(August 13, 2017) TORONTO, CANADA - Elina Svitolina made it five for five in finals in 2017, defeating Caroline Wozniacki at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Sunday, 6-4, 6-0. The match started as a grind, with Wozniacki's typically patient style being … [Read more...]
Elina Svitolina To Face Caroline Wozniacki For Rogers Cup Title
By Brodie Widdifield (August 12, 2017) TORONTO, CANADA - After multiple rain delays in both the afternoon and evening Friday, it was a jam packed day of action on Saturday as four matches needed to be played on a day that typically only … [Read more...]
Caroline Wozniacki Topples No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, Sloane Stephens Also Reaches Toronto Semis On A Rain-Filled Saturday
By Brodie Widdifield (August 11, 2017) TORONTO, CANADA - It was a rain filled day in Toronto, and unfortunately only two singles quarterfinals were completed. The first match was filled with delays, but eventually finished with Caroline Wozniacki … [Read more...]
Canadian Shapovalov Backs Up Nadal Victory to Reach Montreal Semis; Federer, Zverev and Haase Advance
By Brodie Widdifield (August 11, 2017) Play in Montreal kicked off with two unseeded players teeing off, with Robin Haase knocking out Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 2 hours and 3 minutes. The match was a grind for both players, and Haase … [Read more...]
Bouchard’s Struggles Continue As She Loses in the First Round of Rogers Cup
By Brodie Widdifield (August 8, 2017) TORONTO, CANADA - It has been a difficult year for Eugenie Bouchard. Canada's most popular female player has only won three matches at tournament twice this year, in Sydney and Madrid, and saw her … [Read more...]
Meet the Press – WTA All-Access at Rogers Cup in Toronto
Meet the Press - WTA All-Access at Rogers Cup in Toronto By Brodie Widdifield (August 7, 2017) TORONTO, CANADA - WTA All Access Hours are great opportunities for the media to talk to the top eight seeds of a tournament in a relaxed, open … [Read more...]
Belinda Bencic Wins Rogers Cup in Toronto
By Brodie Widdifield (August 16, 2015) TORONTO, Canada - Nothing about Sunday's final between Simona Halep and Belinda Bencic was ordinary. While everyone would have reasonably expected to see the second seeded Romanian Halep in the final, … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Beaten by Swiss Teen Belinda Bencic in Toronto Semis
View image | gettyimages.com By Brodie Widdifield (August 15, 2015) TORONTO, Canada - It started quietly, but it ended in fireworks. Belinda Bencic has been a name of the lips of many WTA fans this year. It started with a coaching … [Read more...]
In Topsy-Turvy Match, Simona Halep Bounces Back to Reach Toronto Semis
By Brodie Widdifield (August 14, 2015) TORONTO, Canada - When trying to determine what we should expect from a match we often look to the players' past matches against each other and how their styles of play compare and contrast. No one would have … [Read more...]
Simona Halep Safely into the Final 16 in Toronto While Five Seeds Fall
By Brodie Widdifield (August 12, 2015) TORONTO, Canada - While much of the mainstream media's attention has been on the baffling struggles of Eugenie Bouchard, Simona Halep has quietly had a disappointing 2015. After falling in the … [Read more...]