Danielle Collins reached the semi-finals of Miami six years ago as a qualifier and at 53rd is the lowest ranked semi-finalist in the tournament. Collins powered into the last four with an emphatic 6-3, 6-2 win over France’s Caroline Garcia before Alexandrova emerged triumphant from a near two-hour three set battle with American fifth seed Jessica Pegula. “I think it’s …
Bianca Andreescu was wheelchaired off court after suffering a left ankle injury and retiring against Ekaterina Alexandrova at Miami Open. Elena Rybakina extended her winning streak to 11 matches as she booked her place in the Miami Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belgium’s Elise Mertens on Monday while world number two Aryna Sabalenka powered past Barbora Krejcíkova …
A look at the records of Belgium’s Kim Clijsters and Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova before their first-round match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday: KIM CLIJSTERS Age: 37 WTA Ranking: Unranked Seeding: Unseeded Grand Slam titles: 4 WTA career titles: 41 2019 U.S. Open performance: Absent Best U.S. Open performance: Winner The Three-times U.S. Open champion came out of retirement this …