Abu Dhabi

Newest tennis mothers suffer mixed Madrid results
- By Bill Scott
- . April 24, 2025
Belinda Bencic began the Madrid Masters with a win while three-time tournament winner Petra Kvitova was knocked out as the latest crop of tennis mothers went

Bencic notches Abu Dhabi title in motherhood comeback
- By Bill Scott
- . February 9, 2025
Belinda Bencic held nine-month-old daughter Bella in one arm and the WTA Abu Dhabi trophy in the other after claiming the title on Saturday in a

Rybakina wins Stuttgart for third title of 2024
- By Bill Scott
- . April 21, 2024
Elena Rybakina won the WTA Stuttgart event on Sunday to claim her third trophy of the season with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Marta Kostyuk.

ATP set for mega-payday in Masters bidding war
- By Bill Scott
- . March 26, 2024
The ATP has set off a bidding war among Gulf states awash in oil money, with the men’s sanctioning body expecting millions to roll in

Qualifier Kalinskaya catches Iga out
- By Bill Scott
- . February 23, 2024
Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya handed Iga Swiatek only her second defeat of the season as the No. 40 stunned the top seed 6-4, 6-4 to reach

Wimbledon winners survive into Dubai quarters
- By Bill Scott
- . February 21, 2024
The last two winners of Wimbledon both came through stern tests on Wednesday to move into the quarter-finals of the WTA event in Dubai. Reigning

Raducanu routed, dumped out in Doha
- By Bill Scott
- . February 13, 2024
Emma Raducanu exited almost before she began on Monday as the Brit was dealt out of the WTA Qatar Open in a first-round loss to

Osaka crowds her schedule as tennis travel bug bites
- By Bill Scott
- . February 12, 2024
Naomi Osaka has added this week’s Doha WTA event to her schedule, with the comeback candidate just happy to be out on Tour after a home-bound

Rybakina rolls to second title this season
- By Bill Scott
- . February 11, 2024
Elena Rybakina collected her second WTA title in as many months on Sunday with a 6-1, 6-4 thrashing of Daria Kasatkina in the Abu Dhabi

Kasatkina feeling the squeeze in “terrible” WTA scheduling
- By Bill Scott
- . February 10, 2024
Weekend Abu Dhabi finalist Daria Kasatkina will have to step up the pace inorder to reach a poorly scheduled start on Monday at next week’s