WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 10, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The 138th edition of the Wimbledon Championships, which began last week with plenty of chaos and upsets in the women’s singles draw, has wound down to the semifinal round, which takes place Thursday. […]
SYDNEY/PERTH/WASHINGTON, December 28, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) In Sydney and Perth, there was no lack of drama as the second day of the United Cup mixed teams event unfolded across both Australian coastal cities. To wit, both Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic […]
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Momentum is already building for the 2025 Credit One Charleston Open, which is the annual kickoff to the WTA Tour’s spring clay competition. On Friday, tournament director Bob Moran announced that 2022 champion […]
HAMBURG/STARNBERG, November 1, 2024 Belinda Bencic was candid in her assessment after her second-round loss to Anastasia Kulikova at the Hamburg Henssler at Home Ladies Cup, saying, “My legs are a little dead.” The 27-year-old Swiss, who has made her […]
HAMBURG/STARNBERG, October 30, 2024 Belinda Bencic is back on the tennis tour after her maternity break and has immediately returned to her winning ways. The 2021 Olympic gold medalist and former World No. 4 won her first-round match at the […]
HAMBURG/STARNBERG, October 16, 2024 Belinda Bencic, Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2021, will make her comeback after maternity leave at the Hamburg Henssler at Home Ladies Cup. The ITF World Tennis Tour W75 tournament will take place at the Verbandshalle […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, September 6, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Ons Jabeur and 2022 titlist Belinda Bencic have joined the Credit One Charleston Open 2024 player field, the tournament announced on Wednesday. The annual WTA Tour 500 event on green clay […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) This week’s 50th edition of the Credit One Charleston Open at Daniel Island in the South Carolina lowcountry has been a golden celebration of what’s good about tennis. An ideal Championship Sunday […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 10, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 10 Ons Jabeur staged multiple comebacks during her Credit One Charleston Open semifinal against No. 15 seed Amanda Anisimova Saturday afternoon at Daniel Island. Like the weather, which was unseasonably […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 9, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year has made in the lives of Spain’s Paula Badosa and Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who met Friday in the quarterfinal round of the WTA 500 Credit One […]
