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Serena and Venus Williams Finally Get Their Grand Slam Reunion in New York
Wimbledon was supposed to bring them back together. Serena Williams’ knee had other ideas. Cincinnati finally got the sisters onto the same side of the net again. Now comes the reunion that matters most. Serena and Venus Williams have received a wildcard into the 2026 US Open women’s doubles draw, giving one of the most…
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France’s Alizé Cornet Has Seen Enough: ‘It is no longer the US Open mixed doubles’
Alizé Cornet was never particularly interested in blending quietly into the background. During a career that took her to No. 11 in the world, the Frenchwoman brought plenty of personality to the court, and her meetings with Serena Williams rarely passed without some degree of commotion. Cornet had opinions, character and very little difficulty showing…
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Live WTA Rankings 2026: Latest Standings Following Cincinnati’s Final
Welcome to our LIVE WTA Rankings 2026 hub — updated as of August 24, 2026, after the Cincinnati Open 2026 final. This is your go-to source for the latest WTA rankings, featuring real-time updates on the current women’s tennis standings, ranking points, and Race to the WTA Finals. We try to update the list weekly…
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No Tennis in the Land in 2026 as Cleveland WTA Event Pauses After Five Years
For readers looking for a Cleveland tournament on the 2026 WTA schedule, the answer is straightforward: There will not be one. Tennis in the Land, staged in Cleveland every August since 2021, has been paused for 2026 because organizers say the annual cost and logistics of building a temporary downtown tennis venue are no longer…
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Elena Rybakina’s World No. 1 Dream Ends in Despair After Cincinnati Injury Against Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Cincinnati had offered Elena Rybakina a route towards World No. 1. Twenty-eight minutes later, the conversation had shifted from rankings to whether she will even be ready for the US Open. Rybakina was forced to retire while trailing Iga Swiatek 4-1 in their Cincinnati…
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Iga Swiatek Has Her Tennis Back, but Without Time for Appreciation, the Calendar Makes No Sense
Iga Swiatek arrived in Cincinnati with a title, a reset and a familiar complaint. Toronto gave her something she had been chasing for weeks: cleaner tennis, calmer decision-making and the feeling that her game was finally responding again. But the moment did not come with much room to enjoy it. That was the tension in…
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Toronto Rearranges Its Schedule to Put Eala and Venus Williams on Centre Court
Centre Court in Toronto has a pairing on it that didn’t exist a month ago. The tournament rebuilt its entire evening schedule to make room for it. Alexandra Eala and Venus Williams will open their doubles campaign on the main stage. That slot is usually reserved for whichever singles match sells the most tickets. This…
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Emma Raducanu Is Missing the US Open, but the Bigger Story Is How Little Tennis She Has Played All Year
Emma Raducanu will not defend anything at Flushing Meadows this year, because there is nothing left of her season to defend it with. The 23-year-old has confirmed she will miss the US Open after a stress fracture in her right leg, the same injury that already forced her out of Wimbledon and the Canadian Open.…
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Pegula and Eala Left Waiting as Rain Pushes the D.C. Open Final Into Monday
Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala started the D.C. Open final on Sunday. They will have to finish it on Monday. A long, messy day of rain, thunder and lightning in Washington forced the women’s final to be postponed after Pegula had taken the opening set 6-4 and Eala had moved ahead 2-1 in the second.…
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Gauff Cruises as Pegula Survives a Trickier Wimbledon Start
Coco Gauff’s gentle Wimbledon draw began exactly as it looked on paper. The No. 7 seed beat Tamara Korpatsch 6-2, 6-1, giving herself the kind of opening-round start every top player wants: quick, clean and low-stress. Jessica Pegula also advanced, but her day carried more resistance. The No. 4 seed beat Darja Vidmanova 7-5, 6-3,…
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Emma Raducanu Withdraws From Wimbledon Hours Before Centre Court Return
Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon comeback has ended before it began. The British player has withdrawn from the tournament just hours before she was due to open her campaign against Antonia Ruzic on Centre Court. A final scan confirmed that the lower-leg issue she had been managing through the grass swing had developed into a stress fracture,…
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Rybakina and Anisimova Land in the Wildest Wimbledon Quarter of the Draw
This quarter is bananas. There is no polite way around it. Amanda Anisimova is the No. 6 seed. Elena Rybakina is the No. 2 seed. On paper, that points toward a heavyweight quarter-final between two of the cleanest ball-strikers in the women’s game. In reality, this section looks like a hazard course from the first…
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Elina Svitolina Withdraws From Bad Homburg as Draw Opens After Swiatek and Andreeva Exits
Bad Homburg did not so much lose its shape as watch it disappear in one afternoon. Iga Swiatek was gone. Mirra Andreeva was gone. Then Elina Svitolina, the No. 3 seed and one of the most reliable names left in the draw, pulled out before her quarter-final against Wang Xinyu because of a right hip…
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Emma Raducanu Withdraws From Nottingham After Queen’s Run Leaves Her Short on Recovery Time
Emma Raducanu had earned the right to rest. That may sound strange after a final defeat, but Queen’s Club asked plenty of her. Too much, probably. The rain turned the schedule into a squeeze, the matches piled up late in the week, and by the time Donna Vekic stood across the net in the final,…
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Bianca Andreescu’s Grass Return Ends Abruptly as Ranking Trouble Deepens Before Wimbledon
Bianca Andreescu once made comebacks feel like theatre. The sudden spark. The unpredictable shotmaking. The feeling that if she could only get her body to cooperate for long enough, the rest of tennis might have to deal with her again. That is why this grass-court return felt so uncomfortable to watch. Andreescu did not just…
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Hailey Baptiste Begins Long Road Back After Successful Knee Surgery
