Coco Gauff started the 2024 Madrid Open campaign with a crushing win over veteran Arantxa Rus, beating her 6-0, 6-0, the first such win in her career. The American began her 2024 clay season last week at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart and played some decent tennis before running into Marta Kostyuk.
Coco Gauff could become the world No. 2 at the end of the WTA Madrid Open if results go her way. Her first match at the tournament against Arantxa Rus is one of several taking place on a very busy day of WTA action in Spain.
Katie Volynets barely got past Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6) at the Charleston Open on Monday in 3 hours, 43 minutes, making it the longest match of the year on the WTA Tour.
Coco Gauff has kicked off her 2024 Miami Open campaign with a convincing win over Nadia Podoroska. Starting the tournament against the world no. 78, Gauff knew that she would be a clear favourite to win the opening match at the WTA 1000 tournament and make the next round.
Canadian Leylah Fernandez upset No. 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 7-6 (4) in first-round action of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Monday in Doha. Fernandez staved off six of eight break points to take down the Russian in two hours and 10 minutes.
No. 8 seed Ana Bogdan of Romania ousted top-seeded Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) in a three-hour, 28-minute marathon in the quarterfinals of the Transylvania Open on Friday in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
WTA Cluj-Napoca Day 3 features second round matches in Romania at the Transylvania Open. This round has thrown up some unexpected matches. We will focus on the singles events taking place Wednesday, which includes some first round matches yet to take place.
The rains came again at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday, keeping the courts with retractable roofs busy and delaying matches everywhere else.
The top three seeds remain in contention for the WTA Hobart International title, but all will face a potentially tough challenge in the quarterfinals. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for all four quarterfinals, but who will secure their spot in the semifinals?
It should be an entertaining second day of tennis at the WTA Ningbo Open with eight intriguing first-round matches on the slate. As always, we here at LWOT are offering our predictions for every match, including Ons Jabeur vs Diane Parry.
The stars have gathered in New York for the final Major of the season and, with 32 matches on the slate, there should be plenty of entertaining tennis on day two.
Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands ended the dream run of 19-year-old qualifier Noma Noha Akugue of Germany, winning the title at the Hamburg European Open 6-0, 7-6 (3) on Saturday.
Dutch player Arantxa Rus, at 32 the oldest first-time WTA finalist since 2007, beat teenager Noma Noha Akugue to win the Hamburg European Open.
The WTA said Saturday's final between Noma Noha Akugue and Arantxa Rus will be the first between two left-handers on the women's tour since 2018, when Petra Kvitova beat Mihaela Buzarnescu for the Prague title.
Noma Noha Akugue vs Arantxa Rus is not a final that anyone would have predicted before the WTA 250 in Hamburg began, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect a high-quality contest.
First-time finalists Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands and home favorite Noma Noha Akugue of Germany will meet for the Hamburg Open title on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Rus rallied for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 win against Australia's Daria Saville on Friday.
Despite having just one Top 100 player and two players outside of the Top 200, the semifinal lineup of WTA Hamburg is certainly not lacking in quality.
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.
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.
The 2023 WTA Hamburg European Open hosts its quarterfinal matches on Thursday. Bernarda Pera against Diana Shnaider and Arantxa Rus vs Eva Lys are both matches that have already taken place this month.
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.
Russian Diana Shnaider cruised to a 6-4, 7-5 victory over No. 1 seed Bernarda Pera of the United States in the first round of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Tuesday in Budapest.
Russia's Mirra Andreeva opened some eyes Wednesday with a convincing a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
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