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Leylah Fernandez Beats Andreeva Again and Marches Into Singapore Semifinals
Leylah Fernandez vs. Mirra Andreeva — Singapore 2026 Quarterfinal Match Report Leylah Fernandez has had only a handful of chances against Top 5 opposition this season. Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina stopped her. Mirra Andreeva did not. Fernandez defeated the world No. 5 6-2, 7-5 in Singapore to reach the semifinals, beating Andreeva for the…
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Maria Sakkari Is Climbing Again, and Singapore Is Starting to Look Interesting
Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino — Singapore 2026 Round of 16 Match Report Maria Sakkari has spent much of 2026 inching her way back toward the part of the rankings where she once belonged. In Singapore, that progress is beginning to acquire a little momentum. The world No. 33 defeated Nao Hibino 7-5, 6-1 to…
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Stylish Tatiana Prozorova Dazzles Past Alexandra Eala in Singapore to Spark Her Breakthrough
Alexandra Eala vs. Tatiana Prozorova — Singapore 2026 Round of 16 Match Report The Singapore Tennis Open had already seen its ticketing servers overheat under the demand surrounding Alexandra Eala. On Wednesday, it was Eala herself who finally overheated. The world No. 18 crashed out to Tatiana Prozorova, ranked No. 180, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, in…
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Leylah Fernandez Keeps Singapore Run Alive and Books Andreeva Quarterfinal
Leylah Fernandez vs. Alycia Parks — Singapore 2026 Round of 16 Match Report Leylah Fernandez is making very good use of her Singapore wildcard. The No. 6 seed moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Alycia Parks, backing up her opening-round win over qualifier Kyoka Okamura with another straight-sets performance. Parks brought…
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Tara Moore’s $20 Million Fight With the WTA Ends in New York Court Defeat
Tara Moore has suffered another major setback in a case that has already consumed years of her tennis career. A federal judge in New York has rejected the British player’s attempt to revive her $20 million claim against the WTA. US District Judge Andrew Carter ruled that Moore had not shown a legal basis to…
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Czechia Strike First in Shenzhen as Noskova and Bouzkova Send Britain Out
The Billie Jean King Cup Finals opened in Shenzhen with the first semifinal place already claimed — and Czechia needed only two matches to take it. Marie Bouzkova survived Sonay Kartal 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4 before Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova defeated Katie Boulter 6-2, 7-6(3), giving the 11-time champions an unbeatable 2-0 lead over Great Britain.…
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Barbora Krejcikova Saves Two Match Points and Escapes Friedsam’s Singapore Upset Bid
Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam — Singapore 2026 First-Round Match Report For one set, it looked almost cruelly easy. For the next two, Barbora Krejcikova was dragged into a fight that came within two points of becoming one of the bigger upsets of the Singapore Open. The former World No. 2 survived Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-0,…
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Kaitlin Quevedo Waits Out São Paulo, Then Claims the Biggest Title of Her Career
Kaitlin Quevedo vs. Nadia Podoroska — São Paulo Open 2026 Final Match Report The São Paulo Open final finally arrived on Monday, a day later than planned after rain wiped out Sunday’s schedule. For 20-year-old Kaitlin Quevedo, the delay ended with the biggest result of her career. The No. 7 seed came from a set…
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Daria Kasatkina’s Slump Deepens, and This One Is Hard to Watch
Daria Kasatkina vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich — Singapore 2026 First-Round Match Report Daria Kasatkina did not simply lose in Singapore. She produced the kind of defeat that has become increasingly difficult to dismiss as a bad day. Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat the former Top 10 player 7-5, 6-0 in the opening round, extending a troubling run that…
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Beatriz Haddad Maia Watches São Paulo Final From the Sidelines as Shoulder Surgery Looms
São Paulo Open 2026 — Beatriz Haddad Maia Interview and Final Rain Delay The São Paulo Open final was supposed to belong to Nadia Podoroska and Kaitlin Quevedo. Instead, for much of Sunday, the rain took over Parque Villa-Lobos. The final had still not started roughly six hours after its scheduled time, leaving players, organizers…
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Complete Breakdown of Women’s Tennis Ranking Points: From Grand Slams to ITF W15 Tournaments
Last updated: September 21, 2026 — now including the Iva Jovic Guadalajara calendar quirk.Understanding how ranking points are awarded in women’s tennis is key for players, fans, and analysts alike. From the prestige of WTA Majors to the stepping stones of ITF W15 tournaments, this comprehensive breakdown covers everything you need to know. How often…
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Iva Jovic Makes Guadalajara Her Own Again, Defending Her Crown at 18
Iva Jovic vs. Peyton Stearns — Guadalajara Open 2026 Final Match Report At 17, Iva Jovic won her first WTA title in Guadalajara. Twelve months later, at 18, she returned to the same tournament and refused to give it back. Jovic defeated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-4, 6-2 in Saturday’s Guadalajara Open final, successfully defending…
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Guadalajara Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule
The Guadalajara Open 2026 tournament centre provides women’s live scores, match results, draws, schedules and daily updates from Mexico. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as players compete on the outdoor hard courts at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis in Zapopan. Last updated on September 19, following the final between Peyton Stearns and…
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São Paulo Surprise: Quevedo and Podoroska Spring Semifinal Shocks to Reach the Final
The São Paulo Open started the weekend with three seeded players still standing and Paula Badosa carrying the biggest name in the draw. By Saturday evening, none of that mattered. No. 7 seed Kaitlin Quevedo first survived Anna Blinkova in a three-set semifinal that could hardly have been closer. Then unseeded Nadia Podoroska (as pictured)…
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WTA Finals Return to the US as Riyadh Exit Looks Timelier by the Week
The WTA Finals are not going back to Riyadh. Instead, the 2026 season-ending championship will be played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden from November 8-15, before the event begins a new three-year run in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2027 through 2029. The Charlotte edition will be staged at Spectrum Center, with the WTA also…
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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 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. She now meets No.…
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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 seven consecutive games to steal the first set before completing…
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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 the Sao Paulo round of 16 offered a fairly brutal…
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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 return games and never allowing the Pole to turn eight…
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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 Instagram handle to find an account quickly. Last checked: September…
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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 seemingly seconds away. One remained. This time Day had the…
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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 six months and backed her to win another major in…
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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 Rybakina’s 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Sabalenka in the women’s…
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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 and Iga Świątek — the New York finals have delivered…
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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 sets in which almost nothing separated them, recovered from pressure…
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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 between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. ET. It was ESPN’s largest…
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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 Parque Villa-Lobos after failing to obtain the necessary visa in…
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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 the São Paulo Open final between Kaitlin Quevedo and Nadia…
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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 taken the second set and given herself another chance to…
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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 had been for Coco Gauff’s semifinal. The tennis was not…