Ash Barty emulates idol Evonne Goolagong to claim first Wimbledon title
The 25-year-old World No. 1 became the first Australian woman to win the single's title at the grass-court Grand Slam since Goolagong claimed her second in 1980.
No. 1 Ash Barty to meet Karolina Pliskova for Wimbledon crown
Ash Barty is one victory away from realizing her dream of winning the Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's first triumph.
Australian Open continues without fans as Melbourne goes into lockdown
The sixth day of the Australian Open is usually one of the best attended of the tournament, but there was an eerie silence around Melbourne Park as play got underway on Saturday.
Naomi Osaka upset by Karolina Pliskova in Toray Pan Pacific Open final
Karolina Pliskova has accomplished what 10 others have tried and failed to do over the past month: beat Naomi Osaka. The hard-serving Czech spoiled the party in front of a decidedly pro-Osaka crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, taking the Toray Pan Pacific Open title with ...
Naomi Osaka cruises into Pan Pacific Open final
Naomi Osaka had punched her ticket for the Toray Pan Pacific Open final and fielded questions from the media about 10 minutes. Now, she had a question of her own. "Um, what is that on your phone?" she asked Ichika Shingyo from Nippon Broadcasting ...
Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber of Germany will play in September's Toray Pan Pacific Open, organizers announced Friday. Kerber, currently ranked fourth in the world, will be joined by two other former world No. 1 players, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic and Spain's Garbine Muguruza. ...
Garbine Muguruza cruised to victory in her first match as world No. 1, comfortably beating Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig in straight sets at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday. Wimbledon champion Muguruza, who unseated Karolina Pliskova at the top of the WTA rankings ...
Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova said Tuesday her decision to split with coach David Kotyza will be the breath of fresh air she needs down the stretch run of the season toward the WTA Finals in Singapore next month. Pliskova enjoyed a measure of ...
Aliaksandra Sasnovich fired Japan's Naomi Osaka a warning shot with a stunning straight-sets win over U.S. Open finalist and world No. 6 Karolina Pliskova on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Belarusian qualifier, ranked 107th in the ...
Kurumi Nara exited the Pan Pacific Open in a straight-sets second-round defeat to fourth seed Karolina Pliskova on Thursday. Nara, ranked 80th in the world, lost 6-2, 6-4 to the 11th-ranked Czech in 1 hour, 21 minutes at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park. Nara was ...
