2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

Andreeva will serve for the 1st set 5-4 , she has to watch her margins, stop going for the lines
Tauson breaks back 5 all 1st set

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lovely bhand cross court winner from Clara and she leads 6-5 1st set with Mirra to serve to force a TB for the 1st set
6 games all, TB for the 1st set
Clara to serve first

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mirra won the 1st set 76(1) played a great TB

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Is it just me, I feel Tauson's movement is hampered her hip maybe?
Mirra gets an early break in the 2nd set leads 3-1
Mirra consolidates the break and leads 4-1 2nd set

 

[Hoergren]

No more in the tank - thanks for the matches Clara and congrats to Mirra for superb play

Stats

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Congratulations to Mirra Andreeva she handled her first WTA100 like a pro that had been playing on the tour for sometime Mirra becomes the youngest women to win the title in Dubai
The 17 year old used her fitness and energy especially in the 2nd set, Clara to me was tired
Andreeva d Tauson 76(1) 61
Well done to Tauson who played some great tennis to get to her first WTA1000 final,

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mirra will become the new World No 9 when the new rankings come out on Monday, quite an achievement for the 17 year old, Mirra turns 18 in April, then she will be allowed to compete full time on the WTA tour

 

[Hoergren]

WELL lets have a nice picture of the youngest winner of a WTA 1000 event - nice she thanked herself - the inner demon can be hard to fight in that age

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Clara Tauson making the final WTA1000 Dubai will now be ranked No 23 a career high!
Well done Clara

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

New WTA Top Ten ( after Dubai WTA 1000) Monday 24th February

1. Sabalenka 9,076 points
2. Swaitek 7,985
3. Gauff 6,333
4. Pegula 5,196 +1
5. Keys 4,680 +1
6. Paolini 4,518 -2
7. Rybakina 4,328
8. Zheng 3,780
9. Andreeva 3,720 +5
10.Navarro 3,704 -1

New Career Highs on WTA Top 100,
5. Keys
9. Andreeva
23 Tauson
40. Sramkova
54. Uchijima
77.Lys

 

[El Dude]

I don't follow the WTA as closely as the ATP, so a question: Is Andreeva considered to have the potential to make the WTA "Big Three" a "Big Four?" (Along with Swiatek, Sabalenka, and Gauff). Is she good enough?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I don't follow the WTA as closely as the ATP, so a question: Is Andreeva considered to have the potential to make the WTA "Big Three" a "Big Four?" (Along with Swiatek, Sabalenka, and Gauff). Is she good enough?

Mirra has great potential she is only 17 so she has been restricted to the amount of tournaments she can play
Mirra turns 18 in April so she can play the tour full time
I will wait to see how she handles the rest of the year as a full time.player

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tennis returns to the United States at the ATX Open Austin tournament, Texas.
With the Sunshne Double in IW and Miami just around the corner, the tournament is in a good spot in the calendar.
The WTA250 event is played from February 24 - March 2.
The WTA rule allowed only 1 Top Ten player to compete, that will be Jessica Pegula
Fans in Austin will have a chance to see Petra Kvitova, who was granted a wild card, her first tournament coming back from maternity leave
Diana Shnaider also received a wild card and is the No 2 seed
Ajla Tomljanoivc (AUS) also received a wild card.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This is a statement from IW tournament director Tommy Haas
" Our team has been informed that Venus Williams is not accepting the wild card this year.We wish Venus all the best and hope to see her back in Indian Wells in the future".

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATX Open, Austin, Texas
February 25th,

Petra Kvitova makes her return to the WTA tour, from maternity leave, she will play GBR Jodie Burrgae in her first match
No 1 seed Pegula, Shnaider (2), Stearns (3) Lamens (8) are also in action

Kvitova out in 3 sets to Burrage, 36 64 64, she did have her chances, her first match back since October 23, Petra has received a WC for IW

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Barbora Krejcikova has withdrawn from IW due to injury, Julia Grabher moves into the main draw
Krejcikova has now withdrawn from Miami

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pere Riba ( Zhengs coach) has recovered from his surgery and will be back with Zheng at IW

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Quite frankly I do not like the new colours on the WTA Website, ( never liked the colour green as I was made to wear it all the years of my schooling ) my beef with this website has always been it has been hard to navigate, changing the colour dosent mean it will be easier no? lol!
The new WTA Brand Identity..........WTA Rally The World, is I guess forceful enough, time will tell

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Angelique Kerber is the new tournament director of the WTA500 Bad Homburg, that announced Swiatek and Bencic as the first big names for 2025

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just an reminder that the draw for IW takes place on Monday March 3, 3-4pm local time.