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Tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert have spoken out against the prospect of the WTA Tour staging its end-of-season finals in Saudi Arabia.WTA chief Steve Simon said in June the organisation was "evaluating" the possibility of…

Last Updated: Aug 03, 2023, 7:05PM …

After nearly two full years away, 2021 Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady played her first competitive match and dominated Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday in…

File photo of Iga Swiatek.© AFPIga Swiatek cruised to the title in her home tournament, the Warsaw Open with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over exhausted Laura Siegemund on Sunday. The world No. 1 completed two busy days by sweeping aside her German…

German 19-year-old Noma Noha Akugue rallied for a 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 win over Italy's Martina Trevisan to continue a storybook run to the semifinals in her WTA debut at the Hamburg European Open on Thursday in Germany.Noha Akugue had leads of…

Anna Bondar of Hungary, ranked No. 155 in the world, rallied to upset No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Ladies Open Lausanne in Switzerland.Down a break in both sets, Bondar came…

No. 1 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia was one of several seeded players to fall on Tuesday at the Hamburg European Open, with Australia's Storm Hunter rallying for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 upset victory in the first round in Germany.Vekic committed…

No. 3 seed Bernarda Pera survived a three-set opening match and defeated Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Hamburg European Open on Monday in Germany.Pera had a 4-0 edge in aces and saved seven of 10 break…

WARSAW, Poland - Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva has been banned from entering Poland, the country's Ministry of the Interior says. She was to participate in a WTA 250 tournament in Warsaw. A…

Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was blocked from entering Poland for reasons of state security and public safety, the Polish interior ministry said on Saturday.The 38-year-old, a bronze medallist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was on…