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Podoroska Is the Lone Unseeded Survivor as Badosa and Blinkova Headline São Paulo Semifinals
The São Paulo Open has been whittled down from a 32-player main draw to four, and the semifinals have ended up looking remarkably close to the seedings. Almost. Nadia Podoroska is the exception. The Argentine is the only unseeded player left after beating Suzan Lamens…
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Boris Becker Questions Iga Swiatek’s Search for a New Tennis Identity
Iga Swiatek’s collapse from 5-0 up against Zheng Qinwen at the 2026 US Open left Boris Becker with a bigger concern than the result itself. Swiatek had raced through the opening 23 minutes of their fourth-round match and appeared in complete control. Zheng then won…
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Eva Lys Saves Seven Set Points Before Sao Paulo Loss Exposes a Difficult 2026 Slide
Eva Lys began 2026 ranked No. 39 and carrying the label of Germany’s highest-ranked woman. Eight months later, the picture looks very different. Tamara Korpatsch has moved ahead of her. So has 39-year-old Tatjana Maria. And Lys’s 7-5, 6-2 defeat to Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in…
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Iva Jovic’s Mexican Adventure Is Taking Her to New Career Heights
Magdalena Frech vs. Iva Jovic — Guadalajara Open 2026 Quarterfinal Match Report Iva Jovic’s trip through Mexico is starting to look like much more than another good week. The 18-year-old American dismantled Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1 in Guadalajara, controlling the match on serve, dominating the…
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WTA Players on Instagram: 100+ Instagram Accounts in One List
Looking for a WTA player on Instagram? RallyHer has collected the Instagram accounts of more than 100 active women’s tennis players in one searchable directory. The list includes Grand Slam champions, established WTA players, rising stars and emerging names. Search by player name, country or…
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Kayla Day Saves Four Match Points Before Samsonova Escapes in Guadalajara
Kayla Day vs. Liudmila Samsonova — Guadalajara Open 2026 Round-of-16 Match Report Kayla Day spent nearly three hours refusing to disappear. She recovered from 0-4 in the deciding set, dragged Liudmila Samsonova into a final tiebreak and then survived four match points with the finish…
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Boris Becker Backs Improving Coco Gauff to Win Another Grand Slam in 2027
Coco Gauff left the 2026 US Open without the title, but Boris Becker came away encouraged by what he had seen. Speaking on the Becker Petkovic podcast after the tournament, the six-time Grand Slam champion argued that Gauff has made visible progress over the past…
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‘The First 10 Minutes Belong to the Winner’: Petkovic Backs Becker on Sabalenka
Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka — US Open 2026 Final Analysis Andrea Petkovic began by trying to defend Aryna Sabalenka. A few minutes later, Boris Becker had changed her mind. The two former players used their post-US Open podcast to dissect the aftermath of Elena…
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US Open Women’s Singles Champions & Finalists: Full Open Era Winners List (since 1968)
Since the dawn of the Open Era in 1968, the US Open has crowned some of the greatest champions in women’s tennis history. From Billie Jean King’s trailblazing triumphs to Chris Evert’s dominance, from Steffi Graf and Serena Williams to modern stars like Coco Gauff…
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Sloane Stephens Finds Her Nerve Twice to Knock Out Janice Tjen in Guadalajara
Sloane Stephens vs. Janice Tjen — Guadalajara Open 2026 Round-of-16 Match Report At 33 and ranked No. 169, Sloane Stephens is not supposed to be making life this difficult for seeded players. Janice Tjen found that out the hard way in Guadalajara. Stephens survived two…
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Rybakina-Sabalenka US Open Final Draws 2.7 Million as Women’s Semifinals Set ESPN Record
The 2026 US Open finished strongly for women’s tennis on American television. Elena Rybakina’s 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s singles final averaged 2.7 million viewers, according to ESPN, up 13 percent year over year. The audience peaked at 3.2 million…
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Leylah Fernandez Misses São Paulo After Brazil Visa Problem, Delaying Her South American Return
Leylah Fernandez — São Paulo Open 2026 Withdrawal Leylah Fernandez was supposed to arrive in São Paulo as the tournament’s No. 1 seed and one of its headline attractions. Instead, she never made it into Brazil. The Canadian withdrew from this week’s WTA 250 at…
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São Paulo Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule
The São Paulo Open 2026 tournament centre provides women’s live scores, match results, draws, schedules and daily updates from Brazil. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as players compete on the outdoor hard courts at Parque Villa-Lobos. Last updated on September 21, following…
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Sabalenka Admits Rybakina Was ‘Simply a Better Player’ as Evert and Navratilova Hail the New US Open Champion
Aryna Sabalenka — US Open 2026 Final Press Conference After Loss to Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka did not search for excuses after losing the US Open final. She had felt the crowd behind her. She had fought her way back into the match. She had…
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With Fireworks Off Both Wings, Elena Rybakina Beats a Battling Sabalenka for the 2026 US Open Title
Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka — US Open 2026 Women’s Singles Final Match Report It took only a handful of points inside Arthur Ashe Stadium to understand what kind of final this was going to be. The crowd was far more evenly divided than it…
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Rybakina Could Become the First Moscow-Born Woman to Win in New York
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elena Rybakina — US Open 2026 Final Preview The 2026 US Open women’s final brings together two of the tour’s biggest hard-court forces, but they arrive with very different stories attached to them. For Aryna Sabalenka, this is a chance to keep…
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Two Days After the US Open Ended in 2001, New York Changed Forever
On Sunday, September 9, 2001, Lleyton Hewitt stood inside Arthur Ashe Stadium with the US Open trophy in his hands. Two days later, the world outside the stadium was unrecognizable. The September 11 attacks did not stop the 2001 US Open. They came almost immediately…
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Elena Rybakina Slows the Key Game Down, Then Shuts Coco Gauff Out of the US Open Final
Elena Rybakina vs. Coco Gauff — US Open 2026 Semifinal Match Report For a long time, Elena Rybakina could not quite solve Coco Gauff’s serve. So she did something unexpected. She slowed down. Gauff had come out firing, particularly behind a second serve whose placement…
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Once Sabalenka Stepped It Up Against Pegula, There Was No Looking Back
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Pegula — US Open 2026 Semifinal Match Report For nearly an entire set, Jessica Pegula gave Aryna Sabalenka very little to work with. Then Sabalenka stepped up the pressure. The first break of the match arrived at the last possible moment,…
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Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff Meet With a Nearly Blank Rivalry and a US Open Final at Stake
Elena Rybakina vs. Coco Gauff — US Open 2026 Semifinal Preview For two players who have spent years near the top of women’s tennis, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff have remarkably little history together. They have completed only two matches. Gauff won the first. Rybakina…
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Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula Meet Again With the No. 1 Race Gone but the US Open Prize Bigger Than Ever
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Pegula — US Open 2026 Semifinal Preview Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula know this stage, and they know each other. The difference tonight is that one subplot has disappeared. After Elena Rybakina’s victory over Qinwen Zheng, Sabalenka can no longer retain…