Charleston: Daria Kasatkina vs Irina-Camelia Begu
Daria Kasatkina takes on Irina-Camelia Begu in the quarterfinals of the Volvo Car Open.
Daria Kasatkina takes on Irina-Camelia Begu in the quarterfinals of the Volvo Car Open.
An interview with Carla Suarez Navarro after her win in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix.
After a thrilling three set match on Charleston’s Stadium court, good friends Daria Kasatkina and Daria Gavrilova met at the net for an amusing attempt at a fake-out handshake.
Ana Ivanovic takes on Carina Witthoeft in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
Three-time champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova looked on course for a fourth Abierto GNP Seguros title after taking down No.3 seed Caroline Garcia in straight sets and booking a place into the final.
It took her about three tries, but Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova successfully completed the WTA Frame Challenge. How well did she do? That’s a different story…
CHARLESTON, SC, USA – Kicking off finals Sunday at the Volvo Car Open, World No.1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands treated the Charleston crowd to a rousing doubles match alongside partner and Australian Open co-champion Lucie Safarova.
Up against a newly formed Czech duo in Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova, Mattek-Sands and Safarova recovered from a tough second set to rebound in the match tie-break, winning, 6-4, 1-6, 10-7, to take home their second title of the season – and Mattek-Sands’ third overall.
The win triggered a lengthy celebration from two of the tour’s biggest personalities, and even a revival of the Shaun T-choereographed dance the two debuted after winning in Melbourne.
Check out some the best photos from after the match right here, courtesy of the Volvo Car Open:
Garbiñe Muguruza takes on Timea Babos in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
BIEL/BIENNE, Switzerland — Children attending the Ladies Open Biel Bienne over the weekend got to get a glimpse of two of their country’s biggest WTA stars, as Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Martina Hingis participated in the tournament’s Kids’ Day festivities, organized by Swiss Tennis.
The duo forms quite the Swiss trifecta on the WTA Tour alongside Timea Bacsinszky and held a youth clinic as part of the event ahead of Monday’s main draw.
Both players will face Carina Witthoeft in the first round of their respective tournaments, as the wildcard Bencic will face the German in singles while Hingis and Bacsinszky will square off against Witthoeft and Diana Marcinkevica in doubles.
All photos courtesy of Valeriano Di Domenico.
Highlights from the first and second round action at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.