No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus began her title defense at the Mutua Madrid Open with a three-set win over Poland’s Magda Linette on Friday in Spain. Sabalenka won the Round of 64 match 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, prevailing in two hours and 19 minutes. She saved eight of nine break points while smashing 10 […]
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Aryna Sabalenka found herself at the center of a controversy this week when she said she prefers watching men’s tennis over women’s tennis. It caused a stir online and led to a lot of backlash against the Belarusian. Fans criticized her for bringing down the very thing she represents, women’s tennis, and were quick to […]
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Aryna Sabalenka is the defending champion at the WTA Madrid Masters, but her form since the Australian Open has been extremely uninspiring. Can the Belarusian fight back and prove she’s still on par with the likes of Iga Swiatek or Elena Rybakina? She kicks off her Mutua Madrid Open campaign against Magda Linette. Who do […]
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The talk around equal pay in tennis has been going on for a long time but the logic is straightforward to understand. Athletes are reimbursed based on how much they generate; thus, if you’re generating less than the men, you won’t earn as much. It’s as simple as that. The Williams sisters, Maria Sharapova, Kim […]
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Iga Swiatek lost in the WTA Madrid final to Aryna Sabalenka last year, a clash that was mentioned in all the match-of-the-season conversations. The Pole is deadly on clay, but she’s actually yet to win this event with just two previous appearances. Can she pull it off this time? Her first opponent will be the […]
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World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka gave her opinions on the Big 3 in the WTA ahead of her first-round match at the Madrid Open. Except for the Australian Open, Sabalenka has not yet lifted another title this year, and her performance in the last two months made her feel that she is not a part […]
Read MoreLast year’s battle for the WTA year-end finish was strongly between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka for months. The Polish star fought hard weeks before the year ended to topple Sabalenka, but that came at a prize, as her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski revealed. For context, Swiatek began the 2023 season as World No.1 despite not […]
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WTA No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka has an interesting revelation about the kind of tennis matches she likes to watch. Ahead of her run at the Madrid Open, Belarusian revealed this interesting bit. Sabalenka is the defending champion at the Mutua Madrid Open and is gearing up for another title at the tournament. Entering the Madrid tournament as the No.2 seed, the 25-year-old will […]
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The Stuttgart Open welcomed many of the top WTA stars as they looked to start their clay season on a high. There were already some splendid matches that were played, but earlier today a huge upset was seen. 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova pulled off a great victory to upset No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka. […]
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Paula Badosa was forced to retire with a left thigh injury in the middle of the third set of her second-round match against Aryna Sabalenka at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament. Badosa has a long history of withdrawals and mid-match retirements. This is her 3rd retirement of the year and 11th in her tour-level […]
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It was an anti-climatic end to the second-round clash between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The two ladies had put on a great show, splitting the first two sets among them. With an all-to-play decider set, Badosa’s injuries caught up with her, again. Sabalenka won the first set […]
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Six matches are on the menu on Wednesday at the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. Friends become foes when Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa clash in an intriguing second-round clash. Who will reach the last eight stage in Stuttgart? We also look at the rest of the day’s matches in a separate […]
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Belarusian tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka ‘s campaign in the 2024 season has gone a bit downhill with the 25-year-old suffering early exits in all three tournaments she played after the Australian Open. While Sabalenka clinched her second Grand Slam title in Melbourne, she was knocked out in the second round in the very next tournament. […]
Read More Belarusian tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka ‘s campaign in the 2024 season has gone a bit downhill with the 25-year-old suffering early exits in all three tournaments she played after the Australian Open. While Sabalenka clinched her second Grand Slam title in Melbourne, she was knocked out in the second round in the very next tournament. […]
Read MoreAryna Sabalenka ‘s friendship with Paula Badosa is quite popular. The two are often seen hanging out together at tournament sites and have signed up together for exhibition events as well. They often poke fun at each other on social media as well, setting some big friendship goals on the Tour. But there might be […]
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The main draw entry list for the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart is one of the best of the season so far. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, and US Open champion Coco Gauff are all set to feature at the tournament. That means several excellent players have to go through qualifying. This includes […]
Read MoreA few months after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) permitted Russian and Belarusian players to compete in the 2024 Summer Paris Olympics, a recent clarification reveals that these players cannot participate together in the tennis division of the games. For context, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, its tennis players were banned (including Belarusian […]
Read MoreWorld No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka continues her preparations for the upcoming Clay season. The Belarusian last featured at the 2024 Miami Open amid a heart-shattering loss. A day before the tournament was set to begin, Sabalenka’s ex-boyfriend Konstantin Kolstov passed away in mysterious circumstances. While the cause of his demise wasn’t initially made public, rumors […]
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