Photo of the Day
— Christopher Clarey ???? ???? ???? (@christophclarey) April 11, 2022
Victory
?? Matthew Stockman pic.twitter.com/XN8aUutWRi
Won't be able to wipe the smile off @BelindaBencic's face for awhile ????#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/AeaRuXYST4
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
What. A. REACTION ???@Ons_Jabeur secures the second set with a fantastic winner!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/iDNrG8bRy1
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
A year after Veronika Kudermetova (who w/d this year with an injury) won her maiden tour title in Charleston, countrywoman Alexandrova put on a semifinal run that came up a round short of her getting a chance to make it back-to-back Hordette champions on the green clay. Alexandrova came into the week with nary a hint of momentum. 4-6 on the season, she'd lost 9 of her last 13 and hadn't won consecutive matches since her Kremlin Cup final last October. She'd slipped outside the Top 50 in February, doing so for the first time since the summer of 2019, after having reached a career high of #25 before the shutdown in early '20.
Ekaterina Alexandrova closes out a 6-0, 6-2 win over a fatigued Magda Linette to reach the semifinals of the Credit One Charleston Open!
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) April 8, 2022
Her first WTA clay semifinal and assured a return to the Top 50. First semifinal of 2022 and Katya is truly back in business!
[??: @WTA TV] pic.twitter.com/RSg1AdP6tH
After opening with a win over Allie Kick, Alexandrova survived her 2nd Round match with Zheng Qinwen (who had 19 aces, surpassing the tour's season best of 18 set in Miami by Naomi Osaka). Trailing 5-2 in the 3rd set, Zheng had retired. The Hordette didn't face a BP while dispensing of Karolina Pliskova 3 & 1, then reached her first SF of the year (and first in a tour event on clay) with a quick dispatching of a tired Magda Linette, who'd had to play a pair a three-setters the day before. Alexandrova fell a win short of the final with a loss to Belinda Bencic, but will climb back into the Top 50 on Monday.
Sound ??
— wta (@WTA) April 8, 2022
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The Ukrainian may just be seeded at the French Open next month ????
Even before the war, there was talk of quite a few Ukrainian players. Kalinina, though, was rarely one of them. Still, the past year has seen the 25-year old make significant strides on tour, from posting MD wins at two majors (RG/US), reaching her maiden tour final (Budapest last July), and just last week posting her best 1000 level result (Miami 4r, from which she retired vs. Jessie Pegula after a love 1st) while cracking the Top 50 for the first time. Ranked #42, after being at #161 at this time last year, Kalinina ran off consecutive Charleston wins over Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Elena Rybakina and Alize Cornet, with her QF matching her best tour-level result (w/ Transylvania QF in October) since Budapest last summer. After a loss to Ons Jabeur, Kalinina will settle into another new career high of #36 next week, just a few points behind Osaka in the rankings.
EM CAMPANHA HISTÓRIA E EMOCIONANTE, ????LAURA PIGOSSI É VICE-CAMPEÃ DO WTA 250 DE BOGOTÁ!
— Tênis Para Além do Óbvio ?? (@AlemTenis) April 10, 2022
Apesar da derrota na final, Laura sai GIGANTE de Bogotá! Jogou mt, c/ muita raça e coração. Representou td o que esperamos de todos os brasileiros q entram em quadra!@laurapigossi DO ????????! pic.twitter.com/BxhriAom37
Swede Success!
— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) April 6, 2022
Mirjam Bjorklund keeps her 2022 momentum going, powering into her first WTA quarterfinal with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over wildcard Yuliana Lizarazo.
With the win, the Swede sets up a showdown with either former top 50 Tatjana Maria or compatriot Rebecca Peterson. pic.twitter.com/xcQBtoPzQk
Magda Linette ???? does the Kanepi ???? & Fernandez ???? same day double (not often performed on the WTA Tour ??) and moves confidently into the WTA Charleston QFs.
