Brisbane: Elina Svitolina vs Angelique Kerber
Elina Svitolina takes on Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International.
Elina Svitolina takes on Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International.
Svetlana Kuznetsova has Wednesday’s shot of the day at the Brisbane International.
Madison Brengle pulled off her first Top 3 victory at the ASB Classic, clinching a thrilling three-set win over top seed Serena Williams in Auckland.
Dominika Cibulkova takes on Zhang Shuai in the second round at the Brisbane International.
Doubles World No.1 Sania Mirza is a great tennis player, but how are her football skills? She met up with two players from the new AFL Women’s League to test them out!
AFL’s Sharni Eva doesn’t seem too impressed with Mirza’s kicking…
… but she gets an A for effort!
Later Mirza turned the tables, giving the AFL players a couple of tennis lessons.
Not too shabby!
Mirza was asked about how her AFL skills test panned out.
After everyone agreed to stick to their respective sports, they took time to meet with fans and sign a couple of autographs.
Australia’s own Casey Dellacqua took some time off from the Brisbane International to cheer up children at the Ronald McDonald House South East Queensland.
Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska was joined by Simona Halep, Johanna Konta and many more for the glamorous Shenzhen Open player party.
BRISBANE, Australia – Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands have booked their spot into the Brisbane semifinals, but should they reach the final there could be more at stake than just the Brisbane International trophy.
Mirza has held the WTA Doubles No.1 Ranking since April 13, 2015, a total of 91-consecutive weeks (as of Jan 2, 2017), which includes 31 weeks as co-No.1 with Martina Hingis.
She faces a difficult task defending her top spot, though, as she will be defending 2,960 points during the Australian swing. Last year she teamed up with Martina Hingis to win titles at Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open.
This year in Brisbane, Mirza is the top seed along with her new partner Mattek-Sands, who currently sits at No.5 in the WTA Doubles Rankings. If they go on to win the title in Brisbane, Mattek-Sands will overtake Mirza for the No.1 WTA Doubles Ranking.
It’s not the first time that the American has come close to usurping her current partner’s top spot; last year at the WTA Finals, Mattek-Sands came within one win of climbing to No.1, but Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina dashed her hopes in the championship match.
Makarova and Vesnina, the No.2 seeds in Brisbane, are also through to the Brisbane semifinals and will play the winner of Irina Falconi and Shelby Rogers vs. Abigail Spears Katerina Srebotnik for a spot in the final. Mattek-Sands and Mirza await the winner of Andreja Klepac and María José Martínez Sánchez vs. Hsieh Su-Wei and Laura Siegemund.
Most Consecutive Weeks at WTA Doubles No.1 (As of Jan 2, 2017):
181 Martina Navratilova
145 Cara Black^
134 Liezel Huber^
91 Sania Mirza
73 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
^ Black & Huber held co-No.1 Doubles Rankings for 127 weeks (Nov. 12, 2007 until April 18, 2010)
Svetlana Kuznetsova takes on Destanee Aiava in the second round at the Brisbane International.
Katerina Siniakova sprung the first major surprise of this year’s Shenzhen Open by knocking out former champion Simona Halep.