Friday in Stuttgart

On Friday in Stuttgart eight became four, some intriguing match-ups including firsts for some and missed opportunities for others unfolded in Germany. Missed opportunity for Jabeur as Badosa becomes No.2 It was one of those matches where the better player lost in my opinion, that is no disrespect to Paula Badosa but Ons Jabeur was...

World No.1 vs British No.1, is this Emma Raducanu’s toughest test so far?

No one on the tour right now is playing better and more consistent tennis than World No.1 Iga Swiatek at this moment in time. Semi-finalist in Adelaide and Melbourne, the first player to win the first three WTA 1000 events of the season (Qatar, Indian Wells & Miami), the latter two the 'sunshine double' becoming...

Ash Barty dominated the summit of women’s tennis, at her peak she proved to be immovable setting an unparalleled standard whilst making her dreams a reality, now tennis has a big void to fill following the footsteps of the Barty Party

Ash Barty had a dream and she achieved it and was an undisputed world number one. During the Aussie's time at the top of the game, 119 weeks as World Number One she set the standard in quite difficult times. Travelling around the world has been a tough ask and challenge even more so for...

“It’s time for me to step away, chase other dreams and put the rackets down.” Ash Barty announces her retirement from tennis

Many around the world woke up to the news on Wednesday morning that world number one Ash Barty has decided to retire from tennis. Ash posted a video on social media with her sat down with her good friend, former doubles partner and broadcaster Casey Dellacqua to announce her decision and the reason behind it....

A late Jelena Ostapenko revival a little too late against Anett Kontaveit who dominated for a place in a 7th final in her last 12 tournaments

Two of the form players over the course of the season have been Anett Kontaveit and Jelena Ostapenko from Estonia and Latvia respectively. Both came to Doha on the back of titles, Anett has rocketed up the rankings in the last 6 months with 5 titles in as many months. Jelena has found that form...

Berrettini, Jabeur, Humbert & Samsonova victorious in Wimbledon preparations

It has been a wonderful week of tennis on the grass courts across Europe as preparations for Wimbledon are a bit shorter and for some have been very good. In Berlin, Halle, Birmingham and London we have seen some of the biggest names in sport this last week, rising stars, home favourites and some surprises...

Stuttgart Review

Every year it feels like this is where the clay court season on the WTA tour kicks off in Stuttgart. We see the best in women’s tennis look to kick off their clay season in style, former champions and those who have their eye on silverware later down the line in Paris but what did...

Ash Barty’s position at the summit of the WTA rankings continues to be of question but Ash continues to do her talking on the court culminating in lifting her third title of the year!

Ash Barty has not played the most tennis of the top players over the last year, due to the global pandemic and travel in and out of Australia not possible we didn't see any of the Australian for the remainder of the 2020 season before returning to tennis this year. The ranking freeze in 2020...

Serena Williams opens with a win at the Yarra Valley Classic

Serena Williams has begun her season the way she would have wanted and the way sister Venus did on Sunday morning with a win. The former world number one battled hard in a close opening couple of games but after picking up a game a piece the American really got into her groove accelerating to...