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World No. 2 and 2024 Mutua Madrid Open champion Iga Swiatek was in a deep sweat for a set and a half. Alexandra Eala, the teenage Filipina player who upset her in straight sets at the Miami Open, was knocking on the door of another upset. Then, Swiatek tightened up her game. She minimized the […]
It is the second day of WTA Round 1 action at the Mutua Madrid Open. There were big winners on the day, and a former champion lost. 1. Belinda Bencic over Zeynep Sonmez Belinda Bencic dropped just two games (6-0, 6-2) in her match (against qualifier Zeynep Sonmez from Turkey. It was an extra special […]
Alexandra Eala and Naomi Osaka were in action in the opening round of 128 action on Tuesday at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open. Eala is the rising star with a breakthrough tournament at the Miami Open. The Rafael Nadal Academy graduate is comfortable on the clay and had an easy first-round win over Viktoriya Tomova […]
In less than 90 minutes, Jelena Ostapenko shocked World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka en route to her first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title. Eyes on the prize, and now it’s hers 😆@JelenaOstapenk8 defeats the World No.1 to win her first Stuttgart singles title, 6-4, 6-1!#PorscheTennis pic.twitter.com/9FeBYIvbuE — wta (@WTA) April 21, 2025 Ostapenko was winless […]
Sara Sorribes Tormo, the 28-year-old Spanish tennis player who won Olympic bronze in doubles at Paris last summer, has announced she is taking a break from tennis. 🥉 for Cristina Bucsa/Sara Sorribes Tormo! The Spaniards claim Bronze in the women’s doubles at #Paris2024#Olympics | #tennis pic.twitter.com/XiZmTXKdTu — ITF (@ITFTennis) August 4, 2024 Sorribes Tormo is […]
35-year-old Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, a former World No. 23 player in February 2019, and a player with four career WTA titles since turning pro in 2007, issued a troubling update on social media. Tsurenko has not played a WTA Tour match in 2025, and her update indicates that her absence is not injury-related. What Lesia […]
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is eager to start playing at the 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. However, tennis fans will not see her in action until Saturday’s quarterfinals against either Elise Mertens or Diana Shnaider. Sabalenka has been practicing and working out in the gym because of a surprise withdrawal of her Round of […]
Mirra Andreeva will face an all-too-familiar opponent in her Round of 32 match at the 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Tuesday, April 15. Due to the withdrawal of Marta Kostyuk who was slated to be Andreeva’s opponent, her older sister Erika Andreeva has slid into Kostyuk’s place in the draw as a lucky loser. […]
Miami Open quarterfinalist and rising Filipina tennis star Alexandra Eala, currently ranked World No. 73, has not played tennis since losing in the Miami Open semifinals to Jessica Pegula on March 27. 😃 After winning and 😃☺️ after losing. ❤️ Alex Eala 🇵🇭❤️ pic.twitter.com/SLz9dnzFkV — Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (@rnadalacademy) March 28, 2025 The […]
It was an excellent weekend for American tennis. Two beloved tournaments, the Charleston Open and the US Clay Court Championship, held on clay in the United States, crowned two new US champions. Jessica Pegula A win that’s close to home for Jessica Pegula 👏🥹#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/N4DOwvJOGT — Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) April 6, 2025 Jessica Pegula won […]