— Chris Goldsmith (@TheTennisTalker) April 8, 2022
Looking to get the Polish women 3 titles in a row on the WTA Tour after Iga Swiatek ???? won Indian Wells and Miami pic.twitter.com/ajTnGQKwrJ
After her singles run ended, Linette continued on in singles with Andreja Klepac, reaching her fourth tour final (first in five years) and taking her maiden WTA doubles title. In Bogota, 34-year old Maria, already a tour singles title winner in 2018 after first becoming a mother (to daughter Charlotte in '13), became the ultra-rare WTA champ to lift a trophy after having a *second* baby (daughter #2 Cecilia last year) when she won yet again on Sunday.
A MAGICAL week for @Maria_Tatjana ?
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
The qualifier (and mother of two!) wins her first WTA singles title since 2018, defeating Pigossi in Bogota!#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/9dlGRSgMr1
Maria's week included MD wins over Maria Carle, Rebecca Peterson and Mirjam Bjorklund to reach her first WTA SF since Nottingham '19, then another over Kamilla Rakhimova to reach her second tour-level singles final, her first since winning on the grass in Mallorca in '18. In an all-qualifier match-up, the German outlasted Laura Pigossi 6-3/4-6/6-2 to grab her second title and cut her (most recent) comeback singles ranking in half. She'll rise from #237 to #115 this week. Maria is the second lowest-ranked tour singles champion of the last decade, behind only then-#299 Margarita Gasparyan when she won in Tashkent in 2018, and the fifth lowest-ranked (not counting unranked players) in tour history.
Family first ????@Maria_Tatjana | #CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/ZnkEoXQYXZ
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
¡Nuestra campeona!
— Copa Colsanitas (@CopaColsanitas_) April 10, 2022
?? Tatjana Maria ??#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/HxxxDc1Lrw
CoCo Vandeweghe makes good use of her LL spot @CharlestonOpen to earn her 1st Top 20 win since 2018 (d. Pegula, 2R).
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) April 7, 2022
On CoCo’s tough road back:
Diagnosed w/ CRPS in 2018: https://t.co/8lxrG65S7Y
The freak 2020 injury that resulted in her 1st surgery: https://t.co/8lxrG65S7Y pic.twitter.com/i37B5LQao2
Since her great '17 season, especially in the majors, Vandeweghe has gone just 3-8 in MD matches in slams, missing six tournaments altogether with her various ailments, and falling in the Q-rounds in two more. Meanwhile, Anisimova, another former slam semifinalist (2019 RG), took another step in what has turned out to be something of a comeback campaign of her own after a few years of struggles on and off the court. The 20-year old opened her year with a title run in Melbourne, her first since Bogota in '19, and she followed that up with a win over reigning champ Naomi Osaka en route to the AO Round of 16. After her prospective coaching partnership Darren Cahill rather publicly fell apart, Anisimova's Indian Wells/Miami turn proved to be near disasterous, as she went 1-2 with a troubling, immediate retirement two sets into a match against Leylah Fernandez in the desert.
Heading into her first-ever semifinal on US soil ????@AnisimovaAmanda sails through to the final 4 in Charleston!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/Q9nKrpPG1p
— wta (@WTA) April 9, 2022
She rebounded well in Charleston, reaching the SF after posting wins over Sachia Vickery, Yulia Putintseva, Arya Sabalenka (her first Top 10 win in two years) and Vandeweghe. She led Ons Jabeur by a set, then 3-1 in the 3rd, before the Tunisian rallied to reach the final. Still, Anisimova will climb all the way back into the Top 35 on Monday. After finishing at #24 and #30 in 2019-20, she fell to #78 last season and came into the week at #47.
Top 100 debut secured!
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) April 8, 2022
Kamilla Rakhimova beats Irina Bara 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to reach her first career WTA semifinal at the Copa Colsanitas, hitting 31 winners in the process.
She will now face veteran Tatjana Maria for a place in the final!
