BAD HOMBURG/WASHINGTON, June 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In addition to being Germany’s top-ranked women’s player, Angelique Kerber is also tournament ambassador for the inaugural WTA 250-series grass court Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Völkers that is taking […]
BAD HOMBURG/WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA grass court season continues this week with the inaugural Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Völkers on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains in central Germany. The final […]
BIRMINGHAM/WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur made history Sunday by winning the WTA 250-series Viking Classic Birmingham in Birmingham, England. The World No. 24 Jabeur’s 7-5, 6-4 victory over No. 35 Daria Kasatkina of Russia in an […]
BERLIN/WASHINGTON, June 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a week of breakthroughs and upsets, none was more unlikely than Liudmila Samsonova‘s at the bett1Open on grass in Berlin. To go from qualifying draw to championship match in a week’s time […]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With the top four seeds eliminated earlier in the week, fifth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland found herself as the highest remaining seed left in the WTA 500-series grass-court bett1Open as quarterfinal-round action […]
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Kiki Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutchwoman in WTA history. Once ranked as high as No. 4 in the world, she’s won 10 singles and 10 doubles titles in her career. However, at age […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On the eve of Roland Garros, a significant battle on the terre battue of Strasbourg in northeastern France took place, where 61st-ranked Sorana Cirstea and No. 38 Barbora Krejcikova fought for the singles […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) One of the biggest surprises during this week’s Internationaux de Strasbourg, a red clay Roland-Garros tune-up taking place in northeastern France, has been the emergence of German rising star Jule Niemeier. What a […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sorana Cirstea has been lights out on clay this season, while Barbora Krejcikova is enjoying a career-best singles ranking after establishing herself as a Grand Slam doubles champion. Each has put together a […]
STRASBOURG/WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sorana Cirstea arrived at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Thursday knowing that if she could win her second-round match, it would catapult her directly in the semifinals of the WTA 250-series Internationaux […]
