Author: Kvittycat53
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There’s Something About Aryna
World number 1 Aryna Sabalenka won her first grand slam title of the season this weekend at the 2025 US Open, her fourth overall and her second US Open title, becoming the first woman to defend her title here since Serena Williams 10 years ago. But this was much more than one more title for…
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And now, the end is here…
The US Open 2025 saw the end of the tennis career of my all time favourite player Petra Kvitova. A career that included 31 titles, including 2 grand slams and one of the most dynamic players ever seen on the WTA tour. She was part of 6 Czech Fed Cup winning teams, won the WTA…
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Forza!!!
The final grand slam of the year, the US Open begins this week in New York City, but the first champions have already been crowned! Italian mixed doubles pair, Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defended their mixed doubles crown in the revamped US Open Mixed Doubles – ‘An official grand slam event’ as the tournament…
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Hot and Unbothered!
Iga Swiatek winning a grand slam title should not be a big surprise, but that it came at Wimbledon in 2025 where she was the number 8 seed and hadn’t won a title in over a year, on a surface she notoriously has had little success at? Yes, a surprise but in retrospect, really not…
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Down in the Dirt..
Roland Garros 2025 had been going so well for world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka. She had come through a tricky draw with good wins over Amanda Anisimova who had a winning head-to-head against her. She had beaten Qinwen Zheng, the Olympic gold medallist here in Paris a year ago and the last player to beat…
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Double Talk
One of the big talking points of the last few weeks in the tennis world has been about doubles. Persistent doubles-troll Reilly Opelka has once again been slating doubles players and the whole doubles game. This has led to many people seemingly accepting doubles has a problem and discussing its value and its future. I’ve…
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Back on the Kvitova Roller Coaster!
Yes, it actually happened! Petra Kvitova returned to tennis at the WTA250 in Austin, Texas on Tuesday 25th February, 17 months after her last match – a defeat to Liudmila Samsonova at the China Open in 2023. The birth of her baby boy, Petr, in July 2024 which included a C section meant many of…
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SHE’S COMING BACK!!
The BEST news! I honestly thought Petra Kvitova wouldn’t return after her maternity leave and the birth of baby Petr, but she IS making a return in the US later this month! Excellent news, for however long we get Petra. She will be 35 in March, but a time for one last POJD!
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The Key to Madison’s Success..
There are many different routes to winning your first Grand Slam. Some have been surprise runs like Emma Raducanu’s fairytale victory, winning a slam as a qualifier at the US Open in 2021. Jelena Ostapenko’s Roland Garros 2017 title is another out of nowhere win. Sloane Stephens, Bianca Andreescu and Barbora Krejcikova had a good…
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New year, new storylines..
Happy 2025 everyone, and after a brief tennis break, we return… (in 2024 actually with the United Cup). There are many intriguing storylines on the WTA. Battle for the top spot For the first time, Aryna Sabalenka ended the year as world number 1. Can Iga Swiatek regain the top spot or will Coco Gauff…
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