Kvitova, Konta & Suárez Navarro Shine In Zhuhai Player Party
Petra Kvitova, Johanna Konta, Carla Suárez Navarro, and more stepped out for the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai’s official player party – see all the best photos right here!
Petra Kvitova, Johanna Konta, Carla Suárez Navarro, and more stepped out for the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai’s official player party – see all the best photos right here!
Dominika Cibulkova takes on Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis staged a stunning comeback on Friday night to defeat Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka and keep alive their dream of an Olympic gold medal.
Four years ago in London, Hlavackova and Hradecka won silver and they looked on course for a return to the final when took the first set and surged ahead in the second. However, their Swiss opponents hung doggedly onto their coattails, escaping from a dramatic second set to complete a 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2 victory.
The turning point came with Hradecka serving at 5-4 in the second set. Having already saved one match point, Hingis fended off another with a ferocious volley that struck Hlavackova in the eye from point-blank range.
Despite a lengthy injury timeout, it was a blow from which Hlavackova and Hradecka were unable to recover. The Czechs lost the first two points on the resumption to drop serve and while they did manage to force a tie-break, it was one that never looked like going their way.
Bacsinszky and Hingis compounded this misery in the decider, rattling off four straight games to complete the comeback.
Heading into Rio, an Olympic medal was one of the few prizes missing from Hingis’ resume. Her hopes of winning one were dealt a double blow by the withdrawal or first Roger Federer and then Belinda Bencic. Bacsinszky, though, has deputized ably and on Saturday the first-time partnership will meet Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina for gold.
Makarova and Vesnina were quarterfinalists in London and have picked up a couple of Grand Slam titles since then. Against Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova they needed to draw on all this experience to overcome a slow start and edge through, 7-6(7), 6-4.
Dreams are coming true for @EVesnina001 who's guaranteed an Olympic medal after reaching the women's doubles final pic.twitter.com/iQtGsEjjWm
— ITF Olympic Tennis (@OlympicsTennis) 12 August 2016
An interview with Dominika Cibulkova after her final win at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
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Highlights from the final of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
Dominika Cibulkova took the Billie Jean King Trophy out for a celebratory photoshoot a day after conquering the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
An interview with Zhang Shuai after victory in the group stage at the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai.
Watch as WTA stars at the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai took a break from the competition to give back to the Zhuhai community with a number of fan-friendly activities!
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania – 2014 French Open finalist Simona Halep had initially announced she would miss this week’s Fed Cup tie against defending champions in the Czech Republic due to a nasal infection that required surgery.
The World No.3 reversed that decision on Tuesday, declaring she will attempt to defend her title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and play at the Qatar Total Open – a tournament she won two years ago – but first, she would indeed take part in a historic home tie for Romania this weekend:
Halep, in her own words on her decision to postpone nose surgery (translated by Adrian Toca/@treizecizero): pic.twitter.com/YpjaDkbUf9
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) February 3, 2016
Halep has been a Fed Cup stalwart throughout her career with an overall 12-6 record since 2010, and was instrumental in helping her country achieve World Group status for the first time since 1992. The process took two years for Halep, who played all five ties in 2014 just to qualify for World Group II, and helped lead Romania through a 3-2 win over Spain last February.
Flanked by teammates Monica Niculescu, Andreea Mitu, and Raluca Olaru, Halep will take on a Czech team that has won Fed Cup in four of the last five years, and led by 2015’s championship line-up in Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Strycova and Denisa Allertova.
Check out Halep’s announcement on Facebook.