TWO TOP 10 PLAYERS AND THE WTA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR JOIN THE VOLVO CAR OPEN 2018 FIELD DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. – World No. 8 Caroline Garcia, World No. 9 Johanna Konta and WTA Newcomer of the Year Catherine ‘CiCi’ Bellis have committed to play in the … [Read more...]
Rafael Nadal and Caroline Garcia Claim China Open Singles Titles
Rafael Nadal and Caroline Garcia Claim China Open Singles Titles (October 8, 2017) Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios 6-2, 6-1, while Caroline Garcia beat as-of-Monday No. 1 Simona Halep 6-4, 7-6(3) to win the singles titles at the China Open in … [Read more...]
Caroline Garcia Claims Wuhan Crown for First WTA Premier 5 Trophy
Caroline Garcia Claims Wuhan Crown for First WTA Premier 5 Trophy (September 30, 2017) Caroline Garcia is the new Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open champion after beating Ashleigh Barty 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2 to win the biggest title of her career. This was … [Read more...]
Venus Williams Becomes an Aunt Again, Reaches 15th Round of 16 at US Open; Sharapova Advances
Venus Williams Becomes an Aunt Again, Reaches 15th Round of 16 at US Open Embed from Getty Images (September 1, 2017) FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams became an aunt again before reaching her 15th round of 16 at the US Open on Friday. Sister … [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...]
Venus Williams Reaches Quarterfinals of Indian Wells for First Time Since 2001 with Comeback Win
(March 14, 2017) Venus Williams moved into the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since 2001 defeating qualifier Peng Shuai 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, winning the last four straight games. Williams returned to play in Indian Wells last year … [Read more...]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova Rally to Win US Open Women’s Doubles Title for Third Major Together
Embed from Getty Images (September 11, 2016) FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY - Number 12 seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova were a game away from losing the US Open women's doubles final to top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of … [Read more...]
Strycova, Garcia, Svitolina and Errani Reach Dubai Semifinals
(February 18, 2016) DUBAI - In a topsy-turvy tournament which saw the top 8 seeds knocked out of the tournament before the quarterfinals, Elina Svitolina will face Sara Errani and Caroline Garcia will play Barbora Strycova in the semifinals of the … [Read more...]
Upstarts and Upsets in the second week at Indian Wells
(March 16, 2015) INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - As the women’s draw started to fill the brackets for the last of the round of 16, we saw some of the old guard fall foul to the up-and-comers. First in (and indeed out) was Caroline Wozniacki who met her … [Read more...]
Maria Sharapova Wins Thriller over Lucie Safarova to Advance at Sony Open
(March 22, 2014) Maria Sharapova was pushed hard by Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-2 in a three hour contest to move into the round of 16 at the Sony Open. The No. 4 seed won the match on her ninth match point over a pesky opponent, 56 minutes after … [Read more...]