Warsaw (Poland), July 30 (Ians) German tennis player Laura Siegemund rallied past her compatriot Tatjana Maria 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Warsaw Open final on Saturday night.
After Maria had two breaks to win the opening set 7-5, Siegemund, who had finished her quarterfinal a few hours earlier, managed to turn the game into her favor with strong service and won three consecutive games to make it 1-1 in sets.
The third set was proven to be very tight, but it was Siegemund who led 5-4 and broke Maria to reach the final, Xinhua reported.
The other semifinal was suspended due to bad light as Iga Swiatek is one step away from advancing into the final. The Pole won the first set 6-1 and tied it 5-5 in the second set before the clash was halted. It will continue on Sunday, the last day of the tournament.
In the doubles final,...
After Maria had two breaks to win the opening set 7-5, Siegemund, who had finished her quarterfinal a few hours earlier, managed to turn the game into her favor with strong service and won three consecutive games to make it 1-1 in sets.
The third set was proven to be very tight, but it was Siegemund who led 5-4 and broke Maria to reach the final, Xinhua reported.
The other semifinal was suspended due to bad light as Iga Swiatek is one step away from advancing into the final. The Pole won the first set 6-1 and tied it 5-5 in the second set before the clash was halted. It will continue on Sunday, the last day of the tournament.
In the doubles final,...
- 7/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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Bad Homburg (Germany), June 30 (Ians) Top seed Iga Swiatek was on Friday forced to withdraw from her Bad Homburg Open semifinal against Lucia Bronzetti due to GI illness.
“I’m so sorry but I have to pull out of my match today,” Swiatek said in a statement on Twitter.
“I had a restless night because of some fever and possible food poisoning. I’m not able to perform today and I need to take care of myself. I hope I’ll be fine soon. Your support in Bad Homburg was amazing, thank you,” she added.
Swiatek had defeated opponents including Wimbledon semifinalist Tatjana Maria and No.9 seed Anna Blinkova to reach her first grass-court semifinal in Bad Homburg. Having captured her fourth Grand Slam title at Roland Garros last month, she will carry a 10-match winning streak into Wimbledon next week, where she opens up against Zhu Lin.
Meanwhile, No.
“I’m so sorry but I have to pull out of my match today,” Swiatek said in a statement on Twitter.
“I had a restless night because of some fever and possible food poisoning. I’m not able to perform today and I need to take care of myself. I hope I’ll be fine soon. Your support in Bad Homburg was amazing, thank you,” she added.
Swiatek had defeated opponents including Wimbledon semifinalist Tatjana Maria and No.9 seed Anna Blinkova to reach her first grass-court semifinal in Bad Homburg. Having captured her fourth Grand Slam title at Roland Garros last month, she will carry a 10-match winning streak into Wimbledon next week, where she opens up against Zhu Lin.
Meanwhile, No.
- 6/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bad Homburg (Germany), June 30 (Ians) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek defeated Anna Blinkova in straight sets for her 10th consecutive victory and a place in the semifinals at the Bad Homberg Open here.
Three-time French Open winner Swiatek, who is hoping to break new ground on grass this season, reached her first semifinals on the surface with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Blinkova in the quarterfinals. She will face Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti next for a spot in her first grass-court final.
Playing her first tournament since her successful title defense at Roland Garros, Swiatek extended her current win streak to 10 matches with this victory over Blinkova. Making her Bad Homburg debut, Swiatek dropped her first set against Tatjana Maria in her opening match but has lost just 11 games across six sets since.
In her first clash with Blinkova, Swiatek eased through her opening service games before breaking for a 4-2 lead in the first set.
Three-time French Open winner Swiatek, who is hoping to break new ground on grass this season, reached her first semifinals on the surface with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Blinkova in the quarterfinals. She will face Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti next for a spot in her first grass-court final.
Playing her first tournament since her successful title defense at Roland Garros, Swiatek extended her current win streak to 10 matches with this victory over Blinkova. Making her Bad Homburg debut, Swiatek dropped her first set against Tatjana Maria in her opening match but has lost just 11 games across six sets since.
In her first clash with Blinkova, Swiatek eased through her opening service games before breaking for a 4-2 lead in the first set.
- 6/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Stuttgart, April 21 (Ians) Anastasia Potapova scored her second win in a row over Coco Gauff to upset the No.5 seed 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
In the quarterfinals, Potpovahe will face No.4 seed Caroline Garcia, who got the better of Tatjana Maria of Germany 7-6(5), 6-4 on Friday.
