MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 4, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been nearly a year since Camila Osorio won her first WTA tour-level event at the Copa Colsanitas in her home country of Colombia. Now, the 5-foot-4-inch, personable 20-year-old from Cúcuta is enjoying […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There’s something about playing in the Abierto GNP Seguros that brings out the best in Leylah Fernandez’s game. Whether it’s the energy of the supportive crowd that fills Centre Court of Club Sonoma […]
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The Women’s Tennis Association has announced its largest – and most lucrative – global title sponsorship in its history. On Thursday, the WTA revealed it has agreed to a multi-year alliance with Hologic, an […]
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA Tour has released a comprehensive calendar of 125 level tournaments for the remainder of 2022. It features 21 events taking place in 14 countries spread across three continents and offers competition on […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Elina Svitolina’s 6-2, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Potapova at the WTA 250 Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico was a superb and emotional performance that lasted barely an hour. The top seed and […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) By the end of Dayana Yastremska‘s three-plus-hour, three-set first-round victory at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon in France, the 21-year-old Ukrainian was happy that she had won for her war-torn […]
Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis, March 1, 2022 A deep sense of distress, shock and sadness has been felt across the entire tennis community following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the past week. Our thoughts are […]
MONTERREY, MEXICO/WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine the thrill that Marcela Zacarías must have felt Monday evening. After making her WTA main draw debut eight years ago in Acapulco, the 27-year-old Mexican captured her first win at this […]
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It has been an extraordinary week in professional tennis. Besides a new No. 1 in men’s tennis being crowned not named Federer, Nadal, Murray or Djokovic for the first time since February 2004, […]
DOHA/WASHINGTON, February 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Iga Swiatek culminated a dominant week in the Persian Gulf with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Anett Kontaveit to win the WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEngergies Open in Doha, Qatar Saturday evening. It was Swiatek’s […]
