Ashleigh Barty named WTA Player of the Year
Tennis | December 12, 2019 18:18 ISTBarty became the first Australian to be named WTA world No. 1 since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976, and recorded the most matches won on tour this season.
Barty became the first Australian to be named WTA world No. 1 since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976, and recorded the most matches won on tour this season.
15-year-old Coco Gauff lifted the Linz Open trophy on Sunday and became the youngest player in the last 15 years to win a WTA title.
The move comes two and a half weeks after Osaka surprisingly split from coach Sascha Bajin, who previously worked with Serena Williams.
The 31-year old was due to play her second-round match against number 3 seed Daria Kasatkina but it was the injury that forced her to withdraw from the tournament.
Sharapova has rarely played the Russian tour events during her career, and when she has she's never got past the quarterfinals.
WTA has also decided to guarantee players that they will not have to face a seeded player in a tournament's opening round.
Djokovic, recognized by the ITF for the sixth time, won the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles a year after undergoing surgery on his right elbow.
While responding to Williams' meltdown, McEnroe said: "If thief is the worst word she used, I have got some bad news for you."
US Open Men's champion Novak Djokovic said he thought chair umpire Ramos should not have pushed Williams so hard.
Sania spoke about how people around her family reacted and mocked her when she decided to take up tennis as a career and how she managed to overcome the hate.
Halep needed to reach the quarterfinals to progress further than No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki to hold onto the top spot, and she accomplished the first task.
Collins got the biggest win of her pro career Wednesday night, shocking the eighth-seeded Williams 6-2, 6-3 in the Miami Open quarterfinals.
Halep played in her third career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in January, but has yet to secure a Grand Slam trophy.
Wozniacki blew a 3-0 lead in the first set and was on the run most of the match before losing for the second time this year to Daria Kasatkina.
Sharapova announced the mutual parting with Sven Groeneveld on Friday, two days after she was beaten in straight sets by Naomi Osaka of Japan in her return to Indian Wells.
The 30-year-old had earlier accepted a wildcard entry to make her first appearance at the tournament since 2006.
Williams teams up with Lauren Davis to face Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands in Sunday's doubles match.
Sania, winner of six Grand Slam titles, is out of action since October 2017 due to an injury in her right knee, forcing her to miss first Grand Slam of the season.
Halep, a two-time French Open finalist, is aiming for another shot at a first Grand Slam title after quickly overcoming a slow start to beat sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Halep, who could lose her No. 1 ranking if she doesn't win the title here, extended her record of not having lost a fourth-round match on hard courts at a Grand Slam since the 2013 U.S. Open.
Top News
Latest News