SINGAPORE – 2014 finalist Simona Halep put on an emphatic display to outlast and outsteady American No.6 seed Madison Keys, 6-2, 6-4, to take the early initiative in round robin play at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
Relive all the action, including play-by-play analysis, stats, and quotes from the first match from Singapore!
SINGAPORE – Svetlana Kuznetsova is a woman of many talents. Top 10 tennis player, designer, polyglot, rapper and now hairdresser.
Midway through the final set of her round-robin encounter with Agnieszka Radwanska, Kuznetsova realized something was not quite right: her haircut.
Trailing 2-1, the Russian took out her frustration with scissors, lopping off her ponytail during the changeover. The change had the desired effect, too, inspiring Kuznetsova to break back in the following game and go on to win the match.
Kuznetsova is not the first player to get an impromptu trim in the heat of battle. At last year’s ATP World Tour Finals, Andy Murray famously took a pair of scissors to his unruly mane…
An interview with Dominika Cibulkova after her straight-sets defeat to Madison Keys in the round-robin stage of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
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Madison Keys takes on Dominika Cibulkova in the round-robin stage of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
Mary Pierce talks at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
The lineup for the last four of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global was confirmed after two days of thrilling singles action on Thursday and Friday.
Being World No.1 certainly has its perks. Angelique Kerber capped a career-best season with a once-in-a-lifetime selfie with US President Barack Obama.
Kerber tweeted about meeting the 44th President of the United States:
A dream come true!! What an honour to meet President Obama for lunch today. pic.twitter.com/0AU6HUeuqV
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) November 17, 2016
It’s already been a busy off-season for Kerber, who won a pair of Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and US Open, and reached the final of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. The year-end No.1 also held a kid’s clinic, giving advice to the next generation of players:
the next tennis generation is really cute ? pic.twitter.com/6c1xTyzkAI
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) November 16, 2016
Top seeds Caroline Garcia and Alizé Cornet are one win away from an all-French final at the Engie Open de Limoges after fighting past a pair of tough quarterfinal battles.
Ekaterina Alexandrova upset defending champion and No.1 seed Caroline Garcia to win the Engie Open de Limoges on Sunday afternoon.