2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA250 Singapore,
Emma Raducanu will be looking for her 7th coach, as Nick Cavaday announced leaving her team to prioritize spending more time at home for his health, lets see how she goes in Singapore, she needs match play in smaller tournaments.
EDIT,
Raducanu loses her first round match in 3 sets to Busca 57 75 75

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA500 Austria Open, Linz Jan 27-Feb 2,
Ostapenko wont be defending her title and it likely to drop out of the Top 30
Karolina Muchova accepted a WC and is the Top seed, Svitolina 2nd seed, Sakkari 3rd seed, who needs match play after again going out in the first round in a major.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Amanda Anisimova withdraws WTA250 Singapore Open, she announced via Instragram she sustained a small injury in practice.

 

[Hoergren]

Good start for Clara Tauson in Austria - added another 11 ACES to her account so maybe she'll be back at #1 after her next mach which will be against Cirstea. Look at her stats they are brilliant as her gameplay was today.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The USO tennis tournament is adding a 15th day by moving a Sunday start in 2025
Wimbledon is the only GS without a Sunday start.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Singapore Tennis Open,
QFs,
K.Birrell vs A.Li
A.Kalinskaya (1) vs M.Sawangaew
X.Wang (4) vs J.Teichman
E.Mertens (2) vs C.Osorio (6)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Colour Me Suprise!

Emma Raduncanu has accepted a late qualifying wild card to play at Abu Dhabi Open, which starts in a few days,
Last time Emma played qualifying event she won the 2021 USO

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Linz Ladies Tournament, Note : Svitolina #2 and Avansyan #7 lost in the round of 16.
QFs,

K.Muchova (1) vs A Potapova
C.Tauson (8) vs A.Blinkova
D.Yastremska (5) vs M.Sakkari (3)
E.Alexandrova (4) vs P.Martic

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The WTA has confirmed that Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the alternates list for Abu Dhabi Open due to ongoing abdominal injury

 

[kskate2]

Colour Me Suprise!

Emma Raduncanu has accepted a late qualifying wild card to play at Abu Dhabi Open, which starts in a few days,
Last time Emma played qualifying event she won the 2021 USO

I was just coming here to say that she did all that talking about how she can hang w/ Iga and folks are afraid to see her name in the draw. If she's all that, she should be owning these lower level tourneys where none of the top 10 is even playing.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I was just coming here to say that she did all that talking about how she can hang w/ Iga and folks are afraid to see her name in the draw. If she's all that, she should be owning these lower level tourneys where none of the top 10 is even playing.

Agree, though lets see if she get through qualifying stage first of the Abu Dhabi Open and makes it into the main draw
Emma lost her first round match in Singapore WTA250 to Busca in 3 sets, a match then went for 3 hours 57 75 75

 

[Hoergren]

Clara Tauson back on top of the ACE list and has now shot 89 aces in 2025. Reaching the semi final in Linz

stats

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Singapore Tennis Open
Results of the QFs,
Li, X Wang (4) Mertens (2) and top seed Kalinskaya through to the SFs

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Singapore Tennis Open,
SFs,

A.Kalinskaya (1) vs A. Li
E.Mertens (2) vs X. Wang (4)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results of Linz QFs
Muchova (1) Tauson (8), Yastremska (5), Alexandrova (4) all through to the SFs

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Linz Ladies Open
SFs,

Muchova (1) vs Alexandrova (4)
Yastremska (5) vs Tauson (8)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Late withdrawals mean that Emma Raducanu was upgraded into the main draw of Abu Dhabi on Friday afternoon and thus will not need to play the 2 extra matches in qualifying

 

[the AntiPusher]

Keys highlights.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Singapore Tennis Open
SFs,

Match between top seed Kalinskaya v A. Li, Li wins by retirement 76(2) 1-0, Li is yet to drop a set all tournament and she is the first lady through to the final
In the 2nd SF No 2 seed Mertens defeated X. Wang No 4th seed 63 64

A. Li will play Mertens (2) in the final tomorrow

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results of SFs,
Linz Tournament with upsets,

No 1 seed Muchova defeated in 2 sets 60 64 by 4th seed Alexandrova
No 8 seed Tauson defeated in 2 sets by Yastremeska 61 64
NOTE: Yastremska will be back inside the Top 50 next week

Ladies final,
Alexandrova (4) vs Yastremska (5)