[??: @WTA TV] pic.twitter.com/0vWaDV6AQ8
Meanwhile, 19-year old Avanesyan has been one of the more under-the-radar practitioners of the Renaissance Hordettes. She brought her game to the tour level in Bogota this week, making her WTA MD debut and pushing all the way into the QF. After getting a 1st Round win last week over Fiona Ferro in the Marbella 125 challenger, the teenager's run in Colombia included an upset of Harriet Dart for her first career Top 100 victory, then a follow-up win over Italian Lucrezia Stefanini. She fell in the final eight to top-seeded defending champ Camila Osorio, but will see her ranking continue to skyrocket in the coming week to inside the Top 150.
Another breakthrough victory for Elina Avanesyan!
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) April 7, 2022
The youngster is absolutely on fire at the Copa Colsanitas as she eases past World No.159 Lucrezia Stefanini 6-2, 6-2 in the second round here in Bogota to reach her first career WTA quarterfinal in style! pic.twitter.com/bXPCGxnZy1
A year ago, Avanesyan was ranked outside the Top 600. After reaching six ITF finals in '21, winning three (including a $60K in August), she finished the season at #261. She fell in the final round of qualifying in her slam Q-round debut at the Australian Open, falling to Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in two (after having upset Tsurenko's #23-seeded countrywoman Kateryna Baindl -- née Kozlova -- a round earlier).
21yo Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who almost was top 100 as a teenager, wins the Oeiras Ladies Open (ITF 80k), beating Viktoriya Tomova 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-5 in 3h10. What a match.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) April 10, 2022
Almost 1000 people watching this one ?? pic.twitter.com/tLZEU3xeXS
She'll jump over 70 spots in the rankings this week, up to around #160.
Former #2 Junior Alex Eala(16)???? w/ her 2nd Pro?? @ W25 Chiang Rai, 64 62 over former WTA #66 Luksika Kumkhum???? . . . prob gets Alex into Top 500 when rankings get caught up. https://t.co/ADdlAkExdu pic.twitter.com/SkEtJ5qYxh
— Coby (@_Coby_) April 10, 2022
Alex Eala shouts for JOY after that down the line forehand winner to seal the W25 Thailand trophy ?????????? pic.twitter.com/D1dEVtvW5N
— Dyan Castillejo (@DYANCASTILLEJO) April 10, 2022
Eala hasn't played on the junior circuit this season, but in '21 posted quite a few impressive results, including reaching the Roland Garros girls semis (w/ a win over Linda Noskova) and winning at the JA Milan event (posting an eye-opening string of wins over Brenda Fruhvirtova, Kayla Cross, Ksenia Zaytseva, Sofia Costoulas, Mirra Andreeva and Nikola Bartunkova). In this week's $15K challenger in Antalya, Turkey, Andreeva (jr #16) became the latest 14-year old to win a pro singles crown. The Hordette, in just her fifth pro event (and second '22 final), defeated Martina Colmegna 6-7(6)/6-0/6-2 to take her maiden title.
Mirra Andreeva(14)????(12-4), #2 '07 Junior, wins her 1st Pro??@ W15 Antalya, 67(6) 60 62 vs Martina Colmegna???? . . . Mirra's 2nd Pro Final, both in '22 . . . just got a WTA ranking last Monday.
— Coby (@_Coby_) April 10, 2022
(L) Mirra Andreeva; (R) Martina Colmegna pic.twitter.com/hPwugteZDg
After Brenda Fruhvirtova, Mirra Andreeva becomes the next 14-year-old (!!!) girl to win a pro-title this year at the ITF W15k in Antalya, beating #540 Colmegna 6-7, 6-0, 6-2 in the final.
— Alex | Tennis ?? (@Alex_Boroch) April 10, 2022
Andreeva already made a final on hard court this year in only her second-ever pro event. pic.twitter.com/9UMiJYTDmn
A season ago, some of Andreeva's best junior runs came to an end thanks to a series of figurative stone walls in tennis skirts. She lost in the JA Milan semis to Eala, the J1 College Park final to Brenda Fruhvirtova, and the J1 Sanxenxo final to Linda Fruhvirtova.
Dominant in Charleston ????
