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Venus Gets Paid in Taiwan; Swiss Top Seeds in St. Pete: WTA Previews

Let's play "Guess Who Got the Appearance Cash?" with Venus as the top seed, and the No. 62-ranked Doi seeded second...No Top 10 seeds in the field...Remove Venus, and this would essentially be an...

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Kerber, Bencic, Venus Lead Charleston; WTA Previews This Week

Two Top 10ers in the field, in addition to two former No. 1s...The Top 8 seeds receive opening-round byes...Potential tough starts for (9) Jankovic vs. Garcia and (3) Venus Williams vs....

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Preview: ATP, WTA Players Look for Mojo Heading Into French Open

Tough starts for (9) Stephens vs. Vekic and (9) Cornet vs. Kudryavtseva...The storm of players pulling from the field included Daria Gavrilova, Camila Giorgi, Yanina Wickmayer and Caroline Wozniacki...

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WTA Previews: Venus Williams Goes for 3rd Stanford Title; Bastad

Venus the lone Top 10 player ahead of the No. 12 Cibulkova...(8) Lepchenko a tough start against Riske...Wildcards went to Americans Catherine Bellis, Julia Boserup, Maria Mateas, and Canada's Carol...

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Czech’s Fed Cup Title is 5th in Last 6 Years

"[It was] one of the best trophies I am going to win," Pliskova said.

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US Open Finalist Pliskova Wins 1st 2017 Title at WTA Brisbane

Last year Pliskova was a two-time title winner, raising trophies at Nottingham and Cincinnati, where she denied Angelique Kerber the No. 1 ranking in the final.

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WTA Previews: Kerber, 6 of Top 10 in Sydney; Ho-Hum in Hobart

Six of the Top 10 in attendance...Lots of unseeded floaters including a former No. 1 and a Slam winner...

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Preview: Kerber, 8 of Top 10; Djokovic at Combined ATP/WTA Eastbourne

Potential tough starts for (1) Kerber vs. homegirl (WC) Broady, (10) Ostapenko vs. Makarova, (3) Pliskova vs. the Riske/Cornet winner, (8) Radwanska vs. the Goerges/Bellis winner, (11) Muguruza vs....

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Bouchard, Osaka Add Spice to WTA Hobart; Preview

Floaters are almost the favorites between Bouchard, Osaka...Tough starts for (1) Zhang 2nd rd. vs. Bouchard, (8) Siniakova vs. Riske, and (7) Maria vs. Vekic...

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Wozniacki v Sharapova Early at WTA Qatar Total Open; Preview

Wozniacki looking at Sharapova in her second match...

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Nadal, Stephens Headline Fields at Joint Acapulco; Previews

Potential tough starts for (1) Nadal vs. his free-swinging Spanish countryman F-Lo (winner to possibly meet (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis), (4) Sock 2nd rd. vs. the Aussie Open semifinalist Chung, (6) Del...

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Stephens, Osaka, Kasatkina Headline Next-Gen Stars at WTA Charleston; Preview

Former champions in the field are Kasatkina (2017), Stephens (2016), Andrea Petkovic (2014), and Stosur (2010).

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WTA Previews: Mladenovic Heads Lugano, Maria in Bogota

Tough starts for the struggling (1) Mladenovic vs. last year's breakout player Siegemund, (9) Van Uytvanck vs. Dodin who she has lost to (winner to face Giorgi), and struggling comeback player (5)...

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Cornet Ends Almost 3 Year Title Drought, Beating Minella in WTA Gstaad Final

"It was a very close match, I had a feeling it could go either way," Cornet said. "I think I was maybe a bit more solid in the crucial moments, and I really wanted this trophy. I gave everything I had."

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Cornet Crushes Kerber, Huge Match-Ups Thursday at WTA Rogers Cup Montreal

"It is always not so easy to change also the surface," Kerber said of moving from grass to hard court, arguably one of the easiest transitions on tour. "I think I need a little bit more time to get...

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Serena Slams Bouchard, Halep Survives At Australian Open; Wozniacki v...

Simona Halep was six points from losing to 20-year-old American Sofia Kenin Thursday at the Australian Open.

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No Serena-Venus In Rome; Svitlova Blows 5-2 Lead v Azarenka

BFFs Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki both left Rome with injuries Tuesday.

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Kenin Top Seed In Maiden French-Filled Lyon WTA Tournament

WTA Lyon debuts this week.

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Top 2 Seeds Pliskova, Kenin Crumble; Serena, Osaka Open Play

Serena Wiliams opens play Monday!

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Serena Rallies To Best Sloane At US Open; Kerber Bids To Stop Brady

Serena Williams slapped around Sloane Stephens today at the US Open.

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