Every sport needs star power to attract viewers, and according to coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff are those stars on the WTA Tour. The 26-year-old Japanese player is coming back to tennis, and her comeback has been highly anticipated by the tennis community, as Osaka has yet to win a Grand Slam…
Simona Halep‘s doping saga has been one of the major talking points in 2023, and it is set to dominate the tennis pages once again in the early part of next year. The Romanian has received the backing of former WTA No. 1 Chris Evert, who was recently diagnosed with a recurrence of ovarian cancer…
Ben Shelton congratulates Taylor Fritz after their match during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 11, 2023 in Indian Wells, California. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Indian Wells continues its record run. The 2023 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells earned ATP and WTA 1000 Tournament of the Year…
By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Friday, December 15, 2023 The sun still shines brightest in Tennis Paradise. The 2023 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells earned ATP and WTA 1000 Tournament of the Year honors for a record ninth consecutive year. Nadal: Ready to Face Fears and Doubts Indian Wells has been recognized as…
December 15, 2023 – For an unprecedented ninth straight time, the BNP Paribas Open has been named the ATP Tour Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 Tournament of the Year, as determined by player vote. Tennis Paradise has been recognized as the premier 1000-level event of the season by both Tours since 2014. In addition, it was…
Renata Zarazua, the No 2 seed from Mexico, outlasted top-seeded Diane Parry, of France, 7-5 3-6 6-4 in Sunday’s final of the Montevideo Open WTA 125 in Uruguay. The World No 128 was twice down a break in the final set before rallying for the 2-hour and 45-minute win over the 94th-ranked Parry on the…
Clara Burel, the No 2 seed from France, came from a set and a break down to defeat fellow countrywoman Chloe Paquet, 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the final of the Open P2i Angers Arena Loire, to lift the first WTA 125 trophy of her career. Burel has won 9 of her past 10 matches, including…
Steve Simon is to relinquish his role as Chief Executive of the WTA, it was announced on Tuesday, but he will continue as Executive Chairman under a plan to restructure the women’s tour that comes after months of development work that he claims was unconnected to the complaints by players during the season-ending WTA Finals…
The 2024 Adelaide International is the last WTA 500 tournament before the first major of the season, held from January 8th to 13th, 2024. As the last so-called “warm-up tournament,” the entry list for Adelaide International includes all the top names, with the initial cut-off being already 28th place in the WTA Rankings. Last year,…
Elina Svitolina won the 2023 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award thanks to her jaw-dropping ascent into the world’s Top 25 after an extended maternity break. The Ukrainian star’s second coming to tennis was the stuff of dreams. Svitolina was unranked when she returned to the tour in April 2023. However, she finished the…