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
The No.4 seeds @MagdaLinette and @andrejaklepac are your #CharlestonOpen doubles champions! pic.twitter.com/aHT7ITFB9M
?? first team title ??@MagdaLinette | @andrejaklepac pic.twitter.com/somYaElgtu
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
¡Campeones ????????! Macarena Cabrillana y Alexander Cataldo celebran el título de singles del Chilean Open que finalizó este domingo ¡Grandes??! #TeamParaChile #ChileCompite
— IND Chile ???? (@INDChileOficial) April 10, 2022
?? @paralimpicoCHI pic.twitter.com/iNxC0XDhRD
Victory for the Swiss ??
— wta (@WTA) April 10, 2022
No.10 seed @BelindaBencic outlasts Jabeur and claims the @CharlestonOpen singles title! pic.twitter.com/kqQOwU782Z
Championship Sunday ????
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 10, 2022
An epic #CharlestonOpen final that delivered some great tennis and wonderful photos…
Scroll through here: https://t.co/odd9fl3CR3 pic.twitter.com/ifxfRDEFwj
La alemana Tatjna Maria es la campeona de la @CopaColsanitas_ 2022 ???????? pic.twitter.com/1R7M7q7pDY
— Wplay.co (@WplayColombia) April 10, 2022
Last year's winner was a wild card, Camila Osorio.
All the emotions ??
— wta (@WTA) April 8, 2022
???? @laurapigossi notches the biggest win of her career in Bogota!#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/SxyQLs2tYs
BIG from Pigossi ??
— wta (@WTA) April 9, 2022
???? @laurapigossi gets past Bogota top seed Osorio to advance to her first WTA final!#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/dkAdy9cooL
Sensational comeback ??
— wta (@WTA) April 8, 2022
???? @BelindaBencic passes the Badosa test and books a spot in the semifinals!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/by0YoGBPmn
Both Charleston finalists had to battle against the odds to get there.
???? @Ons_Jabeur fights back from a set down against Anisimova to reach the #CharlestonOpen final!
— wta (@WTA) April 9, 2022
Faces Bencic for the title on Sunday ?? pic.twitter.com/PZy2RhRxZv
First Top 50 win of her career ??
— wta (@WTA) April 5, 2022
???? Zheng Qinwen gets past 2016 champion Stephens in three sets with a powerful display!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/Ej6TCxlNBS
Zheng lost a round later to Ekaterina Alexandrova, retiring down 5-2, 30/love in the 3rd (surely making enemies for life of those who bet money on the Hordette to win, only to have their bets voided... the sort of ridiculous thing that leads to a lot of the abuse that WTA players get on social media, of course) after having fired 19 aces in the match. Like Anisimova and Azarenka in recent matches, her sudden retirement seemed to come out of nowhere, with little explanation given.
A big comeback for Ekaterina Alexandrova!
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) April 7, 2022
She erases a set and a break deficit to oust rising star Zheng Qinwen 2-6, 7-5, 5-2, ret. in the second round of the Credit One Charleston Open.
Decisive moment was holding serve at 2-6 2-2 0-40 and breaking serve in the 32-point game. pic.twitter.com/HkQZGqGSco
Slice and Dice ??
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 7, 2022
Killer dropper from @CoCoVandey#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/m0jlIo6jaJ
?? Mimi Xu is our 18U Junior National Champion ??
— LTA (@the_LTA) April 8, 2022
Mimi won a tight final against Talia Neilson-Gatenby 6-4, 7-5 to claim the title and a wildcard into @Wimbledon qualifying ?? pic.twitter.com/POqacRJEX4
Special moment tonight @CharlestonOpen - Kveta Peschke, after 30+ years in pro tennis, has played her last WTA match.
— Nick McCarvel (@NickMcCarvel) April 8, 2022
2011 Wimbledon champ, world No1 doubles ranking and 36 titles ?? Made the SFs of every major in both doubles and mixed!
Turned pro in 1993. Legendary! pic.twitter.com/NbRosJ4tHx
2011 @BJKCup champion ????@Wimbledon doubles winner ??
