PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The French Open, the year’s second major and the only one played on clay, began in Paris Sunday under mostly cloudy skies and 22-degree Celsius temperatures. While light rain interrupted play for an […]
ITF Press Release, April 13, 2024 Australia and Japan booked their places in November’s Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in Seville, after sealing respective victories over Mexico and Kazakhstan on day two of their home Qualifier ties. Nao […]
BERLIN, March 23, 2024 Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan will make her debut at this year’s Berlin Ladies Open presented by ecotrans Group. The WTA 500 grass-court tournament offers a a total prize money of $922,573 and […]
ITF Press Release, March 15, 2024 World No. 1 Iga Swiatek leads a strong line-up of players who will compete at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Qualifiers in April, with four other Grand Slam singles champions also […]
WASHINGTON, January 3, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka returned to the WTA Tour this week at the Brisbane International presented by Evie with a new mindset, thanks to becoming a first-time mother. While she admits to being more open-minded […]
BRISBANE, November 10, 2023 (Press Release) Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka, Next Gen superstar, world No.10 Holger Rune and world No.14 Grigor Dimitrov will start the 2024 tennis season at the Brisbane International. Former world No.1 Osaka, who recently became a […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Former World No. 1, four-time Grand Slam champion and 2018 BNP Paribas Open titlist Naomi Osaka returned to the Southern California palm desert for the first time since 2019 and took center […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-4 win over 54th-ranked American Madison Brengle in a featured Wednesday evening match on […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) At last, the focus was on tennis as the first day of Australian Open 2022 took place on Monday at Melbourne Park. There were plenty of familiar names on the order of play […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 5, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic ended weeks of speculation about whether he would play in this year’s first major, announcing on his social media platforms Tuesday that he […]
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