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Ukrainian Women’s Tennis Rising. A look at its tennis stars In recent…
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The women’s semifinals are set. Here’s our preview and predictions! Swiatek vs. Podoroska The women’s draw is a complete mess. As such, we’re now looking at two completely unknown women playing on one half of the draw. Podoroska is the 23-year-old Argentine qualifier that sent Svitolina packing, while Swiatek is the 19-year-old upstart who may ... Read more
The 2020 French Open Draw is out, and we’ve got some exciting potential matchups in the first week as well as deep into the tournament. Here’s four matchups to look for in the next two weeks. Round of 16: Marketa Vondrousova (15) vs. Simona Halep (1) Vondrousova is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned ... Read more
Here we go folks, the French Open is finally happening during the pandemic, and guess what? Most of the top players will be participating in the women’s field. That’s right folks, other than the defending French Open champion Ashleigh Barty, and Naomi Osaka all the top women will be participating in this year’s edition. Interestingly ... Read more
As many people already know, the Women’s draw is not counting on a number of top 10 players, such as Svitolona, Halep and Barty. This will make the path to the final seem a bit easier on the surface. Make no mistake though, there are some dangerous and exceptional players lurking in the early rounds ... Read more
Unlike the men’s field, which counts with the majority of the top men, the Women’s field is completely decimated. Unfortunately, six of the top ten players have decided to stay home for the coronavirus rendition of the US Open. The list includes: No. 1 Ashleigh Barty No. 2 Simona Halep No. 5. Elina Svitolina No. ... Read more
Hey tennis fans! We finally have some tennis. After two long months of absolutely nothing on the docket, we’re going to see our favorite tennis players get after it in Madrid from 27 to 30 April. Well, virtual Madrid that is. Feliciano Lopez, the lovable Tournament Director for the Mutua Madrid Open has transitioned this ... Read more
Welcome to episode 4 of: “Sheltered at Home with Our Favorite Tennis Stars!” This week our favorite players show us their latest quarantine challenge, share family fun, continue their work outs and even some enjoy tennis in the snow! We start with Tennis’ favorite son, Roger Federer, whom as many can recall, is not only ... Read more
Welcome to another episode of: “Sheltered at Home with Our Favorite Tennis Stars!” This week we have some of our favorite players again; sending us messages, taking challenges to a new level, working out, and as always – cooking! We start out with Stefanos Tsitsipas, working out again at home. Check out his innovative planking! ... Read more
Welcome to another episode of: “Sheltered at Home with Our Favorite Tennis Stars!” Today we have crazy challenges, cooking, reflection – and some tennis practice sprinkled in. So, what are our favorite tennis players up to? We start with none other than Elina Svitolina doing the vibe challenge. I have no idea what this challenge ... Read more
The Women’s final is set! On one corner we have Sofia Kenin. This is her coming out party. She is for real, has lots of fight in her, and a game to back it up. On the other corner, two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza, who is playing high level tennis once again. Kenin’s ... Read more
The draw is out! So, what are the best match ups? Round of 16: Barty vs. Riske. Riske had a wonderful season last year, making it to the quarters of Wimbledon, beating Barty in the third round on her way. Riske plays cerebral high percentage tennis, makes very little mistakes, can hit through the court, ... Read more
Here we are once again; we are a few days away from the WTA Finals. There are seven women who have qualified, and the last spot will be determined in the next week or so. The top women who have qualified are the following: 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Karolina Pliskova 3. Naomi Osaka 4. ... Read more