Beijing Premier: Singapore beckons Radwanska, Pliskova, Kvitova – and perhaps Konta
Time is getting short for the elite women of tennis to seal one of just five remaining places at the season’s finale, the WTA Finals…
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Wuhan Open: Petra Kvitova and Dominika Cibulkova contest title in pursuit of Singapore
In a week that has presented some of the finest tennis of the season on the magnificent circular stage of the Wuhan Open’s centre court,…
Race to Singapore hots up for Muguruza, Kerber, Kvitova, Pennetta, Radwanska and more
With the announcement that world No1 Serena Williams has withdrawn from the defence of her title at the WTA Championships in Singapore at the end…
Wuhan Open: Evergreen Vinci denies defending champion Kvitova
It’s hard to believe that, with her opening loss at Wimbledon this summer, the evergreen Roberta Vinci had made eight first-round exits in the first…
Wuhan Open: Venus Williams scores win No700, but Halep and Kvitova loom
Venus Williams may be unseeded among this week’s top-quality field in Wuhan—she is currently ranked at just 24—but there is no denying the stature of…
Wimbledon 2015: With five of last six titles, Kvitova and Williams top seeds
Petra Kvitova may be the defending champion at Wimbledon, the Grand Slam that brings out the very best in the tall left-handed Czech, but she…
Rome Premier: Williams goes for three-peat, as Kvitova & Sharapova give chase
As Serena Williams begins her campaign at the Foro Italico this week, she is the woman to beat, the woman who will have topped the…
Madrid Premier: Top seeds Sharapova and Williams go down to ‘Special Ks’
The semi-final line-up at the Caja Majica certainly oozed class. All three former Madrid champions were present and correct: Maria Sharapova defending her title; two-time…
Australian Open 2015: Keys downs Kvitova for double-Madison fairytale
After the culling of seeds in the early days of the women’s draw at this year’s Australian Open, things had begun to settle just a…
Agnieszka Radwanska tops Petra Kvitova as ‘most valuable’ in Fed Cup
The Czech Republic, with the towering presence of their Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, won the Fed Cup this year for a remarkable third time in…
Fed Cup 2014: Kvitova and Czechs eye third title in four years against Germany
The Czech Republic, headed by Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, will hope that home advantage works its magic when they take on a Germany featuring world…
Kvitova’s double delight: Wuhan title seals WTA Championships place
The tall, popular Czech, Petra Kvitova, may have got off to a slow start in 2014, but she has more than made up for it…
Wuhan woes open Road to Singapore for Kvitova and Wozniacki
The Wuhan Open may have hoped for greater good fortune in its debut on the WTA calendar. As the biggest of the three newcomers to…
Wimbledon 2014: Devastating Kvitova ends Bouchard dream to win 2nd title
It would be very neat for the headline writers to attach the rather French sobriquet of ‘ingenue’ to the charming 20-year-old woman from the English-French…
Wimbledon 2014: She said, she said… Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard
So the biggest names in women’s tennis are nowhere to be seen as the clock ticks towards the ladies’ final on closing Saturday at the…
Wimbledon 2014: Bouchard fairytale carries her to final against Kvitova
Right on schedule, the last four women have made it to the 2014 semi-finals on the allotted day, a second Thursday that dawned just about…
Wimbledon 2014: Bouchard joins Kvitova in Czech surge to quarters
Already, the women’s draw at this year’s Wimbledon has opened up like a flower in the sun that broke out over the All England Club…
Wimbledon 2014: Petra Kvitova edges Venus Williams in battle of champions
The big four: it’s become the short-hand in tennis for the quartet of men that has dominated tennis for the last decade. Since Wimbledon 2004,…
Australian Open 2014: Robson & Watson exit with Kvitova & Errani
It was always going to be a big ask for Britons Laura Robson and Heather Watson to advance beyond the first round at this year’s…
2013’s tennis best bits: Lisicki, Radwanska & Williams light up stage
Part two in our review of the year’s most compelling women’s matches looks at numbers one to three. 1. Wimbledon semi-finals: Sabine Lisicki beat Agnieszka…
2013’s tennis best bits: Radwanska, Kirilenko, Li, Azarenka supply drama
The latest in our review of the 2013 tennis season looks at the most compelling matches. The selection attempts to balance entertainment, drama and special…