Tag: Gauff
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Rybakina’s Reign Begins!
There was a moment during Saturday’s US Open final that perfectly captured the evolution of Elena Rybakina. The famously stoic Kazakh raised her arms in celebration — and for Rybakina watchers, that’s practically Marta Kostyuk doing a backflip. What began as a tournament clouded by doubts over whether she would even play, after limping out…
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2026 US Open – History Awaits!
The final grand slam of 2026 is going to be historic, no matter what. We will either get a new world number 1 or Aryna Sabalenka will shut down the talk of a crisis in her game to claim her third grand slam title in New York in a row and retain her crown. Every…
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Another Wild Wimbledon, Another Czech Champion!
Wimbledon 2026 was not quite as chaotic as Roland Garros 2026 but had a similar ending in that a young rising star was left showing she had arrived and ultimately holding the trophy at the end. But it did see early exits for top seeds, Aryna Sabalenka, pre-tournament favourite Elena Rybakina and defending champion Iga…
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Who is Winning Roland Garros?
The run up to the French Open in 2026 is an absolutely fascinating one as there really is no clear favourite. One the women’s side at least – which as far as this blog is concerned, is the only one that matters! While Aryna Sabalenka is still the world number 1, she had a pretty…
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Some month for Sabalenka..
This has been a month to remember for Aryna Sabalenka. She got a truly adorable cocker spaniel puppy called Ash. Her boyfriend of two years, Georgios Frangulis, proposed with an enormous diamond ring and she won the Sunshine Double! The Indian Wells and Miami tournaments sprawl over almost four weeks, and it takes some adjustment…
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Rybakina Rules in Australia
Elena Rybakina won the 2026 Australian Open, beating Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. She continued the sparkling form she had shown in the back half of 2025 and especially the WTA Finals final, where she also beat Sabalenka. In that match, Rybakina was always on top, with Sabalenka clinging on by her fingernails. This final…
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Another Year Over…. (nearly)
The 2025 WTA season is pretty much all over and it’s time to reflect on another eventful year with multiple storylines. While men’s tennis is very much a two-horse race with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner dividing up all of the biggest trophies, the women’s game is in a different place with a lot more…
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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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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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