Tokyo: Shot Of The Day (Friday)
Caroline Wozniacki has Friday’s Shot Of The Day at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Caroline Wozniacki has Friday’s Shot Of The Day at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
WUHAN, China – Before main draw action got underway at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, the WTA stars set to take the court took to the red carpet for the Player’s Party. No.4 seed Simona Halep and No.5 seed Karolina Pliskova each struck a pose for the cameras, along with some of the biggest names in women’s tennis.
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Simona Halep (ROU)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Belinda Bencic (SUI)
Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Petra Kvitova (CZE)
Madison Keys (USA)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)
Former Great Britain Fed Cup captain Judy Murray has praised Johanna Konta for being a great role model – and has called for more women to get involved in tennis.
In an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph to mark International Women’s Day, Murray said it was important to encourage women into all levels of sport.
“Everyone looks at the sports stars, like Johanna Konta or [now-retired heptathlete] Jessica Ennis, and they are great role models,” she said, “but even more important, for me, is to have women in key decision-making positions. They will think and act much more on behalf of women, because they know how we tick.”
Hands up if you’re excited for #IWD2017!
And today we’re celebrating our @SheRallies program with @JudyMurray ?? pic.twitter.com/Xv36ezdeHH
— British Tennis (@BritishTennis) March 8, 2017
Murray is spearheading campaigns to get more girls playing tennis as well as calling for more women to take up coaching, which she says will increase female participation across all age groups.
“Our strongest pockets within the UK, in terms of numbers of girls coming through, tend to be in places where there is a strong female coach,” added Murray.
An interview with Naomi Osaka after her loss in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Highlights from final round action at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Simona Halep takes on Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open.
Jelena Jankovic takes on Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open.
Garbiñe Muguruza talks about her thoughts and expectations ahead of the BNP Paribas Open.
Elina Svitolina has Friday’s shot of the day at the BNP Paribas Open.
Highlights from the second round action on Day 3 at the BNP Paribas Open.