https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/329012/feed The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships), are played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the WTA Tour. It is unofficially considered the fifth most prestigious event of the season after the four grand slam tournaments. It also has the largest prize money and ranking points after the majors. To qualify for the WTA Finals, players compete throughout the year earning ranking points on leaderboard. The top eight singles players and top eight doubles... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Czech player Barbora Krejcikova has called for respect and professionalism in sports media as she hit out at “unprofessional” remarks made about her appearance during a broadcast on the US TV network Tennis Channel. The Wimbledon champion was taking part in the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia this week, the culmination to the regular women’s season, where she lost to China’s Zheng Qinwen in the semi-finals on Friday. Apparently not aware he was on air, Jon Wertheim, a prominent American tennis... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3285974/grand-slam-winner-barbora-krejcikova-slams-unprofessional-comment-about-her-appearance https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3285974/grand-slam-winner-barbora-krejcikova-slams-unprofessional-comment-about-her-appearance Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:00:11 +0000 The theme for today largely depends on your allegiances; it’s either snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, or grabbing a heroic win against all odds – so a standard sporting weekend in other words. If you’re a fan of England rugby, China’s Zheng Qinwen, or more surprisingly Manchester City, you might want to think about adding something strong to your morning coffee and going back to bed. Brighton fans, Australians, and Australians who support Liverpool or Brighton should keep their crowing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/football/article/3285929/slumping-city-lose-again-australia-win-death-zhengs-collapse-hands-gauff-wta-title https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/football/article/3285929/slumping-city-lose-again-australia-win-death-zhengs-collapse-hands-gauff-wta-title Sat, 09 Nov 2024 23:29:57 +0000 The season-ending WTA Finals will be held in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh from 2024-2026, the women’s tennis body said on Thursday, ending months of speculation and marking the Gulf country’s latest foray into the sport. Riyadh will host the season finale, which features the top eight singles players and doubles teams, from November 2 to 9 and replaces last year’s hosts Cancun, Mexico. The WTA said its agreement with the Saudi Tennis Federation will offer record prize money of US$15.25 million... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3257888/wta-finals-be-held-saudi-arabia-2024-2026-record-us1525-million-prize-money https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3257888/wta-finals-be-held-saudi-arabia-2024-2026-record-us1525-million-prize-money Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:00:13 +0000 The season-ending WTA Finals will take place in Texas next month and are expected to return to China in 2023, the Women’s Tennis Association has said. In a statement, the governing body said this year’s championships would take place in Fort Worth from October 31 to November 7 at the Dickies Arena. The WTA said the event was “expected to return” to Shenzhen next year. The tournament was last held in China in 2019 but was cancelled in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mixed day for Coleman... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3191612/wta-moves-season-ending-finals-texas-expected-return-china-2023 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3191612/wta-moves-season-ending-finals-texas-expected-return-china-2023 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:18:39 +0000 Shirley Chui Shirley Chui Tennis bosses said they were hoping to bring the Hong Kong Open back to the city next year, after the game’s governing body said there would no tournaments in China in 2022. Philip Mok, president of the Hong Kong Tennis Association, said the disagreement between the WTA and China over the Peng Shuai case was a sticking point, while the city’s current Covid-19 travel restrictions meant it was “not possible for overseas players to come”. He revealed that the HKTA was negotiating with the world... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3178014/no-tennis-tournaments-china-wta-releases-updated-schedule-sides-had https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3178014/no-tennis-tournaments-china-wta-releases-updated-schedule-sides-had Tue, 17 May 2022 03:16:59 +0000 John McEnroe has questioned Naomi Osaka’s attitude after her shock early exit from the Australian Open on Friday night. The four-times grand slam champion, who returned to action in January from a four-month absence because of mental health issues, was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-5) by unseeded American Amanda Anisimova in the third round. “It’s a tough one for Osaka, we’ll see how she reacts to it,” former world No 1 McEnroe told Eurosport. “Osaka’s in an extremely difficult position that in some... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3164311/australian-open-john-mcenroe-questions-naomi-osakas-attitude-says-shes https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3164311/australian-open-john-mcenroe-questions-naomi-osakas-attitude-says-shes Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:45:13 +0000 China’s No 1 tennis player Zhang Shuai made a losing start on her WTA Finals debut alongside Samantha Stosur in Guadalajara, where the US Open champions were beaten by Demi Schuurs and Nicole Melichar-Martinez in their group opener. Veteran Australian Stosur, making her fifth appearance in the season ending WTA Finals in doubles, could not call on her experience to help overcome the fourth seeds at the Estadio Tenis Akron. The doubles pairs did not take to the court for some time as the singles... