MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Iga Swiatek survived a tough test against former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round in Melbourne on Tuesday, Jan. 16, as Carlos Alcaraz prepared to make his bow. Poland's Iga Swiatek hits a return against USA's Sofia Kenin during their women's singles...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Iga Swiatek will be a hot favorite to win a first Australian Open when it begins on Sunday, Jan. 14, but could face a stiff challenge from former champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka. Poland's Iga Swiatek (top), Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka (bottom left) and Japan's Naomi Osaka...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Canada's Bianca Andreescu won a first-round battle of former US Open champions, defeating Britain's Emma Raducanu 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 on Wednesday, March 22, to advance to the second round of the Miami Open. *Emma Raducanu of Great Britain plays a forehand against Bianca Andreescu of...
Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates a point on his way to his 700th tour victory against Taro Daniel of Japan in their first round match on Day 5 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 11, 2022 in Indian Wells, California. (AFP) Former world number one Andy Murray...
Britain's Emma Raducanu waves after losing to Montenegro's Danka Kovinic in their women's singles match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 20, 2022. (AFP) Emma Raducanu says a key lesson from her first Australian Open is that "I've got that fight in me"...
US Open champion Emma Raducanu has pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up event (AFP/BARBARA GINDL) (AFP) -- US Open champion Emma Raducanu on Saturday pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up tournament next week as she continues to recover from coronavirus. The 19-year-old Briton was due to...
Emma Raducanu of Great Britain grabs her racket bag ready to walk off court after her straight sets defeat against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in their second round match on Day 5 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 08, 2021 in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by...
Emma Raducanu (AFP) Newly crowned US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been granted a wild card into the ATP/WTA Indian Wells tournament starting in California next week, organisers said Tuesday. The 18-year-old British phenomenon, who stunned the tennis world after winning the US Open as an unseeded...
US Open Women's champion Emma Raducanu (right) and runner-up Leylah Fernandez (AFP) As we close the books on this year’s US Open, the all-time big winners of the two-week tournament would be Emma, Daniil and the youth, mental toughness, Lacoste, women’s tennis in particular, and tennis and New...
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada celebrates with the runner-up trophy after being defeated by Emma Raducanu of Great Britain during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing...
Emma Raducanu of Great Britain (left) and Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada embrace after Raducanu's win during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens...
(From left) Leylah Fernandez, Emma Raducanu and Alex Eala The iconic Nirvana hit is a perfect theme song for this year’s US Open, thanks to two teenagers who have turned the Women’s draw into a dual Cinderella-tale. Will we see the storybook ending of Canada’s Leylah Fernandez (who just...
