[ad_1] World No 2 Aryna Sabalenka returned to the WTA Tour after winning her second Australian Open title, and suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of Donna Vekic in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday, but top-seeded Iga Swiatek passed the stern test set by Sloan Stephens to…
[ad_1] After a minor break, Aryna Sabalenka is coming back to the courts with a pretty tough matchup at the 2024 Dubai Championships. The last time Sabalenka stood on a tennis court was in Melbourne, where she steamrolled past everyone to win her second Grand Slam trophy. She took a break after that, skipped a…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko needed all her wits to survive a strong challenge from Clara Tauson to open her account at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Thursday, and set up a 2nd-round meeting with British No 2 Jodie Burrage, while fellow seeds, both of whom received 1st-round byes, Donna Vekic and Elise Mertens got…
