Tennis players Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková did not defend their triumph at the Tournament of Champions. The seeded No. 1s lost a dramatic final in American Fort Worth to the Russian-Belgian pair Veronika Kuděrmětová, Elise Mertensová 2:6, 6:4, 9:11 and did not win Martina Navrátilová’s winning trophy for the second time in a row. … Read more
World No. 2 Uns Džábirová did not reach the semi-finals of the Tennis Tournament of Champions. The 28-year-old Tunisian lost in the final match of Nancy Richey’s group to her Greek rival Maria Sakkari 2:6, 3:6. Next to Sakkariová, who had a certain progress before the match and did not lose a set in the … Read more
Guadalajara – womenThe new WTA 1000 event in Guadalajara, which hosted the Tournament of Champions last year, is set to feature six Top 10 players, led by the world’s top four Paulo Badosaovou. They have a certain main competition from the Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková, Petra Kvitová, Karolína Plíšková, Marie Bouzková a Kateřina Siniakováthey are … Read more
Seventeen-year-old Linda Nosková returned to the top 100, having been eliminated in Tallinn in the second round with the tournament’s third-placed Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The winner of last year’s junior at Roland Garros subsequently failed to qualify for the Ostrava Agel Open tournament. Czech tennis has nine female players in the top 100. Kateřina … Read more
Krejčíková will play against Marta Kosťuková from Ukraine for a place in the first quarter-final since June. The winner of last year’s Roland Garros will try to end the unsuccessful series, in the last five singles tournaments she did not go further than the second round. The twenty-six-year-old Czech will face Kosťuková for the third … Read more
“We are excited to play again at the Tournament of Champions,” the WTA website quoted Siniakova, who leads the world doubles ranking ahead of her partner, as saying. “We are looking forward to Fort Worth in Texas and hope to defend the title,” Krejčíková added. On Sunday, Krejčíková and Siniaková triumphed for the first time … Read more
After all, the world’s sports media notice the phenomenal success of Czech female tennis players. Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in New York lifted the last big trophy that was missing from their collection. Only a few hundred fans came to the big Louis Armstrong Stadium for their semi-final, it was played in an indecent … Read more
The Czech number one in singles is still Petra Kvitová, who improved by two places after participating in the round of 16 of the New York Grand Slam and is ranked 19th. US Open quarter-finalist Karolína Plíšková also moved up two places, to 20th place. The 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz got to the top of … Read more
Five-time Grand Slam champions Krejčíková and Siniaková are the third highest seeded pair at the tournament. During the current season, the Czechs already managed to dominate the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and in New York in 2018 they reached the semi-finals. The winners will meet in the semi-finals the better pair from the match Flipkensová, … Read more
The 26-year-old Czechs did not lose serve even once in the duel with the tournament fifteens. In the opening set they won two breaks, in the second they didn’t allow their opponents even a game and gave them a “canary”. They won the game in 62 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Krejčíková and Siniaková will face … Read more