WTA

4 years ago

Injured Serena pulls out of Yarra Valley Classic, Osaka marches on

Serena Williams showed her fighting spirit with a fine win over Danielle Collins...
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Ricky Dimon
Serena Williams, Melbourne Summer Series 2021
4 years ago

Serena, Barty, Halep, Kenin to play in stacked Friday schedule

Serena Williams, Ash Barty, Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin are among...
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Simon Cambers
Simona Halep, Melbourne Summer Series 2021
4 years ago

This week’s WTA events to shorten format; no change to ATP tournaments

With a day's play lost after a positive Covid-19 test in a Melbourne...
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Simon Cambers
Grand Hyatt hotel, Melbourne, 2021
4 years ago

Positive Covid-19 case at Grand Hyatt hotel could put players back in isolation

A positive Covid-19 test for a hotel staff worker at the Grand Hyatt...
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Ricky Dimon
Ash Barty
4 years ago

Barty back in style; Gauff, Sabalenka beaten

More big names were in action on day two of the WTA 500...
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Simon Cambers
4 years ago

Serena Williams and Halep advance in Australian Open warm-up events

Former world number ones Serena Williams and Simona Halep stepped up their Australian...
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Tennis Majors
Coco Gauff Abu Dhabi
4 years ago

Gauff through, Serena and Halep triumph as big stars start in Melbourne on Monday

In a day marked by the comebacks of Serena Williams at the Yarra...
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Tennis Majors
Venus Williams
4 years ago

WTA 500: Venus leads way into second round as tennis returns to Australia

Venus Williams and three other Americans were among those to progress to the...
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Angus Wright
Francesca Jones
4 years ago

Interview – Meet Francesca Jones: “I want to have an impact on the world”

Born with a congenital condition which left her missing one finger on each...
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Simon Cambers
Naomi Osaka - Cropped
4 years ago

Osaka would quarantine again to play Olympics

Another stint in quarantine would not worry Naomi Osaka if it meant she...
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Tennis Majors
4 years ago

Halep downs Barty, Serena beats Osaka in Adelaide exhibitions

Ash Barty returned to the court for the first time in 11 months...
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Simon Cambers
Ashleigh Barty - Adélaïde 2020
4 years ago

Barty, Halep headline WTA warm-up events at Melbourne Park

The world's top players will fine-tune their games in two WTA 500s at...
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Simon Cambers
Bianca Andreescu, Beijing 2019
4 years ago

WTA 500s in Melbourne: Who is playing which event and when are the draws?

Three WTA 500-level events are set to take place next week in Melbourne....
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Chris Oddo
Melbourne Park, Aus.
4 years ago

Australian Open build-up: Events, players, details for Melbourne Park events

With six separate events now due to be played at Melbourne Park at...
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Simon Cambers
Serena Williams & Olympia Williams, Instagram caption
4 years ago

Olympia following in Serena’s footsteps? Don’t count on it

Serena Williams tells Stephen Colbert that her daughter Olympia is a perfectionist on...
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Chris Oddo