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TAG: WTA
Jul/21
9
12 points of perfection at Wimbledon
5 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Third round women’s doubles match on center court, Coco Gauff and Caty Mcnally were playing the unseeded Russian team of Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina. The two American teenagers were leading 6-5 with love-40 on Kudermetova’s serve. Triple set point. Then something happened that I believe has never happened before in the history of professional […] Continue to read full article...
By Caleigh Martin Tennis is an extremely famous sport among bettors all over the world. The reason for this is that the tennis calendar is made in a way that, almost every day, matches are played. Also, the WTA and ATP Tours traverse worldwide. Thus, the matches are played at varying times. What’s more, another […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Sports betting · Tennis betting · WTA
Continuing with the series focusing on veteran players who refuse to give up, today I will feature Japan’s Erika Sema. Sema is 32 year old now and currently ranked 505 (211 in doubles). Her best ranking in singles was in 2011 (114). She has never gotten into a Grand Slam main draw, halted in all […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Status: WTA pro from 1993-2009. WTA no. 1 in doubles and best singles ranking was no. 8. Won three Grand Slam doubles titles, one Grand Slam mixed, six WTA singles and 37 WTA doubles titles. Held the record for playing 62 Grand Slam main draws until Federer surpassed her at Wimbledon 2015. […] Continue to read full article...
Ai Sugiyama · Japan · Prince racquets · WTA
Jan/21
8
Super Su-wei Hsieh Still Going Strong at 35
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You would think Su-wei Hsieh would have hung it up in singles by now, after all, she just turned 35 four days ago. With all the mileage on her legs and body, all the defending and scrambling and fighting to hang in there, you would think it’s not humanly possible for the slightly built woman […] Continue to read full article...
35 · Abu Dhabi · Hsieh · Su-wei Hsieh · WTA
Dec/20
27
AP Snubs Kenin And Gives Sportswoman of Year to Osaka
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The Associated Press has named US Open champ Naomi Osaka as Sportswoman of the Year, snubbing the WTA player who achieved the superior year, American Sofia Kenin. Osaka had an excellent year on the court, winning the US Open and compiling a 16-3 won-loss record. Osaka skipped Roland Garros and lost in the round of […] Continue to read full article...
Kenin · Osaka · Sportswoman of the Year · WTA
Our latest installment of Facing Greatness asks former WTA no. 34 Angelica Gavaldon, who reached the QF of AO twice in her career (1990 and 1995), what would you say were the two best performances played against you? What was the best tennis played against me? Mmmm… I don’t recall…I remember me being in the […] Continue to read full article...
Angelica Gavaldon · Graf · Mexico · Olympic Games · Steffi · WTA
This year Sports Illustrated honored US Open Champ Naomi Osaka as a Sportsperson of the year along with LeBron James and Patrick Mahomes. Osaka had an excellent year on the court, winning the US Open and compiling a 16-3 won-loss record. Osaka skipped Roland Garros and lost in the round of 32 in Melbourne to […] Continue to read full article...
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty wrapped up her second year in a row as the WTA Year-End World No.1. 11-3 in 2020, Barty did not win a Grand Slam title but did win Adelaide and reached the semis in Melbourne and Doha. Her total number of weeks at the top ranking is not an even 50 weeks. […] Continue to read full article...
Ash Barty · Number one · Su-wei Hsieh · WTA
Former WTA top ten player Lisa Bonder is next in our new series “Facing Greatness” as she contemplates the question of which were the two best matches ever played against her on a tennis court, during her career which spanned from 1981 to 1991 and was highlighted by four WTA singles titles and a no. […] Continue to read full article...
Ellesse · Lisa Bonder-Kerkorian · Roland Garros · US Open · WTA
