Cold sores and cold comfort for Halep, Bouchard turns up the heat
Sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead, Women's Tennis Blog's friend and long-time contributor, shares his talking points from the opening day of the Australian Open. He now presents the sports radio show The Only Game in Town every Thursday night...
Halep upset on Day 1, defending champion Kerber labors to victory
In the very first match of the 2017 Australian Open we already had a major upset on the women's side, as fourth seed Simona Halep got crushed by Shelby Rogers on Rod Laver Arena, while...
OTZ EcoGRIP wins Best Tennis Overgrip Award for 2016
This post is sponsored by Women's Tennis Blog's long-time partner Own the Zone, famous for their EcoGrip, world's first biodegradable overgrip for tennis, and colorful OTZ band vibration dampeners made of polymer.
Own the Zone...
5 portable fitness tools for serious tennis players
This is a guest post by Marcin Bieniek, a professional tennis coach (you can read more about him at the end of this post). From now on, once a month Marcin will write an...
Photos from Sydney: Johanna Konta wins the Apia International
Great Britain’s Johanna Konta continues her rise in the WTA rankings, starting out her 2017 season with a major title win at the Apia International Sydney.
The reigning world #10 captured her second WTA title on...
Photos from Sydney: The Apia International final is set
The 2017 Apia International Sydney is quickly moving towards its exciting conclusion. The last tournament before the Australian Open completed its semifinal stage on Thursday and the last two women standing are Agnieszka Radwanska...
First look: Venus Williams’ EleVen clothes for the 2017 Australian Open
I got in touch with EleVen and even though there are still no official promo pics of Venus Williams in her Australian Open dress, we do have drawings to give us a preliminary insight...
The will is there, but body won’t listen: Nadia Petrova, Jarmila Wolfe retire from professional tennis
After Ana Ivanovic left professional tennis, the WTA is saying goodbye to two more players whose injuries can't be healed any more: Russian Nadia Petrova and Australian Jarmila Wolfe.
After almost two decades of professional career and...
Photos from Sydney: WTA quarterfinalists survive scorching heat
Wednesday at the 2017 Apia International Sydney was all about extreme weather conditions as the day’s quarterfinal matches were played in brutal heat in Sydney Olympic Park.
Caroline Wozniacki and Barbora Strycova had to endure the...
Haters back off: Sharapova has her 2017 Australian Open dress, even though she won’t be even near Melbourne
Maria Sharapova is set to make a grand return to competitive tennis on April 26th at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the tournament she's won three times in a row, but even though...
