In a battle between two players who had the longest Hologic WTA Tour runs on clay a year ago, world No.1 Iga Swiatek defeated left-hander Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the Mutua Madrid Open. In their only previous meeting, Swiatek saved three match points to win when they met in […]
“There’s something about playing dopers in Madrid,” Eugenie Bouchard tweeted following her Wednesday’s win over Dayana Yastremska at the Mutua Madrid Open, which came six years after she defeated Maria Sharapova on the same stage. The Canadian then put back her words as she “did not mean to cause harm.” In the first round of […]
Former Nike player Belinda Bencic is becoming a new ambassador of Asics, soon after world No.1 Iga Swiatek left the Japanese family to join the On team. Asics has announced that Olympic gold medalist and WTA world No.11 Bencic has been added to the list of the brand’s tennis ambassadors, which includes Matteo Berrettini, Novak […]
Wimbledon 2023 will mark a historic moment for women’s tennis players, as they will be allowed to wear colored underwear under their dresses. This decision, announced by Wimbledon in November 2022, aims to reduce the stress that female athletes face when they are on their period during the Grand Slam tournament. For many years, Wimbledon […]
Six months after getting a provisional doping suspension due to an extremely low quantity of roxadustat detected in her body, Simona Halep is still awaiting a hearing by an independent court and wasting precious time away from competition. In an exclusive interview with Tennis Majors, the former world No.1 opens up about her feelings during […]
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Mark your calendars because the NikeCourt Air Zoom GP Turbo “Naomi Osaka” Premium is set to make its grand entrance on May 16, 2023, both in-store and online. Retailing at $160 per pair, these special edition tennis shoes pay tribute to the four-time Grand Slam champion and her Haitian roots. These sleek and stylish shoes […]
Eugenie Bouchard appears to have rediscovered happiness in both her personal life and on the tennis court. As she was recording her first main-draw win at the Mutua Madrid Open since 2017, the Canadian was supported by her boyfriend Jack Brinkley-Cook, the son of model Christie Brinkley. Playing only her second main-draw match at WTA […]
World No.1 Iga Swiatek dominates the Hologic WTA Tour, but Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina defeated her in straight sets in both their meetings this season — in the fourth round of the Australian Open and in the semifinals of Indian Wells. Famous tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou shed some light on why Swiatek has struggled against Rybakina’s […]Emma Raducanu has been handed a tough draw at the Mutua Madrid Open, leaving her with a huge challenge to avoid dropping more ranking points. However, it seems like the pressure may already be getting to the young tennis star, as she showed worrying signs of strain during the pre-tournament press conference. The 20-year-old Raducanu, […]
Shortly before her first-round match at the Mutua Madrid Open, Emma Raducanu is withdrawing from the clay-court tournament, citing a right hand injury. Now her yesterday’s awkward press conference makes much more sense. Talking to the media ahead of the Mutua Madrid Open, Raducanu was extremely uncommunicative, so a WTA representative ended the presser less […]
Tennis players have long been ambassadors for luxury watch brands, sporting the world’s most coveted timepieces on and off the court. Serena Williams‘ Royal Oak Black Panther Flying Tourbillon, a collaboration between Audemars Piguet and Marvel launched in 2021, remains the most expensive watch in the WTA world. View this post on Instagram […]
Playing her first match since 2021 Australian Open and since welcoming her first child in 2021, veteran Barbora Strycova lost to Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3 7-6(5) in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Italy’s Cocciaretto, currently ranked world No.50, won three consecutive games from 3-3, two of which were breaks, to clinch the first […]
Russian WTA player Vitalia Diatchenko was refused boarding a flight from Cairo via Warsaw to Nice by LOT Polish Airlines because she holds a Russian passport. Despite having all the necessary documents and support letters from the WTA, ITF, and her father who works for the United Nations, she was not allowed to fly and […]
In a recent interview with WTA Insider’s Courtney Nguyen, 19-year-old tennis star Coco Gauff opened up about her struggles with imposter syndrome. Despite her remarkable success on the court, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2022 US Open, and finishing as the runner-up at the 2022 Roland Garros tournament, Gauff sometimes feels anxious about her […]
Michaella Krajicek, the retired Dutch tennis player, is preparing to welcome her second child with her partner Jelle Sels. The couple already has a son named Valentijn Leo Sels, who was born in August 2021. Michaella recently shared photos from their family trip to Italy, where they enjoyed some quality time together before the arrival […]
For the second consecutive year Iga Swiatek is driving away from Stuttgart in a brand new Porsche. Just like in 2022, the Pole defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the 2023 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final, improving her perfect win-loss record at the WTA 500 tournament to 8-0. During an on-court interview following her title defense, the […]
For the third year in a row Aryna Sabalenka comes one match short of winning the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title. This time, just like last year, her conqueror in the final was world No.1 Iga Swiatek. In a high-level first set of Sunday’s final in Stuttgart, the sheer power, movement, and athleticism from both […]Maria Sakkari, currently ranked as the world No.9 in women’s tennis, is widely regarded as one of the fittest players on the Hologic WTA Tour. The Greek’s rigorous training regimen is sure to impress and cause your jaw to drop. The WTA star is working with fitness coach George Panagiotopoulos, a retired Greek track and […]