Abbey Johnson Columnist ABOUT CONTACT LATEST STORIES WTA Finals: Imperious Iga Swiatek hoists trophy in season-finale in Cancun! 07-11-2023 Swiatek ceded merely a sole game to her rival, Jessica Pegula WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek breezes past an erratic Aryna Sabalenka into the title round 06-11-2023 Sabalenka's reign as the no. 1 player in the world could come to an end on Monday, in Mexico Jessica Pegula topples Coco Gauff to enter maiden WTA Finals' finale! 05-11-2023 As had happened in the round-robin stage, only one finalist has been placed after rain wreaked havoc again WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek enters SF in style; sets encounter with Aryna Sabalenka 04-11-2023 Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula will need to put their partnership and friendship aside during Saturday's SF WTA Finals: Jessica Pegula bests Maria Sakkari to make herself more comfy in SF 03-11-2023 Maria Sakkari ended up with no wins in the trio of round-robin matches she contested WTA Finals: Unrelenting Iga Swiatek pips Coco Gauff; closes in on a SF berth 02-11-2023 Ons Jabeur notched her first triumph in the Mexican season-ender over the hapless Marketa Vondrousova WTA Finals: Jessica Pegula bosses Aryna Sabalenka; secures SF berth without much fuss 01-11-2023 Elena Rybakina put herself on the scoreboard after triumphing over Maria Sakkari, who was subsequently ousted WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff's Mexican goals begin with emphatic triumphs 31-10-2023 Of the two, Gauff's win was more potent while Swiatek continued to dismantle tricky rivals WTA Finals: Aryna Sabalenka gets Cancun party started; reasserts bid to remain no. 1 30-10-2023 Elena Rybakina looked quite unable to match up to the level of Jessica Pegula, leading to the latter's triumph WTA Elite Trophy: It's two-for-two for Beatriz Haddad Maia in Zhuhai 29-10-2023 Haddad Maia was just a tad better against Qinwen Zheng who didn't stop trying until the end WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia and Qinwen Zheng set title-round showdown 28-10-2023 Haddad Maia hasn’t even let in her opponents take a set against her so far WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia’s Zhuhai debut sees her through to SF! 27-10-2023 The penultimate round’s face-offs have been determined in the second-last event of 2023 WTA Elite Trophy: Unassailable Daria Kasatkina powers herself into SF in Zhuhai! 26-10-2023 Jelena Ostapenko and Liudmila Samsonova emerged victorious in their respective opening clashes WTA Elite Trophy: Daria Kasatkina outplays Barbora Krejcikova to clinch victory 25-10-2023 Madison Keys' road in Zhuhai ended in the round-robin stage WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia leads victors’ list in Zhuhai! 24-10-2023 Barbora Krejcikova and home hope, Lin Zhu were just as dominant in their respective clashes Transylvania Open: Tamara Korpatsch lifts maiden career title! 22-10-2023 It wasn’t to be for local favourite, Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the finale Jasmin Open: Steady Elise Mertens retains crown in Tunisia 22-10-2023 Mertens didn’t give any chance to Jasmine Paolini in the one match that mattered the most, in the end Jiangxi Open: Katerina Siniakova outlasts Marie Bouzkova to hoist trophy! 22-10-2023 Katerina Siniakova and Marie Bouzkova have now played each other twice with Siniakova prevailing on both occasions Jasmin Open: Jasmine Paolini thwarts Lesia Tsurenko to enter finale! 22-10-2023 Elise Mertens has been on quite a roll in the Tunisian WTA 250 tournament Transylvania Open: Elena-Gabriela Ruse & Tamara Korpatsch set title-round showdown 21-10-2023 Will Cluj-Napoca see a local favourite be the last woman standing? Jiangxi Open: Katerina Siniakova beats Leylah Fernandez to enter finale! 21-10-2023 Siniakova’s rival will be compatriot, Marie Bouzkova in what will be a Czech derby Transylvania Open: Elena-Gabriela Ruse savours home favouritism as she enters SF 21-10-2023 Rebeka Masarova, Eva Lys and Tamara Korpatsch completed the semis' line-up in Cluj-Napoca Monastir Open: Jasmine Paolini, Elise Mertens headline seeds' entry into SF 21-10-2023 Lesia Tsurenko and Clara Burel will be Paolini and Mertens' next rivals, respectively Jiangxi Open: Unrelenting Leylah Fernandez storms into 2nd semi in as many weeks 20-10-2023 Katerina Siniakova, Diana Shnaider and Marie Bouzkova completed the SF line-up Transylvania Open: Ana Bogdan survives Nikola Bartunkova test to reach last-8 20-10-2023 Eva Lys, Tamara Korpatsch clinch lengthy tussles against favourites Jasmin Open: Jasmine Paolini headlines the player field in the last-eight in Monastir 20-10-2023 Lesia Tsurenko, Clara Burel and Nuria Parrizas Diaz also won their respective pre-quarter-final match-ups Transylvania Open: 'Caped Countess' Jaqueline Cristian enters pre-QF in Cluj-Napoca 19-10-2023 Rebeka Masarova, Ekaterina Makarova and Diana Snigur reached the last-eight Jasmin Open: Elise Mertens carves an easy path for herself into the last-eight 19-10-2023 Mai Hontama, Lucia Bronzetti and Lucrezia Stefanini also made their way into the QF in the WTA 250 Jiangxi Open: Diana Shnaider enters last-8; Marie Bouzkova holds her ground 18-10-2023 Nao Hibino and Camila Osorio completed the QF line-up in the top half of the WTA 250 Transylvania Open: Sorana Cirstea, Alycia Parks, Greet Minnen toppled in openers! 18-10-2023 After securing an early advantage, Parks surrendered her momentum that was quite inopportune