— ITF (@ITFTennis) April 8, 2022
2011 ITF doubles world champion ??
Following three trophy-laden decades on Tour, former doubles world No.1 Kveta Peschke is retiring
What an immense career ?? pic.twitter.com/nrt6RTc89Q
?? ¡CAMPEONAS! ??
— Copa Colsanitas (@CopaColsanitas_) April 9, 2022
Astra Sharma ???? y Aldila Sutjiadi ???? son las campeonas de dobles de la Copa Colsanitas, luego de vencer a Bektas/Moore ???????? 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 #CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/JAic0ZVmFi
The Champs! ??@astrasharma ???? x @dila_11 ????#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/wqhaLok6Se
— Copa Colsanitas (@CopaColsanitas_) April 9, 2022
I’m athletic, I swear… not a bad week ??considering when we first got to Bogota I hit 10 balls directly to the fence (8661 feet above sea level) this is not an exaggeration. ?? thank you to @eminabektas for carrying me even though she’s been battling an injury?? pic.twitter.com/yCv4dTYdrz
— Tara Moore (@TaraMoore92) April 10, 2022
First win of the season for Karolina Pliskova!!
— Marty (@Svitoflopina) April 6, 2022
Wasnt exactly the best performance, shaky, but she came back, showed her fighting spirit!
Brilliant effort from Zavatska tho, she played very well. pic.twitter.com/xXsgPH7AUr
Pliskova lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in straights a round later, never carving out a BP opportunity in the match.
? 2014
— wta (@WTA) April 5, 2022
? 2022
???? Yuliana Lizarazo completes the comeback over Schmiedlova to reach the second round in Bogota – eight years after she last did so!#CopaColsanitas2022 pic.twitter.com/IybtRZ1M8r
Ashleigh Barty wins ladies golf tournament in Queensland and walks away with £17 in prize money - Tennis365 https://t.co/Rq0BTO5DeT
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) April 5, 2022
I am now the full-time coach of @Simona_Halep. pic.twitter.com/MRlkmeJyhw
— Patrick Mouratoglou (@pmouratoglou) April 7, 2022
@Simona_Halep's first words since her decision to move to France near the @MouratoglouAcad.@InHalepWeTrust @SimonaHalepTeam @Simoreactions
— Tennis Majors (@Tennis_Majors) April 9, 2022
Only on Tennis Majors ?? https://t.co/cOczHZLLI3 pic.twitter.com/yeLJfiKis5
Patrick Mouratoglou talked about how and why he agreed to become Simona Halep's new full-time coach.
— Romanian Tennis (@WTARomania) April 10, 2022
Source: @Tennis_Majors pic.twitter.com/qzb3HGLgq3
"I spent a little time with the @CharlestonOpen's twelfth seed @alizecornet today, and we talked about tennis and writing and what those things have to do with how we live our lives." Alize Cornet on tennis, writing, honesty, independence, and more https://t.co/oWRuaKI4tW
— Diane Elayne Dees (@WomenWhoServe) April 7, 2022
From left to right: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Mary Pierce, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario,Tracy Austin, Pam Shriver, Jelena Jankovic. In the middle: Rosie Casals. ?????? pic.twitter.com/us531Db2lX
— LaWanda (@lawanda50) April 9, 2022
Welcome back to Charleston ??
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 10, 2022
Celebrating 50 years of tennis with a few of our legendary champions ??#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/yk8r7YRCW3
“I haven’t slept in like one year and three days.”
