WTA Press Release, May 28, 2024 Today France’s Alize Cornet played the last singles match of her remarkable career, falling to No.7 seed Zheng Qinwen in the first round at Roland-Garros, where she was appearing for the 20th time. The 34-year-old remains […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Eight years after beating Serena Williams in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2014, Alizé Cornet has done it, again. She’s beaten another World No. 1 player. This time, the 32-year-old […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) “I hear a big crack in my hip,” Alizé Cornet explained to Tennis TourTalk, the only English-as-a-first-language media to speak with the grand dame of French tennis, after she retired in pain from […]
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Elena Rybakina reached four WTA finals at the start of the season, compiled a 21-4 win-loss record and won a hardcourt title at Hobart. Yet, a month after the tour’s relaunch, the 18th-ranked Russian-born […]
STARNBERG, April 17, 2020 World No. 59 Alizé Cornet announced plans to publish her first book “Sans Compromis” in September, in which she tells about her life on the tennis tour. “I’ve always been a big fan of literature,” Cornet […]
DUBAI, February 18, 2019 (Press Release) Over 300 school children from across the UAE took to the courts on Monday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Children from a number of schools enjoyed the WTA J.P. Morgan Kids’ Day […]
HOBART, January 9, 2019 Hobart International 2019 second round matches are complete, setting up an interesting quarterfinal line-up on Thursday. Wednesday’s highlights included the all-French duel which saw Alize Cornet defeat compatriot Pauline Parmentier, Belinda Bencic from Switzerland knocked out local talent Zoe Hives, US-American Sofia Kenin continued her […]
WUHAN, September 24, 2018 (Press Release) Day Three of the action-packed 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open is set to showcase this year’s amazing playing field at the US$2.7 million WTA Premier 5 event in Central China. Three of this year’s […]
MIAMI, March 22, 2018 The bottom half of the men’s draw was in action on Wednesday at Crandon Park, which welcomes the Miami Open presented by Itaù for the 32nd and final time before the event moves to Hard Rock Stadium […]
PARIS, June 6, 2016 Around the grounds at Roland Garros 2016. Novak Djokovic completed his career Slam and Garbine Muguruza celebrated her maiden title at a major. The zebra look was omnipresent. Here is our Photo Gallery from Paris.
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