Muguruza and Pliskova Open WTA Finals in Singapore with Straight Set Wins (October 22, 2017) No. 2 Garbine Muguruza and No. 3 seed Karolina Pliskova were off to winning starts on Sunday at the WTA Finals in Singapore on Sunday as the White … [Read more...]
Top Seed Karolina Pliskova Saves a Match Point to Move into the Round of 16 at US Open
Top Seed Karolina Pliskova Saves a Match Point to Move into the Round of 16 at US Open (September 2, 2017) FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY - Top seed Karoina Pliskova has reached the fourth round. The Czech saved match point in the tenth game of the second … [Read more...]
Top Seeded Kerber Loses, While Williams, Halep and Ostapenko Advance to Elite Eight at Wimbledon
(July 10,2017) The wide-open ladies field at Wimbledon is down to the final eight in London. In a battle between two former Wimbledon finalists, No. 1 Angelique Kerber lost to 14th seed Garbine Muguruza 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Last year’s finalist Kerber … [Read more...]
Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko Upsets No. 3 Simona Halep to Win Roland Garros for First Major Title
(June 10, 2017) Latvia’s Jelena Ostpenko became the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933 when she rallied from 6-4, 3-0 down to defeat No. 3 seed and 2014 finalist Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Not only was this the Latvian’s … [Read more...]
Unseeded Ostapenko to Face Third Seed Halep in Roland Garros Final
Embed from Getty Images (June 8, 2017) In a battle between women celebrating birthdays, No. 47th-ranked Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia became the first unseeded woman to reach the Roland Garros final since 1983, when she beat Switzerland’s Timea … [Read more...]
Unseeded Teen Ostapenko and 30th Seed Bacsinszky Reach Roland Garros Semifinals
Embed from Getty Images (June 6, 2017) Nineteen-year-old Jelena Ostapenko, ranked 47th in the world, became the first Latvian to reach a major tournament semifinal on a rainy Tuesday in Paris when she defeated former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, … [Read more...]