Today at 02:15 - LONDON (AP) The original director of the board which represents all four grand slam tennis tournaments is retiring at the end of the year. Bill Babcock has been the London-based director since the Grand Slam Board was formed in 1989, comprising of the chairs and chief executives of the Australian, French and U.S. Opens and Wimbledon, along with the president of the International Tennis Federatio...
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WTA news from Friday, August 7, 2020
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Petra Martic and Anett Kontaveit, the top two remaining seeds at the Palermo Ladies Open, squeezed away with two comeback wins during Day 4’s action. The Palermo Ladies Open has now confirmed the final eight competitors with today’s four Round of 16 matches. 4th-seeded Anna Kontaveit led the way for the final four matches of […]
WTA news from Thursday, August 6, 2020
Yesterday at 01:44 - Thursday’s schedule at the Palermo Ladies Open featured four second-round matches and in the first three the winners rallied from a set down in encounters that lasted over two hours. After losing the first set, fourth seed Anett Kontaveit raised her level in the second and third sets and converted her fifth match point to […]...
Read more on Women Tennis BlogYesterday at 19:19 - Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium is among 2020 US Open wildcard recipients, the USTA revealed in today’s announcement. The 37-year-old mother of three, who won the US Open in 2005, 2009 and 2010, will compete at the major for the first time since her second retirement in 2012. The International Tennis Hall […]...
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Yesterday at 16:54 - PALERMO, Sicily (AP) Top-seeded Petra Martić rallied past Russian qualifier Liudmila Samsonova 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals Thursday in the first tournament following a five-month break due to the coronavirus. “The struggle was real out there today,” Martić said after the 2 ½-hour match.“She’s not the type of player I like to play. She plays really fast...
Read more on The ScoreYesterday at 10:05 - The mental side has a big influence on tennis results. When we look at the top level, we can see that many players have the same technical or physical abilities, but only a few of them are able to constantly win matches. Does it happen only on the ATP and WTA tours? Not really. At […]...
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Yesterday at 07:40 - Tennis - O' Neal says Venus Williams remains one of her favourite athletes...
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Yesterday at 00:39 - Tennis - Aliaksandra Sasnovich took down another Italian Jasmine Paolini...
Read more on Tennis World USAYesterday at 00:13 - In Wednesday’s second-round action at the Palermo Ladies Open, Sara Errani recorded a tour-leading 180th career win on clay, while her fellow Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto made the first WTA quarterfinals of her young career. In a two-hour match interrupted by brief torrential rain, wildcard Sara Errani thrilled Italian fans by battling past Kristyna Pliskova 3-6 […]...
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The Palermo Ladies Open continued on today with the first half of the Round of 16. Qualifier Sasnovich continued her win streak and Sara Errani toughed out yet another three-set victory. Fiona Ferro kicked off Day 3 action with a resounding upset win over 8th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach her 5th career quarterfinal on clay. […]