WTA Finals: Imperious Iga Swiatek hoists trophy in season-finale in Cancun! 07-11-2023 Swiatek ceded merely a sole game to her rival, Jessica Pegula
WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek breezes past an erratic Aryna Sabalenka into the title round 06-11-2023 Sabalenka's reign as the no. 1 player in the world could come to an end on Monday, in Mexico
Jessica Pegula topples Coco Gauff to enter maiden WTA Finals' finale! 05-11-2023 As had happened in the round-robin stage, only one finalist has been placed after rain wreaked havoc again
WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek enters SF in style; sets encounter with Aryna Sabalenka 04-11-2023 Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula will need to put their partnership and friendship aside during Saturday's SF
WTA Finals: Jessica Pegula bests Maria Sakkari to make herself more comfy in SF 03-11-2023 Maria Sakkari ended up with no wins in the trio of round-robin matches she contested
WTA Finals: Unrelenting Iga Swiatek pips Coco Gauff; closes in on a SF berth 02-11-2023 Ons Jabeur notched her first triumph in the Mexican season-ender over the hapless Marketa Vondrousova
WTA Finals: Jessica Pegula bosses Aryna Sabalenka; secures SF berth without much fuss 01-11-2023 Elena Rybakina put herself on the scoreboard after triumphing over Maria Sakkari, who was subsequently ousted
WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff's Mexican goals begin with emphatic triumphs 31-10-2023 Of the two, Gauff's win was more potent while Swiatek continued to dismantle tricky rivals
WTA Finals: Aryna Sabalenka gets Cancun party started; reasserts bid to remain no. 1 30-10-2023 Elena Rybakina looked quite unable to match up to the level of Jessica Pegula, leading to the latter's triumph
WTA Elite Trophy: It's two-for-two for Beatriz Haddad Maia in Zhuhai 29-10-2023 Haddad Maia was just a tad better against Qinwen Zheng who didn't stop trying until the end
WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia and Qinwen Zheng set title-round showdown 28-10-2023 Haddad Maia hasn’t even let in her opponents take a set against her so far
WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia’s Zhuhai debut sees her through to SF! 27-10-2023 The penultimate round’s face-offs have been determined in the second-last event of 2023
WTA Elite Trophy: Unassailable Daria Kasatkina powers herself into SF in Zhuhai! 26-10-2023 Jelena Ostapenko and Liudmila Samsonova emerged victorious in their respective opening clashes
WTA Elite Trophy: Daria Kasatkina outplays Barbora Krejcikova to clinch victory 25-10-2023 Madison Keys' road in Zhuhai ended in the round-robin stage
WTA Elite Trophy: Beatriz Haddad Maia leads victors’ list in Zhuhai! 24-10-2023 Barbora Krejcikova and home hope, Lin Zhu were just as dominant in their respective clashes
Transylvania Open: Tamara Korpatsch lifts maiden career title! 22-10-2023 It wasn’t to be for local favourite, Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the finale
Jasmin Open: Steady Elise Mertens retains crown in Tunisia 22-10-2023 Mertens didn’t give any chance to Jasmine Paolini in the one match that mattered the most, in the end
Jiangxi Open: Katerina Siniakova outlasts Marie Bouzkova to hoist trophy! 22-10-2023 Katerina Siniakova and Marie Bouzkova have now played each other twice with Siniakova prevailing on both occasions
Jasmin Open: Jasmine Paolini thwarts Lesia Tsurenko to enter finale! 22-10-2023 Elise Mertens has been on quite a roll in the Tunisian WTA 250 tournament
Transylvania Open: Elena-Gabriela Ruse & Tamara Korpatsch set title-round showdown 21-10-2023 Will Cluj-Napoca see a local favourite be the last woman standing?
Jiangxi Open: Katerina Siniakova beats Leylah Fernandez to enter finale! 21-10-2023 Siniakova’s rival will be compatriot, Marie Bouzkova in what will be a Czech derby
Transylvania Open: Elena-Gabriela Ruse savours home favouritism as she enters SF 21-10-2023 Rebeka Masarova, Eva Lys and Tamara Korpatsch completed the semis' line-up in Cluj-Napoca
Monastir Open: Jasmine Paolini, Elise Mertens headline seeds' entry into SF 21-10-2023 Lesia Tsurenko and Clara Burel will be Paolini and Mertens' next rivals, respectively
Jiangxi Open: Unrelenting Leylah Fernandez storms into 2nd semi in as many weeks 20-10-2023 Katerina Siniakova, Diana Shnaider and Marie Bouzkova completed the SF line-up
Transylvania Open: Ana Bogdan survives Nikola Bartunkova test to reach last-8 20-10-2023 Eva Lys, Tamara Korpatsch clinch lengthy tussles against favourites
Jasmin Open: Jasmine Paolini headlines the player field in the last-eight in Monastir 20-10-2023 Lesia Tsurenko, Clara Burel and Nuria Parrizas Diaz also won their respective pre-quarter-final match-ups
Transylvania Open: 'Caped Countess' Jaqueline Cristian enters pre-QF in Cluj-Napoca 19-10-2023 Rebeka Masarova, Ekaterina Makarova and Diana Snigur reached the last-eight
Jasmin Open: Elise Mertens carves an easy path for herself into the last-eight 19-10-2023 Mai Hontama, Lucia Bronzetti and Lucrezia Stefanini also made their way into the QF in the WTA 250
Jiangxi Open: Diana Shnaider enters last-8; Marie Bouzkova holds her ground 18-10-2023 Nao Hibino and Camila Osorio completed the QF line-up in the top half of the WTA 250
Transylvania Open: Sorana Cirstea, Alycia Parks, Greet Minnen toppled in openers! 18-10-2023 After securing an early advantage, Parks surrendered her momentum that was quite inopportune