Photos from Stanford: Sharapova withdraws, Muguruza moves on
The 2017 Bank of the West Classic had to deal with some serious bad news on Wednesday as Maria Sharapova was forced to withdraw from the event just hours before her second-round match against...
Photos from Stanford: Bellis makes winning start
Local hero CiCI Bellis made a proper start into her 2017 Bank of the West Classic campaign, winning her first round match against Alize Cornet from France in straight sets.
The 18-year-old American, who has...
Adidas by Stella McCartney raises the bar with New York collection for the US Open
I've been waiting for Adidas by Stella McCartney to release official promo images of Garbine Muguruza's and Caroline Wozniacki's US Open outfits, but the British designer's new duds are so beautiful that I can't...
Photos from Stanford: Kvitova graduates, Sharapova moves on
The field of the 2017 Bank of the West Classic completed on Monday as #2 seed Petra Kvitova arrived in California, preparing for her debut at the long-running event.
After completing a practice session, Kvitova...
Photos from Stanford: Preparation in California continues
The 2017 Bank of the West Classic is gearing up for its main draw start on Monday as the qualifying stage of the traditional Stanford tournament completed on Sunday.
Veronica Cepede Royg, Danielle Lao, Caroline Dolehide...
Photos from Stanford: Big names galore at the Bank of the West Classic
With the clay and grass seasons in the bank, the WTA moves on to US hardcourts, and like every year, the 2017 US swing kicks off in Stanford with one of the longest-running women’s tennis...
Sacrifice, courage and family unity behind Garbine Muguruza’s success
Twenty-three-year-old Garbine Muguruza won her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon on Saturday.
Born in 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela, Muguruza started playing tennis at the age of three. Being just a toddler, Garbi would watch her...
A pretender to the throne, or has Wimbledon witnessed the crowning of a new queen?
Sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead, Women’s Tennis Blog’s friend and long-time contributor, shares his thoughts after the Wimbledon fortnight. He now presents a sports radio show The Only Game in Town every Thursday night on Ribble FM.
Before the start of Wimbledon,...
Garbine Muguruza impressively beats Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title
Spain's world No.15 Garbine Muguruza won her second Grand Slam title with a strong victory over five-time champion Venus Williams in the final of Wimbledon 2017.
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In the outstanding, high-quality first set that...
Muguruza hurricanes past Rybarikova into Wimbledon finals
Seed No.14 Garbine Muguruza wasted no time in eliminating surprise semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1 6-1 to reach her second Wimbledon final in three years.
Prior to the encounter, Muguruza had led Rybarikova 2-1 in head-to-head stats,...
