper schedule to complete the 2nd-round of the women’s draw between rain showers, including matches held over from Wednesday, much court switching, and 9 seeds being bumped out of contention over the course of a long Day 5 at the French…
[ad_1] Despite the persistent rain, this year’s French Open is on schedule with the main contenders getting into their stride as the second week approaches. However, one player who had more than an outside chance to be still in contention during the last few days at Roland Garros, has noisily crashed out! Completely disappointed with…
[ad_1] On Wednesday, both Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, the No 2 and No 4 ranked players in the world, suffered shocking defeats in the French Open quarter-finals to underdogs Mirra Andreeva and Jasmine Paolini. Andreeva, just 17 years old, pulled off the biggest win of her career, defeating Sabalenka in a hard-fought match that…
