French Open 2013: Wozniacki looks forward to Eastbourne
Caroline Wozniacki says she is looking ahead to Eastbourne after a second-round loss to Bojana Jovanovski at the French Open on Wednesday. The 22-year-old 10th…
WTA Tour Archives: 05/2013
French Open 2013: Heather Watson goes down fighting in Paris
Sixty years to the day after the biggest obstacle in the world, Mount Everest, was conquered, the only remaining British woman in the French Open…
French Open 2013: Wozniacki ends losing streak to beat Laura Robson
On paper, the teenage Briton Laura Robson had—and not for the first time—suffered an unlucky fall of the cards in the French Open draw. She…
French Open 2013: Sharapova defence brings Azarenka & Williams
Roland Garros may boast only two previous champions in the men’s draw—dominated by the favourite for this year’s title Rafael Nadal—but of the many French…
WTA Rome 2013: Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka to the title
Many rued the departure of the glamorous, popular defending champion, Maria Sharapova from the Foro Italico—unbeaten in the tournament but beaten by illness. But it…
WTA Rome 2013: Maria Sharapova withdraws due to sickness
Just as Maria Sharapova’s arch rival for the Rome and French Open titles, Serena Williams, was taking to court for the first women’s quarter-final at…
Rome Masters 2013: Of rain, Nadal and Italy’s favourites, Errani & Vinci
It’s Rome, one of the most glamorous stops on clay road to Roland Garros. It’s usually a place drenched in sunshine, wall-to-wall in Mediterranean colour,…
WTA Rome 2013: Serena ends Robson run but predicts great things
The day that Laura Robson put out Venus Williams in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, the younger Williams sister Serena had some…
Rome Masters 2013: News, quotes & images: Federer, Djokovic & Serena
Rome is the last major stop on the way to the clay-season climax at Roland Garros in around 10 days’ time. The sun-drenched, marble-white Foro…
WTA Rome 2013: Laura Robson lives the dream by beating Venus Williams
There could be few more daunting prospects for any player than taking on not one but two Williams sisters on a tennis court. Yet that…
WTA Rome 2013 preview: Williams and Sharapova are ‘the two’ to beat
The men’s tour has grown used to the ‘big four’ leading the way at almost every big tournament: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and…
Madrid Open 2013: Laura Robson beaten by Ana Ivanovic
After a famous victory over world No4 Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round of the Madrid Premier this week, Laura Robson was unable to produce…
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova vie for No1 in Madrid
While just three men have held sway over the men’s No1 ranking since 2004—Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic—it has been an entirely different…