Potapova had defeated the American 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-2 in a 2-hour, 32-minute third-round tilt in Miami a month ago. The former junior No.1 needed only 1 hour and 17 minutes to reprise the victory on clay and move into her fourth Hologic Wta Tour quarterfinal of 2023.
This time last year, Potapova was ranked No.122. Exactly 12 months ago, she captured her maiden tour trophy in Istanbul — the start of a rise that sees the 22-year-old at a career-high of No.24 this week. So far this season, she has also picked up a second title in Linz and reached...
In the quarterfinals, Potpovahe will face No.4 seed Caroline Garcia, who got the better of Tatjana Maria of Germany 7-6(5), 6-4 on Friday.
Potapova had defeated the American 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-2 in a 2-hour, 32-minute third-round tilt in Miami a month ago. The former junior No.1 needed only 1 hour and 17 minutes to reprise the victory on clay and move into her fourth Hologic Wta Tour quarterfinal of 2023.
This time last year, Potapova was ranked No.122. Exactly 12 months ago, she captured her maiden tour trophy in Istanbul — the start of a rise that sees the 22-year-old at a career-high of No.24 this week. So far this season, she has also picked up a second title in Linz and reached...
- 4/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Oct 16 (Ians) In her first tour-level final, World No 138 Anna Blinkova outlasted 74th-ranked Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to clinch the Transylvania Open title, here on Sunday.
Blinkova needed 1 hour and 41 minutes to prevail and hoist her first Wta singles championship trophy. She becomes the fifth qualifier to win a singles title on the Wta Tour this season, joining Tatjana Maria (Bogota), Anastasia Potapova (Istanbul), Bernarda Pera (Budapest) and Caroline Garcia (Cincinnati).
Moreover, the 24-year-old Blinkova is projected to return to the Top 100 for the first time since last September. Her career-high ranking is World No 54, achieved in February of 2020.
Blinkova and Paolini had a 2-2 head-to-head coming into the final, but Paolini had taken recent control of their meetings, winning their last two matches with the loss of just seven games combined.
However, Blinkova reclaimed the momentum in their rivalry on Sunday. Her aggressive play led to 35 winners,...
Blinkova needed 1 hour and 41 minutes to prevail and hoist her first Wta singles championship trophy. She becomes the fifth qualifier to win a singles title on the Wta Tour this season, joining Tatjana Maria (Bogota), Anastasia Potapova (Istanbul), Bernarda Pera (Budapest) and Caroline Garcia (Cincinnati).
Moreover, the 24-year-old Blinkova is projected to return to the Top 100 for the first time since last September. Her career-high ranking is World No 54, achieved in February of 2020.
Blinkova and Paolini had a 2-2 head-to-head coming into the final, but Paolini had taken recent control of their meetings, winning their last two matches with the loss of just seven games combined.
However, Blinkova reclaimed the momentum in their rivalry on Sunday. Her aggressive play led to 35 winners,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Seoul (South Korea), Sep 24 (Ians) Top seed Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the final of the Korea Open 2022 after injured Emma Raducanu was forced to retire down 4-6, 6-3, 3-0 in the semifinals, here on Saturday.
A champion in 2017, Ostapenko will face No 24 Ekaterina Alexandrova for the title on Sunday.
The official reason for Raducanu’s retirement was a left glute injury. The unfortunate injury ended a confidence-boosting run for the 19-year-old, who won three consecutive matches for the first time since winning the 2021 US Open.
In their first meeting on tour, Ostapenko and Raducanu opened the match with blistering intensity from the baseline. Ostapenko saved three break points in the opening game to keep Raducanu at bay and then broke for a 2-0 lead. But the lead was short-lived.
Raducanu broke back immediately to put the set back on serve and her early return pressure would tell the tale for the remainder of the set.
A champion in 2017, Ostapenko will face No 24 Ekaterina Alexandrova for the title on Sunday.
The official reason for Raducanu’s retirement was a left glute injury. The unfortunate injury ended a confidence-boosting run for the 19-year-old, who won three consecutive matches for the first time since winning the 2021 US Open.
In their first meeting on tour, Ostapenko and Raducanu opened the match with blistering intensity from the baseline. Ostapenko saved three break points in the opening game to keep Raducanu at bay and then broke for a 2-0 lead. But the lead was short-lived.
