Tag: Sabalenka
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Well that was… rubbish!
I’ll be honest: from the moment the Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios “Battle of the Sexes” exhibition was announced, it seemed like a terrible idea. Not because Sabalenka isn’t a phenomenal athlete—she absolutely is—or because Kyrgios isn’t talented in his own chaotic way. It was the premise itself that made me uneasy. We’ve been here
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Matches of the Year
As a tennis fan, I obviously watch my favourite players most closely, but as many of my faves were injured or absent this year, I watched a lot of the WTA tour as a fan and with a slightly more open mind than usual. So many great matches – as always – so here are a few
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Just… NO Aryna!
This is a bad idea! I’m a big fan of Aryna Sabalenka. I love her openness, her self‑deprecating humour, and even the moments when she stumbles. She’s no robot — she’s a fallible human being who also happens to be a terrific tennis player. But Aryna, why on earth have you agreed to this so‑called
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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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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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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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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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The end of the year as we know it…
Another tennis year comes to an end, and time to reflect on what 2024 brought. For me, this was the first Petra Kvitova-less year since I became a fan of hers. While Petra gave birth in July (during Wimbledon no less! More on that later…) her return is not at all certain and we may
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