New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Elina Svitolina capped a remarkable fortnight for Ukrainian tennis by capturing the Italian Open title in Rome, completing a sweep of the 2026 clay-court WTA 1000 events for her country after Marta Kostyuk lifted the Madrid crown earlier this month.The 31-year-old Svitolina returned to the top tier of women’s tennis with her third career title in Rome, having previously won the tournament in 2017 and 2018. It marked her 20th singles trophy overall and her biggest achie…
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New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka continues to dominate the WTA Rankings, extending her stay at World No. 1 despite skipping the Stuttgart Open, while Elena Rybakina strengthened her position in second with another title-winning run.Sabalenka began her 79th consecutive week at the top, and 90th overall, maintaining a commanding 2,395-point lead over Rybakina even after opting not to defend her points from last year’s runner-up finish in Stuttgart. However, the gap narr…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Zeynep Sonmez produced a spirited performance to defeat Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open on Saturday, becoming the first Turkish player to advance to the second round of the tournament. Playing at the 1573 Arena, Sonmez showed remarkable composure in a closely fought three-set contest that lasted over two hours. Despite being up against the experienced 11th seed Alexandrova, the Turkish player stayed calm at key mom…