According to WTA, the Ukrainian becomes the first player to ever win three Premier 5 titles in a season after the tier of events was introduced in 2009. She previously raised the trophies in Dubai and Rome, to go along ...
Read More »Wimbledon 2017: Ukrainian Elina Svitolina Is In 4th Round After Defeating Carina Witthoeft
Elina Svitolina makes history for Ukraine’s presence in the world sports arena. The athlete became the first representative of her country who won in the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon. Elina has a reason to be proud of herself. Ukrainian’s rival ...
Read More »Elina Svitolina Looks Gorgeous in Sequin Dress at pre-Wimbledon Party
The fifth racket of the world and the best Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has made a sensation of her glittery attire when she arrived in London for the greatest tennis party of the year, Joinfo.com reports. For the event, ...
Read More »Serena Williams: John McEnroe believes she would struggle on men’s circuit
Speaking to US radio station NPR, seven-time Grand Slam champion McEnroe said of world number one Williams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams: “If she played the men’s circuit she’d be, like, 700 in the world,” according ...
Read More »Maria Sharapova will not play at Wimbledon tournament
This spring, Sharapova resumed participation in tournaments after a 15-month disqualification for an instance of noncompliance with anti-doping rules. But the Russian tennis player will not be able to take part in the WTA tournament in Birmingham and in the ...
Read More »French Open: Jelena Ostapenko beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam
The 20-year-old trailed by a set and was 3-0 down in the second to Halep – who would have become world number one with a win – but prevailed 4-6 6-4 6-3, according to the BBC. Ostapenko, ranked 47th, had ...
Read More »Maria Sharapova: French Open decides against giving former champion a wildcard
The Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban, according to the BBC. “There can be a wildcard for the return from injuries – ...
Read More »Maria Sharapova returns to Bouchard hate — and a win
Before Sharapova’s official return to the court on Wednesday for her first match since the 2016 Australian Open, Bouchard, the world No. 59, ripped to shreds the World Tennis Association for allowing Sharapova to play following her testing positive for ...
Read More »Ukrainian Elina Svitolina To Make Top 10 Debut After Dubai Championships Victory
The Ukrainian, 22, beat 10th seed Wozniacki 6-4 6-2 to claim her sixth WTA title and her second of 2017, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Denmark’s Wozniacki won the Dubai title in 2011 and has reached the semi-finals ...
Read More »Taiwan Open: Ukraine’s Svitolina To Play Peng In Final
Elina Svitolina of Ukraine stopped Mandy Minella, 6-3, 6-2, to advance to her first final since she fell to Petra Kvitova in the Zhuhai final last November, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Tennis Now. A strong semifinal performance came the ...
Read More »Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina advances to Taiwan semifinals
Svitolina needed almost two hours and saved four match points to win 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4) in her quarterfinal match against the Tunisian qualifier, Joinfo.com reports with reference to UPI. “She was playing really aggressive today and most things were ...
Read More »Australian Open: Serena Williams beats sister Venus in final to win 23rd title
Both Serena and Venus displayed nerves in what was their second Australian Open final where they have faced each other across the net, but it was the younger of the siblings who triumphed 6-4, 6-4, ABC reports. Serena Williams, 35, ...
Read More »Australian Open: All-Williams final as Serena faces sister Venus
Serena and Venus Williams own a combined 29 majors in careers that have spanned three decades, CNN reports. “This is probably the moment of our careers so far,” Serena told reporters. “For me, I can definitely say for me.” “I ...
Read More »WTA Brisbane: Ukrainian Elina Svitolina beats Angelique Kerber in quarterfinals
The 22-year-old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the quarterfinals against the world’s first racket Angelique Kerber of Germany, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Ukrainska Pravda. She’s done [email protected] advances to the #BrisbaneTennis Semifinals after ousting top ...
Read More »Rio 2016: Ukrainian Elina Svitolina outplayed Serena Williams at Olympics
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina outplayed the American in two sets of women’s tournament with a score of 6:4 and 6:3 and reached the quarterfinals, Joinfo.ua reports. On August 10, Svitolina will play the two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova from ...
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