(March 28, 2017) The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has today named the Great Britain squad to contest the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarter-final against France from April 7-9, 2017 at the Kindarena, Rouen, France. The Aegon GB … [Read more...]
Madison Keys Wins Birmingham for Second Career WTA Crown
(June 19, 2016) American Madison Keys is the new Aegon Classic Birmingham singles champion after an emphatic 63 64 victory over Barbora Strycova at the Edgbaston Priory Club on Sunday. Victory at the WTA Premier event marked a second grasscourt … [Read more...]
ITF Rejects Appeals from Aljaz Bedene and Maxim Dubarenco, Approves Daria Gavrilova
(March 23, 2016) The International Tennis Federation rejected appeals from Aljaz Bedene and Maxim Dubarenco to play Davis Cup. Moldovan-born Dubarenco was appealing to play for Belarus, while the Slovenian-born Bedene was hoping to be able to … [Read more...]
Belinda Bencic Wins Eastbourne for First WTA Title
By Ros Satar (June 27, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - On a bright and breezy day, it seemed fitting the moment could go to one of the WTA Rising Stars, as Belinda Bencic rode the winds of Eastbourne to claim her first WTA Singles title. At … [Read more...]
Eastbourne Finals set
By Ros Satar (June 26, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - On the day when the Wimbledon draws came out, there was still the small matter of the Eastbourne finals to be set, with some great grass court action on the menu. First up was Agnieszka … [Read more...]
Bouchard Retires from Eastbourne Match with Injury, Says will Play Wimbledon
By Ros Satar (June 24, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Genie Bouchard’s trials and tribulations continued when she looked out of sorts at the hand of Swiss teen Belinda Bencic. The youngest player in the draw went toe-to-toe with Bouchard before … [Read more...]
Eurovision and Food Poisoning – The World According to Andrea Petkovic
By Ros Satar (June 24, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - People often ask me why I prefer to follow the Women’s Tour. In fact just this week a colleague from Tennis Panorama wanted to know why I had missed Queen’s. I preferred to freeze my socks off in my … [Read more...]
Bouchard Gets First Win of Grass-Court Season at Eastbourne; Cibulkova Returns
View image | gettyimages.com By Ros Satar (June 23, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Hot on the heels of Petra Kvitova’s withdrawal, Birmingham champion Angelique Kerber withdrew also citing a viral illness. There was a lot of this going about as … [Read more...]
Kvitova withdraws from Eastbourne as weather wreaks havoc
By Ros Satar (June 22, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Top seed Petra Kvitova opted to protect her Wimbledon defence chances by withdrawing from Eastbourne at Monday’s WTA All Access interviews, despite wanting to play doubles with Caroline … [Read more...]
Kerber edges Pliskova to win Birmingham Aegon Classic
By Ros Satar (June 21, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - Angelique Kerber dug in against WTA Rising Star Karolina Pliskova in a taut three-set 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4) final to win her first grass court title, and her third title this year, having won in … [Read more...]