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Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Miami Open in the United States with a lower back injury. Raducanu, 21, was slated to battle China's Wang Xiyu in the opening round of the Miami Open on Tuesday. It is a blow to Raducanu's comeback following an injury-disrupted 2023 season. World number two Aryna Sabalenka defeated the 2021 US Open champion in straight sets in their third-round clash at Indian Wells […]
World number two Aryna Sabalenka fell to a surprise defeat by Emma Navarro in the fourth round of Indian Wells. Belarusian Sabalenka, who successfully defended her Australian Open title in January, lost 6-3 3-6 6-2 to the 23rd seed. Navarro was cheered on by the California crowd as she reached her first WTA 1000 quarter-final. Fellow American and third seed Coco Gauff claimed a 6-0 6-2 win over Belgium's Elise […]
World number one Iga Swiatek overcame a slow start to defeat Czech teenager Linda Noskova in straight sets and reach the fourth round at Indian Wells. The Polish 22-year-old, a four-time major winner, trailed 4-2 in the first set and faced three break points in a pivotal seventh game. But she won 10 successive games from that point to earn a 6-4 6-0 victory. Swiatek, who lost to Noskova at […]
Emma Raducanu battled valiantly before running out of steam as her Grand Slam return was ended by China's Wang Yafan in the Australian Open second round. Britain's Raducanu, 21, was beaten 6-4 4-6 6-4 in only her fourth match back after wrist and ankle surgeries which kept her out for almost nine months. Surprisingly, Wang was dictating most of the points and broke for a second time to go 5-2 […]
Britain's Cameron Norrie reached the Australian Open third round after fighting back to win a five-set match in Melbourne for the first time. Norrie, seeded 19th, went two sets down against Italian qualifier Guilio Zeppieri but rallied to win 3-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-4. He broke early in the third set, just before a lengthy rain delay, but it did not stall his momentum. The 28-year-old will face 11th […]
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva shocked sixth seed Ons Jabeur at the Australian Open, to continue her run into the last 32 the tournament. The 16-year-old showed once again why is she is one of the sport's rising stars by demolishing an out-of-sorts Jabeur in a 6-0 6-2 second-round win. Andreeva counts the Tunisian as her idol but was utterly ruthless under the roof on Rod Laver Arena, defeating the sixth […]
Former world No 1 and 2018 Australian Open champion, Caroline Wozniacki has been awarded a wildcard for next month's Australian Open. The 33 year old earlier retired at the Australian Open back in 2020 before returning to the circuit earlier this year. But after taking three years away from the game, Wozniacki returned to tennis in August and played in the US Open, losing to eventual winner Coco Gauff in […]
The Women's Tennis Association says it accepts responsibility for the "challenging conditions" its players have faced at the ongoing WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico. World number one Aryna Sabalenka said she felt "disrespected" by the organisation while Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova said the WTA was "not interested" in players' feelings. In a letter sent to the players, WTA chief executive Steve Simon admitted things had been far from perfect. "First and foremost, […]
US Open champion Coco Gauff extended her winning streak on the WTA Tour to 16 matches as she set up a semi-final with Iga Swiatek at the China Open. The 19-year-old saw off Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-4 in Beijing as she continued her pursuit of a fifth title of 2023, with the American winning in Auckland in January and then claiming three titles in the States this summer. Gauff has […]
