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Women's tennis world number one Iga Swiatek will participate in the Berlin Open tournament in June, organizers said on Wednesday. "If you look at the last few weeks, she will of course be the absolute top favourite," tournament director Barbara Rittner told a news conference. Rittner added that she is very proud of the starting line-up for the competition. As things stand, nine of the top 10 players in the WTA rankings are taking part in the June 17-23 grass court event. Former world number one Angelique Kerber of Germany and Japan's Naomi Osaka are also registered to play at the Wimbledon tun...
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Former world number one Angelique Kerber is finding form two and a half weeks before the start of the French Open. The three-time Grand Slam winner easily beat Russian number 17 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-0 in Rome on Thursday to reach the third round of the clay-court event. Germany's Kerber seamlessly followed on from her strong performance in the first round against American Lauren Davis, whom she defeated 6-1, 6-0. In the first set on Thursday, she managed the decisive break for 5-3 and the 36-year-old was unstoppable in the second, converting her first match point after just 70 minu...
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Former world number one Angelique Kerber reached the second round of the Italian Open after a strong 6-1, 6-0 win against American Lauren Davis on Tuesday. In the next round, the German will meet 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova. Kerber made her return to the tour this year after a 18-month maternity leave. Recently, she didn't make it past the first round in Miami and Stuttgart. She then decided to take a short break to recover from a cold and "prepare properly for the clay court matches."
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Germany's Alexander Zverev had his hopes of a third triumph at the Madrid Masters dashed by Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the last 16 on Tuesday. The Olympic champion, who lost 3-6, 4-6, had won the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital in 2018 and 2021 and had already reached the quarter-finals five times. Zverev didn't play with enough variety to put the tactically disciplined Cerundolo under any pressure in their first direct duel. A break for 5-3 (first set) and 2-1 (second set) were enough for the Argentinian to make it through to the last eight after an hour and a half. The 2...
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Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina defeated Marta Kostyuk, 6-2, 6-2, to claim her third WTA Tour title of the year at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Sunday. Kazakhstan's Rybakina broke her Ukrainian opponent in the opening game en route to victory on fourth match point in 1 hour 9 minutes. She won 15 of her points on serve in the first set and saved all three break points against her in the second, while breaking Kustyuk four times overall. World number four Rybakina lifted her eighth career trophy, with her previous titles this year from now five finals coming in Brisbane and Ab...
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Elena Rybakina claimed her third WTA Tour title of the year at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Sunday. The world number four defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-2 in the final to claim her eighth career title. She had previously collected trophies in Brisbane and Abu Dhabi this year. Rybakina came into the final after defeating world number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals. Kostyuk, meanwhile, overcame Australian Open finalist Zheng Qinwen and US Open champion Coco Gauff during the tournament.
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Elena Rybakina ended Iga Swiatek's bid for a third consecutive title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory in the semi-finals on Saturday. Rybakyna ended Swiatek's 10-match winning streak at the tournament in 2 hours 49 minutes and will face in Sunday's final unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who stunned sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. Rybakyna reached her fifth final of the season and will hope to add a winner's trophy in Stuttgart to triumphs in Adelaide and Abu Dhabi. "It was a very tough match, like always, against Iga. Really happy that ...
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Belgium's Elise Mertens set up a last 16 clash against world number one Iga Swiatek at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart after defeating Tatjana Maria on Tuesday. Mertens notched a 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 win over the German and will face two-time defending champion Swiatek for the first time. Australian Open finalist Zheng Qinwen also got off to a strong start with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Sorana Cirstea and advanced to the last 16 for a second straight year. Zheng had a long trip from China to Germany, but showed no signs of jet lag. "It was not easy, but I sleep on the plane, so the time passed fast,...
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Angelique Kerber is looking forward to playing in her native Germany again this week but has mixed feelings about her fitness after catching a cold recently. Former world number one Kerber is expected to face former US Open champion Emma Raducanu on Wednesday at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart where she lifted the trophy in 2015 and 2016. Kerber returned from maternity leave at the start of the season and has won four of her 12 matches so far. She fell ill around Germany's Billie Jean King Cup tie in Brazil last weekend where she didn't play in her team's 3-1 victory. She now simply hopes ...
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German players Angelique Kerber, Tatjana Maria and Laura Siegemund have been given wild card entries for next month's Porsche Grand Prix along with former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, organizers said on Thursday. Former winner Siegemund and Maria were given direct access into the main draw of the star studded field by the tournament because they would not be able to play in qualifying due to Billie Jean King Cup duty for Germany in Brazil. The team event tie is on April 12 and 13, and the Stuttgart indoor clay event follows April 15-21. "We go to great lengths to decide who we want to suppo...
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