St Petersburg: Saturday Highlights
Highlights from all of Saturday’s semifinals action at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
Highlights from all of Saturday’s semifinals action at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
Daria Gavrilova makes her first attempt at the WTA Net Dash. Check out her personal best right here.
Shelby Rogers put a lyrical twist into the traditional Fed Cup rookie speech by performing her own version of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.
When younger sister Serena beat her in the final of the Australian Open, Venus Williams was quick to praise her.
“Your win has always been my win and I think you know that, and all the times I couldn’t be there, wouldn’t be there or didn’t get there, you were there,” the 36-year-old said. “I’m enormously proud of you – you mean the world to me.”
Now in a new interview she’s emphasised that – saying that Serena is one of her heroes.
Asked by Citizens of Humanity about the people she most admires, Venus answered: “Definitely my mom and my dad, and Serena is a huge hero for me. I think all my heroes are close to home, because those are the ones that motivated me through the tough times.”
She added: “The best advice [Serena] ever gave me in terms of tennis or even life is, you have to show up, so why not compete? You have to be there. You can’t run away from it, so why not compete? That was the best advice ever. I try to apply that daily.”
On her legacy, the seven-time Slam winner said: “I’m definitely a very in-the-moment person, so I would just like to be remembered as a person who loved the game and gave back to the game and gave back to life.”
WTA World No.8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Italian Sara Errani have all been forced to withdraw from next week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships through injury.
Kuznetsova, who recently pulled out of the Qatar Total Open, citing an abdominal injury, issued a statement confirming that the injury would take longer than expected to heal.
“The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is one of the best tournaments in the world,” said the 2009 Dubai runner-up. “I am therefore sad to announce that I will have to miss this event this year. My doctors advised me that I need at least another week to rest my abdominal injury in order for a full recovery. I look forward to competing on the court very soon. I extend my best wishes to the organizers.”
Bouchard is also suffering from an abdominal injury and Errani, the reigning champion in Dubai, has withdrawn with a right adductor issue.
Zhang Shuai pulled off two tough wins in one day to reach the quarterfinals of the Qatar Total Open.
Caroline Wozniacki has Thursday’s shot of the day at the Qatar Total Open.
Karolina Pliskova has Saturday’s shot of the day at the Qatar Total Open.
Caroline Garcia takes on Johanna Larsson in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Watch as Angelique Kerber, Dominika Cibulkova, Karolina Pliskova, Garbiñe Muguruza and the top seeds at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships take to the practice courts.