WTA Tour Archives: 05/2012

A year ago, the two women who were about to bring down the curtain on a hot and tranquil day at Roland Garros were both…

She is petite of frame, young of face, and turned just 20 last week, but the popular young Briton, Heather Watson, is making a habit…

The rankings say it like it is. The more you win, the higher you go. Whether the points come from a few big tournaments or…

It’s not a bad way to prepare for the French Open next week, especially for a woman who has won all three of the other…

There have been plenty of surprises, and not a few disappointments, for the followers of the women’s draw in Rome this week. As if losing…

Less than an hour before Serena Williams was scheduled to play the semi-final of the Rome Premier tournament against Li Na, she made a surprise…

What a time the home city had on third-round day in Rome! If the courts in the Foro Italico had roofs, there is no doubt…

For the two champions who high-tailed it to Rome from Madrid with winners’ trophies, the sun began to shine on their campaigns as well as…

That is, of course, not quite how the song goes. But in the battle of wills between Serena Williams and tennis’s Maria—Sharapova—it is the former…

Last year in Madrid, two women who would become the players of the year went head to head in the final. The winner was Petra…