Raducanu broke back immediately to put the set back on serve and her early return pressure would tell the tale for the remainder of the set.
- 9/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Chennai, Sep 14 (Ians) India’s Karman Kaur Thandi was knocked out of the women’s singles event of the Chennai Open 2022 Wta 250 tennis tournament after losing to Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in pre-quarters at the Sdat Stadium, here on Wednesday.
The Indian tennis player, who beat eighth seed Chloe Paquet in the first round, lost 2-6, 6-7 to Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, the Wimbledon 2014 finalist.
Karman began well, with her powerful groundstrokes keeping Bouchard on her toes. The Indian, however, was unable to find the winners and was broken in the very first game. Bouchard quickly moved through the gears, aided by some unforced errors from Thandi, and took the opening set despite being broken once.
The 24-year-old Indian competed much better in the second set, matching the Canadian shot-for-shot. She managed a crucial breakthrough in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead and then consolidated it to 5-2 next game.
The Indian tennis player, who beat eighth seed Chloe Paquet in the first round, lost 2-6, 6-7 to Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, the Wimbledon 2014 finalist.
Karman began well, with her powerful groundstrokes keeping Bouchard on her toes. The Indian, however, was unable to find the winners and was broken in the very first game. Bouchard quickly moved through the gears, aided by some unforced errors from Thandi, and took the opening set despite being broken once.
The 24-year-old Indian competed much better in the second set, matching the Canadian shot-for-shot. She managed a crucial breakthrough in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead and then consolidated it to 5-2 next game.
- 9/14/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Chennai, Sep 13 (Ians) India’s top women’s singles player Ankita Raina crashed out of the Wta Chennai Open tennis tournament, losing to fourth-seed Tatjana Maria of Germany in the women’s singles first round at the Sdat Stadium on Tuesday.
Maria, playing on the hard courts and hot and humid conditions of Chennai for the Wta 250 tennis tournament, got off to a superb start, breaking Ankita in the first game itself, and went on to win in straight sets, 0-6, 1-6 in one hour and 16 minutes.
Maria Tatjana, a semifinalist at Wimbledon 2022, broke Ankita in the first game and the German ranked 84th in the World, ran away with the first set, not allowing her Indian opponent to settle down.
Despite scoring more winners in the first set, Ankita, who is ranked 325th, could not convert her breakpoints and hit nine unforced errors compared to two from Tatjana Maria.
Maria, playing on the hard courts and hot and humid conditions of Chennai for the Wta 250 tennis tournament, got off to a superb start, breaking Ankita in the first game itself, and went on to win in straight sets, 0-6, 1-6 in one hour and 16 minutes.
Maria Tatjana, a semifinalist at Wimbledon 2022, broke Ankita in the first game and the German ranked 84th in the World, ran away with the first set, not allowing her Indian opponent to settle down.
Despite scoring more winners in the first set, Ankita, who is ranked 325th, could not convert her breakpoints and hit nine unforced errors compared to two from Tatjana Maria.
- 9/13/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Chennai, Sep 12 (Ians) India’s Karman Kaur Thandi advanced to the second round of the women’s singles event at the Chennai Open 2022 Wta 250 tennis tournament after a hard-fought win over Chloe Paquet of France, here on Monday.
Playing on the hard court of the Sdat Stadium, Karman, a wildcard entrant, beat the eighth-seed French player 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 35 minutes.
The Indian tennis player, 359th in the Wta rankings, hit the ground running against world No 109 Chloe Paquet and found the break in the first game.
Thandi led Paquet 4-3 at the end of the seventh game. However, high humidity took its toll on the Indian tennis player as her unforced errors in the first set increased to 19. Paquet eventually took the lead in the match by winning the last three games.
The unforced errors kept flowing from Karman Kaur Thandi’s racket in the second set.
Playing on the hard court of the Sdat Stadium, Karman, a wildcard entrant, beat the eighth-seed French player 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 35 minutes.
The Indian tennis player, 359th in the Wta rankings, hit the ground running against world No 109 Chloe Paquet and found the break in the first game.
Thandi led Paquet 4-3 at the end of the seventh game. However, high humidity took its toll on the Indian tennis player as her unforced errors in the first set increased to 19. Paquet eventually took the lead in the match by winning the last three games.
The unforced errors kept flowing from Karman Kaur Thandi’s racket in the second set.
