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Saudi Arabia to host WTA Finals for the next 3 years for a whopping prize money

Saudi Arabia to host WTA Finals for the next 3 years for a whopping prize money

Saudi Arabia will host WTA Finals for the next 3 years. Prize money for the tournament has been increased 70% to $15.25 million. WTA sees it as a positive step for women’s tennis globally. Saudi Arabia has been announced as the host for the next three iterations of the WTA Finals, the concluding highlight event … Read more

Djokovic, Sabalenka recognized as 2023 ‘world champions’ by ITF

Djokovic, Sabalenka recognized as 2023 'world champions' by ITF

Djokovic and Sabalenka were crowned ITF World Champions for 2023. Djokovic won a record-breaking eighth men’s singles title. Sabalenka claimed her first major at the Australian Open. Based on their accomplishments at this year’s Grand Slams, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) recognized Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka as its ‘world champions’ of 2023. After winning … Read more

Iga Swiatek puts end to Coco Gauff’s winning streak

Iga Swiatek puts end to Coco Gauff's winning streak

Swiatek defeated Gauff 6-2, 6-3 in the China Open semi-finals. Swiatek had lost her top ranking to Sabalenka after losing to Ostapenko. Swiatek finished the match in spectacular fashion to win 6-3. World number 2 seed Iga Swiatek beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to stop her 16-match winning streak and advance to the … Read more

Jelena Ostapenko stuns Iga Swiatek to end her US Open title defense

Jelena Ostapenko stuns Iga Swiatek to end her US Open title defense

Jelena Ostapenko defeated Iga Swiatek in the round of 16 of the US Open. This was Ostapenko’s fourth win over Swiatek. The loss ended Swiatek’s 37-match winning streak. The powerful Jelena Ostapenko’s inspired performance in the round of 16 ruined Iga Swiatek’s defense of the US Open title. During Sunday night’s night session in New … Read more

Hibino sweeps singles, doubles titles at Prague Open

Hibino

Hibino sweeps singles, doubles titles at Prague Open. This achievement came after Hibino had already secured the doubles title. This win marked Hibino’s third WTA title. Japan’s Nao Hibino clinched victory in the singles competition at the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic by defeating local favorite Linda Noskova with a score of 6-4, … Read more

Jennifer Brady makes winning comeback after two years hiatus

Jennifer Brady makes winning comeback after two years hiatus

Jennifer Brady won her first WTA Tour match in two years. Brady retired from competition in 2021 due to knee and foot injuries. Brady’s next opponent will be her doubles partner, Madison Keys. Jennifer Brady, a former Australian Open semifinalist, won the DC Open in straight sets to make her WTA Tour comeback after a … Read more

Emma Raducanu withdrawn from WTA event in Austin

Emma Raducanu WTA event

Emma Raducanu had to pull out of the WTA tournament this week in Austin. She was scheduled to play her first match since losing in the second round of the Australian Open.  She is currently working with Sebastien Sachs. Emma Raducanu had to pull out of the WTA tournament this week in Austin, Texas, due … Read more

Iga Świątek says “Our tennis brings the same emotions as men’s tennis”

Iga Świątek says "Our tennis brings the same emotions as men's tennis"

Swiatek wants WTA to further minimise gender wage disparities. She believes that women’s tennis brings same emotions as men’s. WTA should expand business-wise, get more popular. Iga Swiatek, the current world number one, wants the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) to further minimise gender wage disparities outside of the sport’s major competitions. Tennis awards equal prize … Read more

WTA asserts ‘Peng’ situation must be resolved before returning to China

WTA asserts 'Peng' situation must be resolved before returning to China

WTA tournaments to China in 2023 will hinge on a resolution to Peng Shuai issue. Peng accused former Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in 2021. WTA has received confirmation Peng is safe and comfortable. The Peng Shuai controversy must be resolved before the WTA tournaments can return to China in 2023, according to the … Read more

Association of Tennis Professionals releases 2023 schedule

Association of Tennis Professionals releases 2023 schedule

China will host the Chengdu Open, Zhuhai Championships. United Cup is a partnership between the ATP, WTA, and Tennis Australia. The singles draws will also be larger, going from 56 to 96. The 2023 season schedule, which includes four tournaments in China, was released by the ATP on Monday. The United Cup’s inaugural season will … Read more

Dominik Hasek wants to ban Russians from NHL and other sports

Dominik Hasek

Dominik Hasek has called for a ban on Russian athletes from the NHL and other sports. The 57-year-old wrote an open letter to the ATP and WTA tennis organizations. He was born in Czechoslovakia, a country ruled by communists under Moscow’s direction until 1989. Dominik Hasek, a legend of ice hockey, wrote an open letter … Read more

ATP and WTA will kick off the 2023 season with a mixed teams competition in Australia

ATP and WTA will kick off the 2023 season with a mixed teams competition in Australia

The ATP and WTA announced on Friday that a brand-new event called the United Cup The competition will begin on December 29 and continue for a total of eleven days. There will be eighteen different countries participating The championship match for the United Cup will take place in Sydney on January 8 and in Melbourne … Read more