Hailey Baptiste’s 2026 season had been turning into the kind of year that changes how a player sees herself. Then Roland Garros changed everything in one brutal moment. The American had been climbing fast, beating bigger names, reaching deeper stages and looking increasingly comfortable in matches that once might have felt slightly out of reach.…
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Marta Kostyuk Brings an Untouched Clay Season Into a Semi-Final That Will Not Pretend to Be Just Tennis
Marta Kostyuk has spent this clay season turning pressure into fuel. Rouen started it. Madrid made it impossible to ignore. Paris has made it historic. The 23-year-old from Kyiv is still unbeaten on clay this year, still carrying that remarkable 17-0 record, and now stands one match from a first Grand Slam final. Across the…
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Hailey Baptiste’s Father Rushes From Stands as Horror Roland Garros Injury Ends Breakout Clay Season
Hailey Baptiste had spent the clay season forcing people to learn to spell her name properly. Madrid had done most of the work. Beating Jasmine Paolini was one thing. Beating Belinda Bencic was another. Then came Aryna Sabalenka, world No. 1, and suddenly Baptiste was not just a dangerous draw-sheet name. A player who could…
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Emma Raducanu Extends Andrew Richardson Partnership Through Wimbledon
Emma Raducanu turns to a familiar voice once more. The 2021 US Open champion has reportedly reunited with Andrew Richardson, the coach who guided her through that remarkable run in New York, as she looks to stabilise her career and rebuild momentum on the WTA Tour. According to The Telegraph earlier, the move marked another…
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Late Rome Blow as Victoria Mboko Withdraws With Illness Ahead of Tyra Grant Clash
Victoria Mboko’s clay season has hit another abrupt interruption. The 19-year-old Canadian became the latest player to withdraw from the Rome Open after pulling out of her scheduled match against Tyra Grant due to a gastrointestinal illness, continuing a frustrating stretch away from the court just as the build-up toward Roland Garros intensifies. For one…
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No Backhand Flip from Marta Kostyuk in Rome 2026
Marta Kostyuk’s clay-court surge has finally caught up with her. Fresh off the best stretch of her career and riding an 11-match winning streak, the newly crowned Madrid Open champion has withdrawn from the Rome Open, admitting that her body simply could not absorb another immediate push. “This one hurts,” Kostyuk wrote on Instagram. The…
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Anisimova’s Madrid Withdrawal Deepens 2026 Slump
Amanda Anisimova’s season has not stalled—it has slipped out of rhythm. Madrid was supposed to be the moment she re-entered the conversation on clay. Instead, a wrist injury keeps her out, extending a stop-start campaign that has yet to find sustained traction. Ekaterina Alexandrova’s withdrawal adds to the list, but this is Anisimova’s story first.…
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Emma Raducanu Withdraws From Madrid Open as Illness Setback Continues
Emma Raducanu’s stop-start 2026 season has taken another turn, with the former US Open champion withdrawing from the Madrid Open as she continues to deal with the lingering effects of illness. The Brit has not competed since March and had already scaled back her schedule in recent weeks, pulling out of Miami and Linz as…
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Ukraine Move Within One Win of Finals as Kostyuk and Svitolina Deliver Statement in Gliwice
Some ties are decided by scorelines. Others carry something heavier. Ukraine’s commanding start against Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers falls firmly into the latter category. Marta Kostyuk’s 6–4, 6–0 win over Magda Linette, followed by Elina Svitolina’s 6–2, 6–1 victory against Katarzyna Kawa, leaves them one step from the 2026 Finals—but the…
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Aryna Sabalenka Delays Clay Return After Injury, Withdraws From Stuttgart Open
Aryna Sabalenka’s relentless march through the Sunshine Swing has come at a cost. After playing—and winning—everything in sight, the world No. 1 has been forced to delay the start of her clay season, withdrawing from the Stuttgart Open due to injury. The Belarusian leaves the United States at the peak of her powers, having completed…
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Bianca Andreescu Finds Balance Through Music as Comeback Gains Momentum in 2026
Bianca Andreescu is rebuilding her career — but not in the way she once did. The former US Open champion has added an unexpected dimension to her 2026 season, revealing that she has returned to making music as part of a broader effort to find balance during her comeback. Uploading tracks to SoundCloud, Andreescu has…
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Emma Raducanu’s Coaching Uncertainty Returns to Spotlight as Former Champions Urge Stability
Emma Raducanu’s results may fluctuate, but one theme continues to follow her with stubborn consistency: the absence of a long-term coach. Since her split with Francisco Roig after the Australian Open — a partnership that lasted just six months — the former US Open champion has once again been navigating the tour without a settled…
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Simona Halep Set for Emotional Return in Romania with Exhibition Match Against Elina Svitolina
Simona Halep will step back onto the court once more — and this time, the moment carries a different weight. The two-time Grand Slam champion is set to return for a special exhibition match against Elina Svitolina on June 13, 2026, offering fans a final opportunity to celebrate one of the defining careers of her…
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Amanda Anisimova Splits with Coach Rick Vleeshouwers After Breakthrough Year and Slow 2026 Start
Momentum in tennis can be fragile — and sometimes even a successful partnership does not survive a shift in direction. Amanda Anisimova has announced that she has parted ways with coach Rick Vleeshouwers, bringing an end to a collaboration that helped propel her back into the sport’s elite over the past year. A partnership built…
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Emma Navarro Withdraws from Charleston Open Due to Illness in Further Blow to 2026 Season
Emma Navarro’s difficult stretch continues — and this time, it comes at the cost of her home tournament. The American has been forced to withdraw from the Charleston Open due to an ongoing illness, extending a frustrating start to her 2026 season and delaying the beginning of her clay-court campaign. Home tournament absence adds to…