- 9/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Aug 30 (Ians) No. 17 seed Caroline Garcia opened her 2022 US Open campaign with a 6-2, 6-4 scoreline over lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova while Maria Sakkari survived a scare as she advanced with a three sets victory in early women’s singles action here.
On Monday, Sakkari returned to the scene where she tore through the 2021 US Open wom’n’s draw, riding on a high of a breakthrough season that saw her crack the Top 10 for the first time in her career, determined to change the narrative. She opened her 2022 campaign with an emphatic 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 win over Tatjana Maria of Germany.
Early on, a knee-high volley from midcourt caught Rakhimova by surprise and the stance and execution on return was particularly aggressive. Sprinkle in winners off each wing and 10 successive points, and it all enabled the Frenchwoman to surge 4-0 in front.
By this point, Garcia was...
On Monday, Sakkari returned to the scene where she tore through the 2021 US Open wom’n’s draw, riding on a high of a breakthrough season that saw her crack the Top 10 for the first time in her career, determined to change the narrative. She opened her 2022 campaign with an emphatic 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 win over Tatjana Maria of Germany.
Early on, a knee-high volley from midcourt caught Rakhimova by surprise and the stance and execution on return was particularly aggressive. Sprinkle in winners off each wing and 10 successive points, and it all enabled the Frenchwoman to surge 4-0 in front.
By this point, Garcia was...
- 8/29/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 24 (Ians) Three-time grand slam winner and former world number one Angelique Kerber announced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and has withdrawn from the US Open, starting on August 29.
The German wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, “I really wanted to play the US Open but eventually I decided that two against one just isn’t a fair competition.”
Kerber, 34, last played at Wimbledon in July and the recent absence of the world number 52 has now been explained.
“For the next months, I will take a break from traveling the globe as a tennis player but then again, I believe it’s for the best possible reason. I will miss all of you,” she added.
“Being a professional athlete means everything to me but I’m grateful for the new path I’m heading to. To be honest, I’m nervous and excited at the same time. Thanks for...
The German wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, “I really wanted to play the US Open but eventually I decided that two against one just isn’t a fair competition.”
Kerber, 34, last played at Wimbledon in July and the recent absence of the world number 52 has now been explained.
“For the next months, I will take a break from traveling the globe as a tennis player but then again, I believe it’s for the best possible reason. I will miss all of you,” she added.
“Being a professional athlete means everything to me but I’m grateful for the new path I’m heading to. To be honest, I’m nervous and excited at the same time. Thanks for...
- 8/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
After nearly at fortnight of tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, the 2022 Wimbledon singles championship matches are set for Saturday and Sunday, July 9 & 10. On the women’s side, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan faces Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. Both players are making their first appearances in a Grand Slam final. Rybakina advanced by defeating Simona Halep on Thursday, while Jabeur got past Tatjana Maria in the semifinals. World No. 23 Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to reach a major final. No. 2-ranked Jabeur will try to become the first African woman to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era. The men’s final has Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, ranked Atp No. 40, vs. defending Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic. Kyrgios reached the final after Spain’s Rafael Nadal was forced to withdraw from his semifinal match due to injury. Serbia’s Djokovic, a six-time winner at the tournament,...
- 7/8/2022
- TV Insider
London, July 7 (Ians) Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur’s trailblazing took her all the way into the Wimbledon 2022 final after triumphing 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over Tatjana Maria in a 1-hour, 43-minute semifinal clash, here on Thursday. With the win, Jabeur becomes the first Tunisian, first Arab and first African woman to reach a Grand […]...
- 7/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
London, July 7 (Ians) Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur’s trailblazing took her all the way into the Wimbledon 2022 final after triumphing 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over Tatjana Maria in a 1-hour, 43-minute semifinal clash, here on Thursday. With the win, Jabeur becomes the first Tunisian, first Arab and first African woman to reach a Grand […]...
- 7/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
London, July 5 (Ians) Germany’s Tatjana Maria came up with another fighting display as she fought back from 2-4 down in the final set to get the better of compatriot Jule Niemeier in an all-German encounter at Wimbledon to seal a maiden Grand Slam semifinal spot on Tuesday. After losing the first set 4-6, Maria […]...
- 7/5/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
London, July 3 (Ians) Tatjana Maria continued her trailblazing run at Wimbledon, stunning former French Open champion and No 12 seed Jelena Ostapenko in three sets in a thrilling encounter to reach her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal here on Sunday. Maria, the 103-ranked mother-of-two, came back from 1-4 down in the second set and saved […]...
- 7/3/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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