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The tennis-playing career of Ana Ivanovic has come to an end. At the age of 29, not wanting to put her body through more grueling trials and endurance tests, Ivanovic decided to call it quits. Although 29 seems like a very young age to retire, in women’s tennis, it’s the twilight years. Ivanovic first burst […] More
The 2017 Auckland Open is a tournament which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and moves into a new decade. It’s part of the run-up to the Australian Open and a chance for mid-tier players on tour to get crucial on-court time. This doesn’t just shake off rust from the offseason; it gives players fresh from […] More
The 2017 Brisbane International is part of a dual-gender event in which both the WTA and ATP Tours gather during the same week in Australia to prepare for the Australian Open. The women’s event, though, has more than twice the size of the purse for the men’s event. It’s the first Premier level event of […] More
The 2017 Shenzhen Open lifts the curtain on the new WTA tennis season. The long off period of November and December is over. Players have been able to get legitimate vacation time and then spend extended time training for the new calendar year of competition. It’s an exciting time in women’s tennis. The tour begins […] More
This was a wild year in tennis, a year few ever could have imagined. On the women’s side, we entered assuming that Serena Williams would dominate her way through the Tour. She did play very well but she encountered several hurdles throughout the season – including the championship rounds. We saw her sister, Venus, struggle […] More
The 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai is the second event of its kind. Players who just missed the high-end WTA Finals (with the top eight players) in Singapore do not get completely shut out. They can compete among each other. Four groups of three players comprise the 12-player field in Luxembourg. The four players who […] More
The last American women not named Williams to enjoy tennis Grand Slam success were Jennifer Capriati (2001 French Open and 2002 Australian Open) and Lindsay Davenport (1998 U.S. Open and 1999 Wimbledon). The new generation of American women grew up watching the Williams sisters triumphing at almost every major and are now threatening to win […] More
The 2016 WTA Finals are here. No Serena. No Azarenka. No Sharapova. Can Angelique Kerber complete the greatest year of her career, one in which she claimed the world No. 1 ranking for the first time? We’re about to find out. The competition in the 8-player event begins on Sunday, October 23. Event Details Event: […] More
The 2016 Kremlin Cup tennis tournament will give WTA professionals a final chance to win a premier-level tournament. This is the last one of the season. There will be a noticeable sense of urgency in Moscow, especially for Russian players, who want to impress in front of their home fans. The competition in the 28-player […] More
The 2016 Generali Linz Open rounds out the WTA season for players, enabling them to reshape the rankings one more time. Players who couldn’t do much in the weeks after the U.S. Open or who didn’t want to make the trip to China for tour events (or who lost very early in China) play in […] More
The 2016 Tianjin Open is part of a movement to grow the game of tennis in China and East Asia. This is just the 3rd edition of the Tianjin Open. China is fast blossoming as a tennis hub. There are now six WTA-level tournaments in China. The lucrative tournament attracts some of world’s best tennis […] More
The 2016 Hong Kong Open is yet another installment in what is a tennis feast in East Asia. A steady stream of events, one after the other and some coexisting in the same week, have come to China, Japan, and surrounding areas. This is one more prelude to the 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore later […] More