— Diane Elayne Dees (@WomenWhoServe) April 10, 2022
I Drove All Night—Jankovic in Charleston https://t.co/EbM9YZOZfn #CharlestonOpen #JelenaJankovic
?? Jelena Jankovic, 2007 pic.twitter.com/f4qP1lvr7n
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 10, 2022
Passing the baton, Swiss style ??????@BelindaBencic becomes the first Swiss champ here since @mhingis hoisted the crown in 1999! ??#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/N1XwFDIAfD
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 10, 2022
Yeah, said it before, but this is something that both tours and ITF really should make a rule about ASAP.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) April 7, 2022
It's horrible for TV viewers when players wear identical outfits; would be very easy to write a rule requiring players to bring a spare outfit in case of a matching match. https://t.co/Kf51g6RPgm
Kiki Bertens is a Mom now! Welcome to their son Mats! ???? pic.twitter.com/hvtXoy6Xih
— LaWanda (@lawanda50) April 5, 2022
— KENNETH KWESI GIBSON ?? (@Kwesi_Gibson) April 4, 2022
Exclusive: ATP Chief reads the riot act to players over recent spate of on-court incidents, threatens bigger punishments in future. https://t.co/C8T7U3gLzi
— Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) April 4, 2022
Emma Raducanu may have Nike, British Airways, Evian, Dior, Tiffany's, Vodafone, and Porsche... but only ?? Jelena Ostapenko has Riga Nails ?? pic.twitter.com/HS3qbdokrf
— Ryan (@Some1NamedRyan) April 4, 2022
Clay season is about to begin! pic.twitter.com/Ylp19QR7IV
— Daria Saville (@Daria_gav) April 4, 2022
???? @Daria_gav adopted ???? colours long ago, but has donned those of ???? during a recent rankings rise (627 ?? 129)
— CodeSports (@codesportsau) April 7, 2022
Dasha has been unwavering in her #UkraineSupport - privately to players & publicly on social media.#StandWithUkraine Story: https://t.co/dTSvWeCGm8 @LindaCPearce pic.twitter.com/ln0GiYHxxI
Bibi's coming ?? ??
— wta (@WTA) April 7, 2022
???? @Bandreescu_ will be taking a wildcard in Stuttgart! ??
*WTA CAREER TITLES - active leaders*
17t. Caroline Garcia, FRA (7)
17t. Naomi Osaka, JPN (7)
17t. Andrea Petkovic, GER (7)
17t. Sloane Stephens, USA (7)
21t. BELINDA BENCIC, SUI (6)
21t. Alize Cornet, FRA (6)
21t. Madison Keys, USA (6)
21t. Anett Kontaveit, EST (6)
21t. Elise Mertens, BEL (6)
21t. Iga Swiatek, POL (6)
27t. Sofia Kenin, USA (5)
27t. Alona Ostapenko, LAT (5)
27t. Alison Van Uytvanck, BEL (5)
27t. Yanina Wickmayer, BEL (5)
*RECENT ALL-QUALIFIER WTA FINALS*
2017 Tokyo (Japan Open) - Zarina Diyas def. Miyu Kato
2021 Lyon - Clara Tauson def. Viktorija Golubic
2022 BOGOTA - TATJANA MARIA def. LAURA PIGOSSI
*LOWEST RANKED WTA CHAMPION (not incl. NR)*
#579 Angelique Widjaja, INA (2001 Bali) (WC)
#299 Margarita Gasparyan, RUS (2018 Tashkent) (PR)
#285 Fabiola Zuluaga, COL (2002 Bogota) (WC)
#259 Tamira Paszek, AUS (2006 Portoroz) (Q)
#237 TATJANA MARIA, GER (2022 BOGOTA) (Q)
#234 Lindsay Davenport, USA (2007 Bali) (PR)
#233 Marketa Vondrousova, CZE (2017 Biel) (Q)
[last 10 years; 2013-22]
#299 Margarita Gasparyan (2018 Tashkent d. Potapova)
#237 TATJANA MARIA (2022 BOGOTA d. Pigossi)
#233 Marketa Vondrousova (2017 Biel d. Kontaveit)
#187 Olga Danilovic (2018 Moscow RC d. Potapova)
#182 Peng Shuai (2016 Tianjin d. Riske)