Nick Kyrgios lost to Taylor Fritz amid on-court advertising lights

Nick Kyrgios

Kyrgios loses 6-3, 6-2 to American Taylor Fritz. Australian was 15-2 since his Wimbledon final win over Novak Djokovic. Murray needed a massage on his right thigh before leaving the court. On Wednesday at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters, Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios lost 6-3, 6-2 against American Taylor Fritz due to concerns about … Read more

Tunisians happy with Jabeur’s accomplishment

Tunisians

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur reaches Wimbledon final. First Arab woman to do so at the All England Club. Sports Minister Kamel Deguich says Tunisians have forgotten their problems. The progress of Tunisians Ons Jabeur in arriving at Saturday’s Wimbledon singles last has provoked massive energy in her nation of origin for a lady nicknamed the “Clergyman … Read more

Injury forces Halep out of Bad Homburg ahead of Wimbledon

Wimbledon

Simona Halep out of semi-finals of WTA tournament in Bad Homburg. Romania’s 2019 Wimbledon champion has a neck injury. Caroline Garcia reaches final after beating compatriot Alize Cornet. Simona Halep’s Wimbledon hopes suffered a blow Friday when she withdrew from the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Bad Homburg with a neck injury. Halep, the … Read more

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal to lead title chase at all-new Wimbledon

novak djokovic

Djokovic and Nadal will race for the title at  Wimbledon. Two of them are expected to meet for the 60th time in the Finals. Medvedev and Rublev will be missing after banning Russian and Belarusian players. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal lead the title chase at Wimbledon, where Roger Federer, the top two players in … Read more

Natela Dzalamidze of Russia changes nationality to take part in Wimbledon

natela dzalamidze

Natela changes her nationality to play Wimbledon. Wimbledon imposed a ban in April on all Russian and Belarusian players to compete. US Open will allow all players to compete under a neutral flag. Russian-born tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changed her nationality to Georgian in order to avoid a ban imposed by Wimbledon on all Russian … Read more

Jabeur brings home Berlin championship after Bencic retires injured

Jabeur

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur brought home the second grasscourt championship of her profession in the wake of ruling Olympic boss Belinda Bencic had to resign harmed in the last of the Berlin Open on Sunday. Jabeur took the initial set 6-3, while Bencic harmed her lower leg in the last game. The Swiss endeavored to trooper … Read more

Osaka pulls out of Wimbledon because of Achilles injury

Osaka

Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a left Achilles injury. Former world number one experienced the injury in Madrid last month. Osaka was forced to miss the WTA 1000 competition in Rome in the build-up to the French Open where she lost in the first round. Osaka had said after her loss … Read more

Russian and Belarusian players permitted to contend at U.S. Open

Russian

Russian and Belarusian players will be wanted at Flushing Meadows. Wimbledon’s transition to restrict them from the competition. The men’s ATP and ladies’ WTA Tours stripped the grasscourt Grand Slam of its positioning places. USTA said Russians and Belarusians would be sought after in New York. Russian and Belarusian players will be permitted to contend … Read more

Swiatek skips Berlin occasion with shoulder issue, targets Wimbledon

Swiatek

French Open top dog Iga Swiatek will skirt the following week’s Berlin Open WTA 500 competition because of a shoulder issue. Yet the world number one said on Friday that she desires to be completely fit for Wimbledon beginning in the not so distant future. Swiatek crushed American Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 in the Roland … Read more

Raducanu ‘unaware’ that she will play at Wimbledon after injury

Raducanu

Emma Raducanu has no clue if she will be fit for the U.S. Open. The 19-year-old suffered a ‘freak injury’ in her first match at the WTA 250 event in Nottingham. She quit with the score level at 4-3 in the initial set against Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic. Raducanu arrived at the last 16 at Wimbledon … Read more

Emma Raducanu taunts a possible doubles partnership with Andy Murray

Emma Raducanu taunts a possible doubles partnership with Andy Murray

Emma Raducanu has implied that she and Andy Murray could form a dream partnered partnership “real soon.” When questioned about her ideal doubles partner, Emma Raducanu said Andy Murray. British number one Raducanu, 19, tells he and former world number one Murray want to play together. Raducanu, the British number one, has stated that he … Read more

French Open title holder Iga Swiatek has ‘no expectations’ for Wimbledon

iga swiatek

Iga Swiatek admits she has “no expectations” for Wimbledon. The world number one defeated Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the Roland Garros final. Swiatek surpasses Serena Williams’ 34-match winning streak. Iga Swiatek admits she has “no expectations” for Wimbledon despite extending her winning streak to 35 matches and claiming her second French Open championship. The … Read more

Daniil Medvedev decides not to fight over Wimbledon ban

daniil medvedev

Daniil Medvedev will not fight Wimbledon over the tournament’s ban on Russian and Belarussian players, although he did accept that the controversial decision was based on “a lot of blunders.” Following the invasion of Ukraine, players from both countries have been barred from competing in the season’s third Grand Slam event, which begins next month. … Read more

WTA ranking points to be kept in UK grass-court events

WTA

The WTA has decided to offer ranking points for next month’s UK grass-court events, following the ATP’s lead. However, due to the All England Club and the LTA’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players during the invasion of Ukraine, Wimbledon could still lose points. The decision is reported to be tightly balanced, with results from … Read more