MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Russia’s Andrey Rublev had never taken a set let alone win a match against countryman Daniil Medvedev in four previous meetings. That all changed in his fifth attempt at the Western & […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The 12th edition of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open began Thursday amid rain, which closed the roofs of the three biggest show courts at La Caja Mágica so the show could go on, […]
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Sometimes, a change of scenery does a player good. Take Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann, for instance. After a disappointing first-round loss on clay last week in Rome, Teichmann has returned strong on the terre battue in […]
WASHINGTON, August 17, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Jennifer Brady began the week bunched among a crowded field of American players that comprised half of the 32-player draw at the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Ky. The […]
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In what seems to be a daily happening, World No. 8 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland is the latest big name to withdraw from this month’s US Open. Her withdrawal leaves only five of […]
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics, a WTA International event that relaunched the tour on U.S. soil, began play on Monday with four former Grand Slam champions – all drawn in […]
PRAGUE, May 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The J & T Banka Prague Open came down to a battle among two first-time finalists. The first meeting between 106th-ranked wild card Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and qualifier Jil Teichmann […]
PRAGUE, May 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) With ninth-seeded Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic the only remaining seed of the four semifinalists at the J & T Banka Prague Open on Friday, it remained anyone’s guess who might lift […]
PARIS, May 23, 2017 The women stepped into action on Tuesday, kicking off their 2017 Roland Garros qualifying draw headlined by Sara Errani from Italy. The 30-year-old finished runner-up to Maria Sharapova in Paris five years ago but was sidelined […]
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