Petra Kvitova

The race to Istanbul, host city of the 2013 WTA Championships in 15 days’ time, looks set to go to the wire with the news…

On the day after Li Na became the fifth player to qualify for the WTA Championships, Petra Kvitova took a significant step closer to qualification…

The elite four in women’s tennis have already sealed their sought-after places at the tour’s climax, the WTA Championships in Istanbul, in just one month’s…

Victoria Azarenka admitted her relief after fighting back from a set down against 26th seed Alize Cornet to reach the fourth round of the US…

If there was one name that might have been unfamiliar to the Wimbledon faithful in the women’s quarter-final line-up, it was likely to be that…

While many former Grand Slam champions feature in the draw of the All England Club this year, it is a select few who have stepped…

With Serena Williams missing from Indian Wells, and the top of the women’s rankings in such a fluid state—Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, have…

It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s rich, and it’s star-studded. This is Indian Wells, an indigo and green oasis set far from the madding crowds in…

They may have been ranked seventh and eighth in the world, but that aside, there were huge contrasts between the finalists of the Dubai Premier,…

As soon as the draw for the Australian Open was made, fans of Laura Robson began licking their lips. If the teenage Briton, who turns…

The women’s quarter-final line-up was a truly intriguing mix of styles, talent and storylines. The top seed and world No1, Maria Sharapova, was gone and…

Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova are two of the most popular women not just in tennis but in sport across the board. Both have been…

Perhaps only the most prescient of tennis experts would have predicted the last four women standing in 2012’s French Open, but two of them in…

Much of the attention and much of the expectation, going into the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros, has been on three…

With so much talk of the “big four” in men’s tennis—can Novak Djokovic repeat his record-breaking 2011 antics, will Rafael Nadal overcome injury to win…

With the tennis telescope firmly focused on Australia for the first Grand Slam of 2012, it comes as no surprise that the stars of the…

Even amid the illustrious company of Olympic and World Champions, Boris Becker has a way of standing out. He had it from the moment he…

When it came to the women’s tour in 2011, variety was definitely the spice of life. The Grand Slams were won by four different women””three…

The women of the WTA tour have travelled the world, played 55 tournaments, and fought it out for a place in the year-ending Championships in…

The climax of the women’s tennis year may turn out to be one of its most significant in some time. For with the dominant names…

It only needed a glance at the protogonists of the last two Grand Slams to show that age and experience were the order of the…