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News | WTA Tennis English

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

January was packed with plenty of amazing shots – we narrowed it down to the five best.

In the end, it Hot Shot Queen Agnieszka Radwanska, who turned defense to offense against Christina McHale at the Apia International Sydney. En route to the final, the former World No.2 used all her scrambling skills to end the rally with a screaming forehand winner.

Click here to watch all of January’s finalists.

Final Results for January’s WTA Shot Of The Month presented by Cambridge Global Payments

1. Agnieszka Radwanska (76%)
2. Julia Goerges (11%)
3. Yulia Putintseva  (7%)
3. Karolina Pliskova (4%)
5. Alizé Cornet (2%)

2016 WTA Shot of the Month Winners

January: Caroline Wozniacki
February: Agnieszka Radwanska
March: Agnieszka Radwanska
April: Monica Niculescu
May: Simona Halep
June: Agnieszka Radwanska
July: Simona Halep
August: Agnieszka Radwanska
September: Kirsten Flipkens
October: Angelique Kerber


How it works:

Five shots are selected by wtatennis.com
Winner is then determined by a fan vote on wtatennis.com
 

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News | WTA Tennis English

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

A new UK-wide campaign to promote gender equality in tennis has just launched – and coach and former Great Britain Fed Cup captain Judy Murray is right behind it.

Murray, a strong supporter of women in tennis, is running ‘She Rallies’ in partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association, which aims to encourage more girls into tennis by providing more female coaches.

The project launched last weekend with a conference in Birmingham attended by key figures from sport and business – and Murray urged them to get behind the scheme’s objectives.

“We have now trained a team of female ambassadors to go out and empower women and girls to play, compete and deliver tennis,” Murray told the audience.

“This is our first step to addressing the gender imbalance in our sport.”

 

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