While she has regained a very good level of play, Bianca Andreescu gave up last night in the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Miami. The Canadian injured her left ankle 7-6, 0-2 in favor of Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and left the court in tears on a wheelchair. Present in the stands, the...
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Caroline Garcia takes stock of her first quarter: “Several matches hurt me really badly”
« What went wrong against Sorana Cirstea (6-2, 6-3) ?It’s rather that not much has worked. I struggled to get into the match, to have a level of concentration stable enough to be consistent and to have a minimum of solidity compared to the level that I had to produce. She played her match, she...
Bianca Andreescu wins attrition over Emma Raducanu in Miami first round
Miami’s WTA 1000 first-round clash turned in Bianca Andreescu’s favor on Wednesday. The Canadian got the better of Emma Raducanu, after a long match of 2h34′ (6-3, 3-6, 6-2). In the first set, Andreescu showed his power, overtaking the Briton (15 unforced errors for 3 winning shots). The 31st in the world was solid on...
Martina Navratilova on the way to recovery from double throat and breast cancer
At the start of 2023, Martina Navratilova, winner of 59 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles between 1978 and 2006, announced that she was suffering from a double form of throat and breast cancer. This disease was then in its early form. The former Czechoslovak player, who became an American citizen during her career,...
Sarah Bouhaddi (PSG): “I will not refuse the French team”
Corinne Deacon dismissed from the post of coach, the historical executives of the Bleues regain hope four months before the World Cup (July 20 – August 20). Like Eugénie Le Sommer or Amandine Henry, who have not been called up for many months, Sarah Bouhaddi (36 years old, 149 caps) has not given up on...
Caroline Garcia moves up to 4th in the WTA rankings, Iga Swiatek still at the top
Eliminated in the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells by Romanian Sorana Cirstea, Caroline Garcia still gained a place in the world rankings. The Frenchwoman is now ranked fourth in the world, pushing Ons Jabeur down one position on Monday. No change is to be reported on the podium with Iga...
Aryna Sabalenka on Russian and Belarusian athletes: “None of us did anything wrong”
“I feel abandoned by the WTA”said Friday Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko on our site. A few days ago, she forfeited just before facing Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in Indian Wells. The player explained that she had a panic attack after a discussion with Steve Simon, the organization’s boss, who worried her about the tennis world’s response to...
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek beaten by Elena Rybakina in Indian Wells semi-finals
Iga Swiatek will not retain his title at Indian Wells. Not in the legs and overtaken by a very fair Elena Rybakina in what she undertook on Friday evening, the world n°1 was out of the semi-finals of this 2023 edition. tilted on a final score (6-2, 6-2), the kind of lesson she is used...
France with Garcia, Cornet and Mladenovic for the qualifying round of the BJK Cup
On April 14 and 15, the French team will face Great Britain in Coventry as part of the qualifying round for the Billie Jean King Cup. This Friday, the French Tennis Federation unveiled the selected players. Julien Benneteau has decided to bring four players even if five are possible. Caroline Garcia, 1st French and 5th...
Stefano Vukov, Elena Rybakina’s coach: “Swiatek may be in trouble…”
“Rybakina’s game seems to adapt at the slow conditions of Indian Wells…Everything is going well, especially after arriving here following a small back injury in Dubai (she withdrew as a precaution in the 3rd round). The conditions are a bit difficult here, different from last year. It’s hot, it’s cold, hot, cold. It’s pretty usual...