BRISBANE, October 30, 2017 (Press Release) Wimbledon champion and world No.2 Garbiñe Muguruza from Spain and 2017 US Open champion and world No.15 Sloane Stephens from the United States will compete at Brisbane International 2018 presented by Suncorp. The pair join defending champion Karolina Pliskova of the […]
STARNBERG, October 26, 2017 Martina Hingis has announced her retirement from tennis for a third time. The 37-year-old from Switzerland revealed the news at the WTA Finals in Singapore, where she is playing in the doubles event with partner Chan […]
SYDNEY, October 24, 2017 (Press Release) Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko will star at the Sydney International in 2018. Ostapenko will join seven-time major winner Venus Williams in January’s field, where Williams marks 20 years since her first appearance at the WTA Premier tournament. Ostapenko has […]
MONTREAL, October 18, 2017 (Press Release) Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that Rebecca Marino from Vancouver will be making a return to competition after being away from the game for nearly five years. In February 2013, Marino decided to step away from […]
LINZ, October 16, 2017 Barbora Strycova captured the singles title at the WTA International Upper Austria Ladies Linz, winning Sunday’s final against top seed Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-1. The second favourite from Slovakia won 82 per cent of her first service […]
LINZ, October 15, 2017 “The tournament in Linz has become a proper event. This is the best thing you can say about a tournament,” told Steve Simon, CEO of the WTA, on Sunday at the final press conference in the VIP club […]
BRISBANE, October 11, 2017 (Press Release) Queensland’s own world No.23 Ashleigh Barty will play the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp in 2018. The tenth edition of the Brisbane event is one of the strongest yet, with world No.21 Nick Kyrgios also set to join world No.1 Rafael […]
ZHUHAI, October 11, 2017 (Press Release) China’s No.1 player Shuai Peng has been awarded a wildcard into this month’s WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, joining what promises to be star-studded field for the season-ending tennis showcase, which begins on October 31. […]
LINZ, October 10, 2017 On February 22, 2016, Belinda Benčič was the number seven in the WTA rankings, and many experts were convinced that the teenager from Switzerland could conquer the tennis throne. It was only a question of time. Barbara […]
SYDNEY, October 10, 2017 (Press Release) Seven-time Grand Slam champion and world No.5 Venus Williams (USA) will headline the Sydney International women’s field this summer, 20 years since her last appearance at the tournament. Runner-up to Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) in the 1998 women’s singles […]
