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Thailand Open: Rodionova edges past Yuan to reach second round

Arina Rodionova defeated Yue Yuan 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3. She'll face the winner of the match between Zhuoxuan Bai and Chloe Paquet in the next round

Tennis Majors

January 30, 2024

Linda Fruhvirtova at the WTA Chennai Open in 2022

Thailand Open: Fruhvirtova beats Tikhonova to make second round

Linda Fruhvirtova won against Anastasia Tikhonova 6-3, 6-1. She'll face the winner of the match between Taylah Preston and Lin Zhu in the next round

Tennis Majors

January 30, 2024

January 30, 2017: The day a pregnant Serena Williams became the oldest woman in history to hold the world No 1 ranking

Every day, Tennis Majors goes back in time to look at a landmark event on the tennis world. Today, we return to 2017 to see how, at the age of 35, Serena Williams, who had just won the Australian Open, became the oldest world No 1 in the history of women's tennis

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Thailand Open: Rodionova edges past Yuan to reach second round

Thailand Open: Fruhvirtova beats Tikhonova to make second round

January 30, 2017: The day a pregnant Serena Williams became the oldest woman in history to hold the world No 1 ranking

Thailand Open: Volynets defeats Zidansek to move into second round

Thailand Open: Maria eases past Hartono to reach second round

Upper Austria Ladies: Boulter beats Paolini to reach second round

Thailand Open: Badosa beats Tararudee to make second round

Belgian, Doubles, Sabalenka, Clijsters: Everything you always wanted to know about Elise Mertens (but never had time to find out) – updated after 2024 Australian Open doubles title

Thailand Open: Linette goes down to Shnaider as losing streak extends to four

Wimbledon, Czech, knife attack: Everything you always wanted to know about Petra Kvitova (but never had time to find out) – updated with motherhood news

Thailand Open: Golubic advances to second round

Thailand Open: Wang advances to second round, meets Hibino next

Thailand Open: Hibino through to second round

Thailand Open: Galfi beats Tomljanovic to reach second round

Thailand Open: Wang moves into second round

WTA rankings: Sabalenka closes gap on Swiatek again, Zheng makes top 10 debut

“At 12 years old, you already saw she was a winner” – Kévin Boumlil, Zheng’s former trainer

January 25, 1997: The day Swiss Miss Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Grand Slam champion

January 23, 2011: The day Schiavone and Kuznetsova played the longest women’s Grand Slam match in history

January 23, 1988: The day Steffi Graf beat Chris Evert in the first indoor Australian Open final