Aryna Sabalenka finally claimed the one big title that had eluded her at the BNP Paribas Open, defeating Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(8-6) in a gripping, women’s final on Sunday that lasted two and a half hours under punishing California heat. The world No. 1 and top seed had twiceContinue Reading
Plenty of action last week on the ITF Tour. On the Women’s tour, Hanne Vandewinkel wins her 13th ITF title, and Lizette Cabrera wins her 12th title. Vandewinkel moves closer to her top 100 debut, now just a few places out, after 3 titles this year already. We had oneContinue Reading
We’ve got all the ITF Tour winners from the men’s and women’s tour. On the women’s side, Laura Samson picked up her 7th ITF title of her career, and her second W75, while Anouk Koevermans also won her second W75 title after Harriet Dart was forced to retire. On theContinue Reading
A lot on one-sided finals last week, but the big highlight was Belgian 21-year-old, Hanne Vandewinkel going back-to-back in India, and is now on a 10 match winning streak by taking out the Bengaluru W100 title. She moves a step closer to the top 100, with a ranking of 124.Continue Reading
Lots of events across the ITF Tour last week. On the women’s side, Emerson Jones wins her 4th ITF title of her career. She’s up to 162 in the rankings, just 15 places shy of her career high. Tereza Martincova, former world number 40 (now 413), has won her firstContinue Reading
Serena Williams is back. At least, the tennis world assumes she’s back. As of February 22, 2026, the ITIA has cleared her to compete professionally after six months in the testing pool. No press release, no big announcement—just the quiet administrative green light that has everyone whispering about a return.Continue Reading
With the Australian Open now well and truly in the tennis rearview mirror, there is one topic that is still on everybody’s mind. Craig Tiley, the Tennis Australia and AO boss, flagged the idea of women playing best-of-5 sets from the quarter-finals onwards next year. “One of the things I’veContinue Reading
We’ve got all the ITF Tour results from the Men’s and Women’s tour. Talia Gibson took out her 12th title, and moves up to 110 in the rankings, just shy of her career high. She will be pushing hard to break into the top 100 in the coming weeks. OnContinue Reading
A few big names on the women’s ITF tour this week, with Austrian young gun, Lilli Tagger, picking up another title, while a very familiar face, Bianca Andreescu got some good match practice, and a title last week. For the men, Charles Broom has been in good form on theContinue Reading
Iva Jovic delivered a 4th Rd. masterclass at the Australian Open today, destroying Yulia Putintseva 6-0 6-1. Almost any stat you wish to list, was well in favour of the 18-year-old American, who is into the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. This is only her sixthContinue Reading
