Karolina Pliskova scythed down Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-2 on Friday to move into the Eastbourne final, where she will meet reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber.
The world No. 3, who has not dropped a set so far in Eastbourne, (...)
Angelique Kerber's Wimbledon preparation gained momentum as she thumped Simona Halep 6-4, 6-3 in a battle of former world No. 1s to reach the semifinals at Eastbourne on Thursday.
The Wimbledon champion converted five out of seven break points to (...)
A trio of former world No. 1s stormed into the quarterfinals at Eastbourne on Wednesday with Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova all sharpening their grasscourt games ahead of Wimbledon.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Kerber beat Swede (...)
How do you take a player with no ranking and who had just spent a year hitting cricket rather than tennis balls and turn her into a Grand Slam champion and world number one in three years, Ashleigh Barty's coach Craig Tyzzer was asked on Monday.
It (...)
New world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has suffered a pre-Wimbledon injury scare, withdrawn from this week's Eastbourne grasscourt tournament with a recurrence of a right arm injury.
The 23-year-old became the first Australian woman to reach the top of the (...)
Former world No. 1 and Romanian stalwart Simona Halep says she loves the current format of the Fed Cup and would boycott the competition if the 'home and away' format changes.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will make a "major (...)
Karolina Pliskova gave herself the perfect pre-Wimbledon tonic by lifting the Aegon International title on the grass at Eastbourne, defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-4 in impressive style in Saturday's final.
The Czech world No. 3 demonstrated once (...)
Novak Djokovic gave his Wimbledon hopes a boost by winning the Eastbourne International final against Gael Monfils in straight sets Saturday. Djokovic won 6-3, 6-4 for his first title since January in Qatar.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to take the (...)
Novak Djokovic converted his fourth match point to beat Donald Young 6-2, 7-6 (9) Thursday and advance to the semifinals at the Eastbourne International.
The top-seeded Djokovic saved two set points, on Young's serve at 5-4 and on his own serve in (...)
The Eastbourne International lost Petra Kvitova to injury and Dominika Cibulkova to a surprise defeat as the build-up to Wimbledon gathered pace Monday.
Kvitova pulled out of the grass-court event on England's south coast because of an abdominal (...)
Dominika Cibulkova reached the Eastbourne International final after dispatching Puerto Rican qualifier Monica Puig 6-2, 6-1 Friday.
The Slovak always held the upper hand, holding two break points for a 2-0 lead before breaking for 4-2, and again for (...)
Monica Puig became the first qualifier to reach the Eastbourne International semifinals in three years though it took her nearly three hours to get there Thursday.
Puig, a Puerto Rican, needed 2 hours, 43 minutes to overcome Kristina Mladenovic of (...)
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland eased into the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne International with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Eugenie Bouchard of Canada Wednesday.
But former champion Caroline Wozniacki was upset by Puerto Rican qualifier Monica (...)
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska took a shortcut into the third round of the WTA Eastbourne grass-court event Tuesday when Croatian opponent Mirjana Lucic-Baroni retired ill trailing 6-4, 2-1.
Radwanska, the 2008 champion, who played the Wimbledon final (...)
Ekaterina Makarova defeated Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Eastbourne International grass-court event Saturday to win her first career tournament, while Frenchman Michael Llodra beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain for the men's title.
The (...)
Russian Ekaterina Makarova will meet Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the final of the women's Eastbourne International grass-court event after both caused upsets in the semifinals Friday.
Makarova, a qualifier, beat third-seeded Samantha Stosur 7-6 (...)
seeded Kim Clijsters lost 7-6 (6), 6-4 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament Thursday.
Clijsters dropped just three games in her opening two matches but the Belgian player struggled against (...)
French Open finalist Samantha Stosur and fifth-seeded Kim Clijsters reached the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne International with contrasting performances Wednesday.
Third-seeded Stosur outlasted Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, needing three (...)
French Open champion Francesca Schiavone failed to follow up her success in Paris when the second-seeded Italian was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Sorana Cirstea of Romania in the first round of the Eastbourne International Tuesday.
Defending champion (...)
Caroline Wozniacki defeated unseeded Virginie Razzano of France 7-6, 7-5 on Saturday to win the Aegon International title at Eastbourne.
It is the second title of the year for the sixth-seeded Dane after she won in Ponte Vedra Beach, and the fifth (...)
seeded Elena Dementieva was defeated 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (4) by Virginie Razzano at the Eastbourne International Tennis Tournament on Wednesday, joining the long list of ousted seeds.
The Russian claimed just 29 percent of the points in the first set, (...)
Former world number one Jelena Jankovic bowed out of the Eastbourne International in the first round on Tuesday, blaming tired legs and a lack of motivation.
She was followed out by French Open champion and former Eastbourne winner Svetlana (...)
seeded Elena Dementieva overcame a stubborn challenge from fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko Monday to earn a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the Eastbourne Championships.
Dementieva failed to win three break points in a 14-minute opening game and she had to (...)
seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was eliminated from the Eastbourne International Women's Open on Wednesday, losing 6-2, 6-2 to Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki in the second round.
The Wimbledon warmup event lost another top name when Amelie Mauresmo, (...)