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News | WTA Tennis English

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

Plenty of the stars have been relaxing over the Easter weekend – as best they can.

Andrea Petkovic isn’t impressed with the tweets she’s seen from a certain music festival.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina have been at the soccer to see Spartak beat Zenit 2-1.

Christina McHale went to a different ball game – to watch the Yankees play the Cardinals.

Julia Boserup is just enjoying a beautiful view in Denmark.

And Naomi Osaka is considering developing her tennis skills even further.

Watch this space…

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WTA Anagram Challenge

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

How well can your favorite WTA stars unscramble the tournaments they play each week? Check out the quiz on wtatennis.com.

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News | WTA Tennis English

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

Sloane Stephens is on the comeback trail following surgery on her left foot – and her latest social media update shows her recovery is going well.

She tweeted: “Day 1 walking…EXCITED!” and accompanied that with a short video clip showing her smiling and taking a few tentative steps.

The American picked up the injury last summer, and although she had hoped rest would help her to recover from it, she announced at the start of 2017 that it would require an operation.

She plans to return to the tour this summer.

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CNN Open Court: Serena's Defense

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

On Tuesday afternoon Serena Williams will begin the defense of her French Open crown when she meets Magdalena Rybarikova on Philippe Chatrier.

By her own high standards, Williams’ made a slow start to 2016. But judging by her performance in Rome, where she lifted the 70th title of her career, she appears to be rounding into form at just the right time.

Ahead of her return to the French capital, CNN Open Court sat down Williams to discuss her love of clay, coaching set-up and the quest for Grand Slam title number 22.

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