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- Sabalenka Survives Anisimova’s Fury — Now Faces Rybakina for 2025 Riyadh Supremacy
- WTA Finals 2025: Results (Updated) & Schedule of Play
- Relive the Thrilling Rybakina vs Pegula Battle – Full WTA Finals 2025 Semi-Final Match Report
- WTA Finals Semifinal Preview & Prediction: Sabalenka and Anisimova — Enough Non-Fossil Power to Light Riyadh’s Grid
- WTA Finals Semifinal Preview & Prediction: Rybakina and Pegula — The Tour’s Most Reinvigorated Forces Collide in Riyadh
- Sabalenka Silences Gauff in Riyadh — Ruthless Return Sends ‘Iron Aryna’ Into WTA Finals Semis
- Drunk, Seemingly Polish Fan Derails Swiatek — Season Ends on a Sour Note
- Don’t Toss the Toss: Unshaken Rybakina Serves Through Fatigue Into WTA Finals Semis
- Katie Boulter Ends Coaching Partnership With Biljana Veselinovic After Struggling 2025 Season
- Amanda Anisimova Outlasts Iga Swiatek in Epic Battle to Book WTA Finals Semifinal Spot
- Alternate Alexandrova Steps In Against Rybakina as Madison Keys Withdraws from WTA Finals
- “Not just breathe, eat, and do the same thing every day”: Why Ons Jabeur Had to Step Away
- Sabalenka’s Emotional Fire Burns Bright — but How Hot Is Too Hot?
- Sabalenka Survives Pegula Test but Must Wait to Seal Her Riyadh Fate
- No Fireworks Needed: Coco Gauff Glides Past Flat Paolini in Riyadh
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2025 Hong Kong Open Results (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The 2025 Hong Kong Open took place from October 27 to November 2. Although it shared the same WTA 250 category as the Chennai Open and the Jiangxi Open, it attracted the strongest field of the three, despite all having been scheduled in the same week. Top seeds in the field included Tokyo Champion Belinda…
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Madison Keys: “Enjoying the Climb” After Her Breakthrough Grand Slam Season
As Madison Keys prepares for the WTA Finals, she reflects on her transformative 2025 season — a year that brought her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and a renewed appreciation for the journey. The 30-year-old, who last played the season finale in 2016, has evolved personally and professionally since her early 20s.…
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Elena Rybakina Enters WTA Finals With Quiet Determination
As Elena Rybakina prepares for the start of the WTA Finals on November 1, she arrives in Riyadh with quiet confidence and a renewed sense of purpose after a strong finish to her 2025 season. The Kazakh player, who claimed her first title in over a year before adding another in Ningbo, believes her return…
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Wozniacki Fires Back: “Peter, You’re a Clown” — Clash with Danish Commentator Escalates
Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki has hit back sharply at Danish commentator Peter Bastiansen after he criticized her for not making a clear decision about her tennis future. Wozniacki, who gave birth to her third child, Max, in July 2025, is currently on another break from competition. She had returned to the tour in…
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Cyclone Halts Chennai Open as Organizers Battle to Save the Tournament
The WTA 250 Chennai Open has endured a stormy start to its 2025 edition, with play suspended for a second consecutive day as Cyclone Montha lashed India’s east coast. Not a single match has been completed since the event began on Monday, leaving both players and organizers grappling with severe disruption. This year marks only…
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Simona Halep Returns to Tennis in an Official Role at the 2025 WTA Finals in Riyadh
After announcing her retirement in early 2025, former world No. 1 Simona Halep is stepping back into the spotlight — this time not as a player, but in an official capacity at the upcoming WTA Finals 2025, set for 1–8 November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her involvement has been widely reported by Romanian media, though…
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Naomi Osaka Ends Partnership with Strength Coach Guillaume Brunoir as 2026 Season Nears
Naomi Osaka will begin 2026 with yet another change to her backroom team. French strength and conditioning coach Guillaume Brunoir has announced the end of his collaboration with the four-time Grand Slam champion, bringing to a close a partnership that began in late 2024. The move marks another shift for Osaka, who has already navigated…
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Live WTA Rankings After 2025 Tokyo and Guangzhou Finals
As of October 26, 2025, the live WTA rankings reflect the full impact of the Tokyo (WTA 500) and Guangzhou (WTA 250) tournaments, both of which wrapped up with statement victories and major shifts across the top tiers of the standings. In Tokyo, Belinda Bencic produced one of her most convincing performances of the season,…
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Ann Li Tops Lulu Sun to Win 2025 Guangzhou Open, Clinching Her Second WTA Crown
Ann Li finally has her moment again. The American captured her first WTA title since 2021, defeating New Zealand’s Lulu Sun in straight sets to win the Guangzhou Open — ending a four-year wait and sealing a long-awaited return to the winner’s circle. It had been a journey defined by near-misses. Li fell short in…
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Belinda Bencic Seals Emotional Comeback with Pan Pacific Open 2025 Title in Tokyo
Belinda Bencic captured the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Sunday, sealing her 10th career crown — and her second of the season — with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Linda Noskova in just one hour and 22 minutes. The win carried extra weight: exactly ten years ago, a then-18-year-old Bencic had fallen short…
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Martina Navratilova Predictions: Picks Clear Favourite for the WTA Finals
The lineup for the 2025 WTA Finals is set, and few voices command as much authority as Martina Navratilova when analysing it. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion has offered her sharp take on some of the elite eight heading to Riyadh, where Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek again lead the charge. She also talks…
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Iga Swiatek’s coach Fissette: “The Ability to Switch Off Is a Superpower”
Few coaches in modern tennis can boast a résumé like Wim Fissette. The Belgian tactician has guided a remarkable list of world number ones and Grand Slam champions — from Victoria Azarenka and Simona Halep to Naomi Osaka and now Iga Świątek.In a candid discussion on The Inside-In Podcast, Fissette reflected on his journey, his…
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Sofia Kenin and Belinda Bencic Set for Battle of Comebacks in Tokyo
With Elena Rybakina’s last-minute withdrawal from the Pan Pacific Open, it’s this semifinal — Sofia Kenin vs Belinda Bencic — that now takes center stage in Tokyo. The matchup between two former major champions suddenly carries extra weight: one of them will not only book a place in the final but also seize the spotlight…
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Rybakina Withdraws, Opens Door for Noskova at the Pan Pacific Open
A sudden twist in Tokyo: Elena Rybakina, fresh off her Ningbo victory and secured berth for the WTA Finals, has withdrawn from the Pan Pacific Open semifinal less than an hour ago. This unexpected exit hands the spotlight to Linda Noskova, who now advances by default and faces a vastly different path to the title.…
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WTA Finals 2025 Predictions: Can an Underdog Steal the Title? We Think So
The 2025 WTA Finals promise a blockbuster close to the season, gathering eight of the year’s most accomplished players for one final showdown. The competition runs 1–8 November in Riyadh, and with every champion of 2025’s Grand Slams in the field, the quality couldn’t be higher. Prize Money The official prize pool is yet to…