ITF Press Release, March 12, 2024 Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen, World No. 9 Maria Sakkari and Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Caroline Wozniacki have been named in their nations’ squads for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The Credit One Charleston Open, the WTA Tour’s annual kick off to the clay season, has announced a trio of new players for this year’s tournament beginning later this month in the […]
LINZ/STARNBERG, February 5, 2024 Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia captured the title of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The top seed of the WTA 500 tournament defeated No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 6-2, 6-3 in Sunday’s singles final. Ostapenko […]
LINZ, February 3, 2024 (Press Release) Saturday’s eagerly awaited semi-finals at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz will see Croatia’s Donna Vekic taking on Ekaterina Alexandrova and top seed Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia going head-to-head with 2015 champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Vekic, a […]
LINZ, February 2, 2024 (Press Release) Top seed Jelena Ostapenko secured her place in the quarterfinals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz after a real thriller against the young Danish star Clara Tauson. In the third set tie-break, the World […]
LINZ, February 1, 2024 (Press Release) Top seed Jelena Ostapenko has arrived safely in Upper Austria. The World No. 12 from Latvia, who contested the women’s doubles final at the Australian Open on Sunday, was welcomed with flowers by Tournament […]
EASTBOURNE/STARNBERG, June 24, 2022 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia moved one step closer to defending her Rothesay International Eastbourne title as she beat Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-2 in Friday’s semi-final. Giorgi was unable to handle the former Grand Slam champion […]
EASTBOURNE/WASHINGTON, June 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Saturday’s WTA 500-series Viking International women’s singles title match will have a Baltic feel to it because both finalists are from that region of the world – wild card Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and […]
WASHINGTON, September 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Ever since Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko lifted the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen after her improbable title run to win the 2017 French Open, there’s been the added pressure that goes with being a Grand Slam […]
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 8 Kiki Bertens posted a tour-best 17-5 win-loss record on clay last year and six of her 10 career WTA singles titles have come on red dirt. Until the No. 3 seed […]
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