“Wait, are you sure I’m the only one in the top 100?” she asked. Though the numbers sometimes do in tennis, the rankings do not lie. The next highest-ranked teenager after Andreeva is Maya ...

A “hot-headed” Novak Djokovic sent an Australian Open warning to join Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in the last 16 on Friday, but Naomi Osaka’s bid for a third Melbourne crown is over ...

She recovered to dominate the tiebreaker, while Zheng remained too conservative in her tactics until near the end. "I knew I just had to play more than my best tennis. I had nothing to lose.

The Tennis Channel Live panel had one word to describe Zheng Qinwen’s second-round defeat to Laura Siegemund at the Australian Open result: mystifying. “This is a player who won Olympic gold ...

The Belarusian sealed a battling 6-3, 7-5 victory over Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Jan 15, shortly before fifth seed Zheng – who lost to Sabalenka in the 2024 final – crashed out 7-6 (7 ...

She recovered to dominate the tiebreaker, while Zheng remained too conservative in her tactics until right near the end. “I knew I just had to play more than my best tennis. I had nothing to lose.

Zheng’s departure came as world No. 1 Aryna ... “We are labelled ‘mums’ of course, but I think when you go on the tennis court, you just think of yourself as a tennis player.

Yeah, it’s tennis. Nothing more.” An early break in the next set handed the 36-year-old German the advantage and although fifth seed Zheng fought back with one of her own, she quickly found ...

“It’s tennis. Nothing more,” said China’s Zheng, 22, who was given two time violations and lost her cool as her tilt at a maiden major crown evaporated in only the second round. Sabalenka ...

It was a match Chinese tennis star Qinwen Zheng was expected to breeze through. The 22-year-old had her best year ever on tour in 2024, reaching the Australian Open final and winning Olympic ...