Miami, March 30 (IANS) American Taylor Townsend and Czechian Katerina Siniakova top-seeded Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, 7-6 (0), 6-1 on the Miami Open women’s doubles final to becomes the first pair to complete the Sunshine Double since Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka achieved the feat in 2019.The duo also became the sixth woman’s doubles team to complete the Sunshine Double after Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova (1990), Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs (2002), Lisa Raymond and Sama…
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Miami, March 22 (IANS) Coco Gauff staged a comeback to defeat fellow American Alycia Parks in three sets to advance to the Miami Open round of 16. Despite early struggles, Gauff dominated the match and saved numerous break points. It marks her fourth appearance in the last 16 in Miami, as the 22-year-old continues to chase her first quarterfinal at the WTA 1000 event.Gauff opened with an early break to take a 2-0 lead, but Parks responded by winning six straight games to claim the first set 6-2….
Indian Wells, March 10 (IANS) Two-time champion Iga Swiatek registered a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 32 seed Maria Sakkari to reach fourth round of the Indian Wells Open.Swiatek became the first woman to advance to the Round of 16 for six consecutive years at Indian Wells since Agnieszka Radwanska and Carolina Wozniacki between 2008-2014. Since the format’s introduction in 2009, Swiatek (129-31, .806) trails only Serena Williams (148-28, .841) for winning percentage at WTA-1000 events — minimum…
Melbourne, Jan 31 (IANS) Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai, who last played a Grand Slam together at Wimbledon in 2022, reunited at the Australian Open to win the women’s doubles title.The Belgian-Chinese duo defeated Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic 7-6(4), 6-4 to win what is a ninth Grand Slam doubles title between them in just their seventh career event as a pair.Mertens now has six Grand Slams, three in Australia, while Zhang has three. Zhang lifted her other women’s doubles trophies with the…
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Fourth seeds Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai booked their place in the final with an authoritative straight-sets victory, while seventh seeds Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic survived a dramatic three-set battle to reach their second Grand Slam final together.Mertens and Zhang comfortably beat Ena Shibahara and Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in under 90 minutes on Margaret Court Arena, securing their second major final after Wimbledon 2022.“Really great performance. I think …
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Amanda Anisimova defeated China’s Wang Xinyu 7-6(4) 6-4 at John Cain Arena to advance to her third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal and booked a last-eight clash against fellow American, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula at the Australian Open on Monday.Last year’s Wimbledon and US Open finalist, Anisimova is yet to drop a set at the season’s first Grand Slam. Her quarterfinal opponent, Pegula, who ended Madison Keys’ title defence in the Rd-16 clash, leads their head…
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) Belinda Bencic starred in a decisive role by delivering wins in both singles and mixed doubles as Switzerland reached their first-ever final in the United Cup mixed-gender tennis tournament, defeating Belgium in the semifinal and propelling her team to the brink of a historic title on Saturday.The tournament organisers brought forward the start of play by 30 minutes due to extreme heat, with temperatures forecast to reach 43 degrees Celsius in Sydney.The Swiss team started …
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) Belinda Bencic maintained her winning run at the start of the season, outlasting Elise Mertens 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(0) in dramatic fashion to put Switzerland up 1-0 against Belgium in the semifinals of the United Cup mixed-gender team tennis competition in Sydney on Saturday.Veteran Stan Wawrinka will now look to send the Swiss through to the final for the first time when he faces Zizou Bergs in the men’s singles clash and set up a summit clash with the winner of the second semifi…
Sydney, Jan 6 (IANS) Elise Mertens secured Belgium’s victory over Canada with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 triumph against Victoria Mboko. Her 2 hour and 5-minute triumph followed a stunning 6-4, 6-2 win by Zizou Bergs against World No. 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime, putting Belgium on the brink of the quarterfinals.Despite winning the tie, the Belgians need a clean sweep to advance. If Canada wins mixed doubles, then it advances to the knockout rounds.Mertens rode a stellar serving performance to a one-set lead, …