Women’s tennis semifinals set at the Rio Olympics
After a washed-out Wednesday, women's quarterfinal action at the 2016 Rio Olympics completed on Thursday and it turned out that all the four matches were straightforward two-setters. The semifinalists are Angelique Kerber, Madison Keys,...
Lights out for Stosur as Kerber continues impressive form at Rio
German Angelique Kerber safely negotiated her way past Australian counterpart Samantha Stosur 6-0 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympic Games.
The opening set of the third-round match was one way traffic for...
Watson dumped out of the Olympics by Svitolina
After an energy-sapping first round, Heather Watson struggled to gain any momentum in the first set of her second round against Elina Svitolina and was playing catch-up from the moment she lost her serve,...
Olympic champion Serena Williams defeats the wind and Gavrilova in tough opening encounter
Olympic gold medalist at London 2012 Serena Williams opened her defence of the singles title against Australian Daria Gavrilova and was made to work hard for the win, as her opponent chased down every ball.
With...
Watson made to work hard on her Olympic debut
Team GB got off to a winning start at the Rio Olympics, with Heather Watson into the second round with a less than convincing win against China's Peng Shuai.
Breaking early in the first set,...
Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I got, I’m still Genie from the block
Twenty-two-year-old Eugenie Bouchard is the most successful tennis player from Canada and there's still a lot of time ahead of her to build on her already great achievements that include a Wimbledon final and...
WTB exclusive with Chris Evert: Chrissie by Tail tennis fashion Q&A
Chris Evert won an astonishing number of 157 singles titles, including 18 Grand Slams, and clinched the year-end No.1 ranking seven times from 1974 to 1981, while these days the tennis legend is busy implementing...
Belinda Bencic: The struggle continues
Belinda Bencic's stellar rise in 2015 hasn't seen its expected continuation in 2016, due to a series of injures that struck the 19-year-old Swiss. Our contributor Fiona Sand talks these ups and downs in Belinda's career...
All the reasons WTA players are withdrawing from the Rio Olympics
While most players are now on their planes or at least stuck at airports, a number of WTA names are not going to the Rio Olympics, for a variety of reasons that our new...
New York City skyline inspires Adidas’ US Open 2016 collection
Adidas today officially released the collection inspired by the architecture and landscape of New York, that Angelique Kerber, Ana Ivanovic and Simona Halep will wear at the 2016 US Open.
The apparel features a colorful...
