Charleston: Kerber Interview
An interview with Angelique Kerber after her retirement in the semifinals of the Volvo Car Open.
An interview with Angelique Kerber after her retirement in the semifinals of the Volvo Car Open.
Elena Vesnina has Saturday’s shot of the day at the Volvo Car Open.
The story of the tournament from the Volvo Car Open.
STUTTGART, Germany – The brightest stars of the WTA kicked off the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at the Opening Ceremony, where they glammed up to be presented to the German crowd.
Defending champion and Germany’s No.1 Angelique Kerber started the night on the tennis court, joining tennis legends Michael Chang and Michael Stich and professional racing driver Mark Webber for a doubles duel. Afterwards, all the top seeds hit the red carpet and headed to Center Court for their presentations, where they were walked onto the court by their young mascots.
Check out the video above for a behind the scenes look at the Opening Ceremony, as well as a sneak peek into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix official players’ dinner.
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– Photos courtesy of Jimmie48 Tennis Photography
MELBOURNE, Australia – Top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic overcame a sluggish start to defeat home hopes Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua on Tuesday night.
In the last of the quarterfinals, Barty and Dellacqua briefly looked liked springing an upset before the French turned the match on its head to run out 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 winners.
Barty and Dellacqua were finalists at their home major four years ago and, as they had against Martina Hingis and CoCo Vandeweghe the previous round, lit up the Rod Laver Arena with some sparkling tennis early on.
However, the favorites began to turn the tide midway through the second set, producing two clean winners to break Barty’s serve for a 4-2 lead. From this point on it was one-way traffic, Garcia and Mladenovic easing into a maiden Melbourne park semifinal, where they will face No.12 seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai.
Garcia and Mladenovic could reach the top of the rankings by reaching the final, but they will have their work cut out against Hlavackova and Peng, impressive 7-5, 7-6(5) winners over No.3 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
On the other side of the draw reigning World No.1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and her partner Lucie Safarova laid down a marker by swatting aside No.11 seeds Raquel Atawo and Xu Yifan, 6-1, 6-1, in under an hour. Their reward is a meeting with the draw’s surprise package, Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato, after they overcame Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and Andrea Petkovic, 6-3, 6-3.
Carla Suárez Navarro takes on Oceane Dodin in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
Take a look at CoCo Vandeweghe in practice before her semifinal match at the Australian Open against Venus Williams.
Check out the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Opening Ceremony and highlights from the Player’s Party here on wtatennis.com.
Two Americans face off in the Australian Open semifinal – CoCo Vandeweghe and Venus Williams.
An interview with Angelique Kerber after her win in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.