#180 Camila Osorio (2021 Bogota d. Zidansek)
#168 Francesca Schiavone (2017 Bogota d. Arruabarrena)
#165 Astra Sharma (2021 Charleston 2 d. Jabeur)
*2022 OLDEST WTA CHAMPIONS*
[singles]
34 - TATJANA MARIA, GER (BOGOTA)
33 - Zhang Shuai, CHN (Lyon)
30 - Simona Halep, ROU (Melbourne 1)
[doubles]
37 - Vera Zvonareva, RUS (Miami)
37 - Vera Zvonareva, RUS (Lyon)
36 - ANDREJA KLEPAC, SLO (CHARLESTON)
35 - Laura Siegemund, GER (Miami)
35 - Laura Siegemund, GER (Lyon)
33 - Xu Yifan, CHN (Indian Wells)
*2022 FIRST-TIME WTA SEMIFINALISTS*
Melbourne 1: Zheng Qinwen, CHN (4th WTA MD)
Monterrey: Nuria Parrizas Diaz, ESP
BOGOTA: LAURA PIGOSSI, BRA (RU)
BOGOTA: KAMILLA RAKHIMOVA, RUS
*2022 LOW-RANKED WTA SF*
#237 TATJANA MARIA/GER (BOGOTA)-W
#212 LAURA PIGOSSI/BRA (BOGOTA)-RU
#144 Wang Qiang/CHN (Guadalajara)
#140 Dayana Yastremska/UKR (Lyon)-RU
#126 Zheng Qinwen/CHN (Melbourne 1)
#111 KAMILLA RAKHIMOVA/RUS (BOGOTA)
#107 Aliaksandra Sasnovich/BLR (Melbourne 2)-RU
*2022 FIRST-TIME WTA WD CHAMPIONS*
Bernarda Pera, USA (Melbourne 2)
Jessie Pegula, USA (Melbourne 1)
Kaitlyn Christian, USA (Guadalajara)
Catherine Harrison, USA (Monterrey)
Sabrina Santamaria, USA (Monterrey)
ALDINA SUTJIADI, INA (BOGOTA)
MAGDA LINETTE, POL (CHARLESTON)
[First-Time WTA WD finalists]
Jessie Pegula, USA (Melbourne 1 - W) Bernarda Pera, USA (Melbourne 2 - W) Vivian Heisen, GER (Sydney) Panna Udvardy, HUN (Sydney) Alicia Barnett, GBR (Lyon) Olivia Nicholls, GBR (Lyon) Catherine Harrison, USA (Monterrey - W) ALDINA SUTJIADI, INA (BOGOTA - W) EMINA BEKTAS, USA (BOGOTA)
Opinion | Putin’s image
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) April 5, 2022
Massacres of civilians are discovered in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine.https://t.co/lhOXsgcmwq pic.twitter.com/3yHsReG2cC
Stay calm and just blend…???????? pic.twitter.com/8h2jnihyYi
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) April 10, 2022
A new clip of an 11-year-old Prince was recently uncovered, speaking at a Teachers Strike in Minneapolis in 1970
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 4, 2022
“I think they should get some more money, because they be working extra hours for us.”https://t.co/6xL6HkW55Z
pic.twitter.com/dEcPFjBv6d
Nice. Roberta Vinci qualified for the Alicante Open this week with partner Sussarello and is in the second round. Wonder if other players will try padel after their tennis careers in the future. https://t.co/aZlHd6LMnE
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) April 7, 2022
when your fav player misses a shot ??#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/8mISzmeLyY
— wta (@WTA) April 5, 2022
why. are these hoomans. hitting my ball around pic.twitter.com/rjKUJDj61L
— wta (@WTA) April 9, 2022
Serena, today at a Bitcoin conference with NFL players, teases a Wimbledon return. pic.twitter.com/p8U0C28NPB
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) April 7, 2022
Always nice to have a good wingman…thanks buddy. ???????? pic.twitter.com/BJpxDBxCEf
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) April 9, 2022
Need a boost? ?????? pic.twitter.com/5jEqdFt0p6
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) April 10, 2022
Sorry but I must share a video of Serena running in heels pic.twitter.com/jXcra6kT8M
— Betty McBeth (@CourtneyStith) April 9, 2022