WTA Tour

Elina Svitolina: A Motivation To Go For More And Just Give It All

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Monday evening’s prime-time match at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 victory by Elina Svitolina over Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka, in a rematch of their round-of-16 meeting at Wimbledon, was the Ukrainian […]

Samsonova’s Goal Is To Have Fun, Play Her Best Tennis In D.C.

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Liudmila Samsonova of Russia picked up Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C. where she left off last year. She won on Stadium Court. The defending women’s champion of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, who […]

A Qualifying Debut Clervie Ngounoue Will Always Remember

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Although the Mubadala Citi DC Open doesn’t begin main draw play for another day in this first-of-its-kind ATP/WTA 500 combined event, the fans came out in full droves – braving a heat wave […]

Rus Reigns In Hamburg, Earns Maiden WTA Tour Title

HAMBURG, July 29, 2023 Arantxa Rus has clinched her maiden WTA Tour title by lifting the trophy of the 2023 Hamburg European Open. In front of a sold-out crowd at the Rothenbaum Tennis Stadium, the No. 7 seed of the […]