WTA Tour News

Eugenie Bouchard: ‘All The Hard Work Is For Something’

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) A win is a win in Eugenie Bouchard‘s book these days. Even though the former World No. 5 lost a hard-fought, three-set final to upstart Romanian Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday, which capped a […]

Moving On, Novak Djokovic Hopes To Be A Wiser Player

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic held his first news conference since he was disqualified from the US Open on Monday. The occasion was media day for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Djokovic said he hopes […]

Fighting For Every Point, Tig Wins First WTA Tour-Level Title

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Neither of the finalists competing for the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul singles title, former World No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and 88th-ranked Patricia Maria Tig from Romania had met on the WTA Tour […]

Bouchard Aces Her Way Into Istanbul Final

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As the semifinals unfolded at the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championships Istanbul on clay Saturday with a foursome of unseeded players, only Eugenie Bouchard had previously won a WTA title. After defeating 2015 […]

Eugenie Bouchard’s Remarkable Week On Clay Continues

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) While much of the tennis world has been focused this week on the US Open, 5,000 miles and an ocean away in Istanbul, Turkey, Eugenie Bouchard has gone about the business of rediscovering […]

Bouchard Channels ‘Calm Anger’ Into Winning At Istanbul

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made her long-awaited return to the WTA Tour at the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championships Istanbul in Turkey on Thursday. The 34th-ranked native of St. Petersburg, Russia, faced 272nd-ranked qualifier […]

Caroline Garcia: One Week You’re A Headliner, The Next …

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) A week ago, France’s Caroline Garcia was seen slaying US Open No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova on Louis Armstrong Stadium, winning convincingly in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (2), and garnering major headlines for her […]

Quiet, Shy Schmiedlova Turns Outgoing In Istanbul Victory

WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova describes herself in her WTA biography as quiet and shy. On the court, however, it’s another matter, where she allows herself to be a bit more outgoing. On Tuesday, the 25-year-old […]

Barty Will Forgo Defense Of French Open Championship

WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and reigning French Open champion Ashleigh Barty of Australia announced Tuesday morning she will forgo the defense of her only Grand Slam title later this month in Paris. Barty, 24, […]

Now Is Not The Time To Be Dividing Tennis

WASHINGTON, August 31, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In a week in which social justice messages have been bigger than sport – and let’s not forget there’s still a global pandemic going on that has created unfathomed challenges to the worldwide […]