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155648/china-no-1-zhang-shuai-loses-wta-finals-debut-samantha-stosur https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155648/china-no-1-zhang-shuai-loses-wta-finals-debut-samantha-stosur Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:00:22 +0000 China’s Zhang Shuai and her partner Samantha Stosur of Australia have been kept away from the world’s top two doubles pairings in the WTA Finals draw ahead of the season ending showdown in Mexico. The draw was announced at the opening gala of the event on Monday night at the Palacio Municipal de Zapopan, with the group names a nod to the cities of pre-Columbian Mexico. US Open champions Zhang, 32, and Stosur, 37, have been drawn in the Group Tenochtitlán at the Guadalajara event. The veteran... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155380/wta-finals-zhang-shuai-samantha-stosur-avoid-hsieh-su-wei-elise-mertens https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155380/wta-finals-zhang-shuai-samantha-stosur-avoid-hsieh-su-wei-elise-mertens Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:29:55 +0000 China’s former No 1 Wang Qiang has dropped out of the WTA women’s singles top 100 after missing much of this year’s tour, while Wang Xinyu has reached a career record high in the updated standings. Wang Qiang has dropped to No 102 in the rankings, having pulled out of the WTA Tour in June, skipping Wimbledon to concentrate on playing for China at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the summer. She was China’s top ranked player at the time but has now dropped to No 3 behind Zhang Shuai and Zheng... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155368/former-china-no-1-wang-qiang-drops-out-wta-top-100-wang-xinyu-hits https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3155368/former-china-no-1-wang-qiang-drops-out-wta-top-100-wang-xinyu-hits Tue, 09 Nov 2021 03:57:36 +0000 Chinese doubles pair Zheng Saisai and Wang Xinyu ended their season in style by beating China’s top player Zhang Shuai and Japan’s Eri Hozumi to the Courmayeur Ladies Open title in Italy. Zheng and Wang triumphed over their compatriot and her partner in three sets, beating the No 3 seeds 6-3, 3-6, 10-5, with the match going to a third-set tiebreak. The duo became the first winners of the inaugural event, which was added to the WTA Tour this season, to end a disjointed season for Chinese... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3154415/zheng-saisai-and-wang-xinyu-beat-china-no-1-zhang-shuai-courmayeur https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3154415/zheng-saisai-and-wang-xinyu-beat-china-no-1-zhang-shuai-courmayeur Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:46:03 +0000 China’s No 1 tennis player Zhang Shuai celebrated qualifying for the WTA Finals with a first round women’s doubles victory at the Tenerife Ladies Open. The US Open champion has been invited to the end of season event in Guadalajara with her grand slam winning partner Samantha Stosur but the pair have not played together since victory in New York. After partnering with India’s Sania Mirza, with whom she won the Ostrava Open last month, Zhang has now partnered with Japan’s Eri Hozumi in the Canary... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152959/zhang-shuai-and-eri-hozumi-wta-tenerife-ladies-open-doubles-second https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152959/zhang-shuai-and-eri-hozumi-wta-tenerife-ladies-open-doubles-second Wed, 20 Oct 2021 03:24:02 +0000 China’s No 1 tennis player Zhang Shuai was knocked out of the WTA Tour Tenerife Ladies Open in Spain, where the sixth seed was sent packing by compatriot Wang Xinyu. World No 114 Wang won out in straight sets in the Canary Islands, beating the world No 55 in an hour and four minutes, 6-2, 6-1. The 20-year-old qualifier will move on to face the winner of France’s Alize Cornet and Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland in the next round. Zhang was the only Chinese player to keep playing on tour through... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152846/zhang-shuai-beaten-xinyu-wang-tenerife-jerry-shang-wins-second-mens https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152846/zhang-shuai-beaten-xinyu-wang-tenerife-jerry-shang-wins-second-mens Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:09:48 +0000 China’s Zhang Shuai and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei have both made it to the WTA Finals in Guadalajara next month. Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium secured their spot with victory in the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells at the weekend. That was the second title of the season for world doubles No 1 Mertens and Hsieh, the world No 2, after winning at Wimbledon in the summer. The WTA also confirmed that US Open champions Zhang and her partner Samantha Stosur have secured... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152824/wta-finals-zhang-shuai-and-hsieh-su-wei-secure-invite-guadalajara https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3152824/wta-finals-zhang-shuai-and-hsieh-su-wei-secure-invite-guadalajara Tue, 19 Oct 2021 03:50:55 +0000 Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and her Belgian playing partner Elise Mertens celebrated another high-profile doubles title on Saturday when they captured the Indian Wells Masters after a comfortable victory against Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Rybakina. Hsieh and Mertens prevailed in straight sets, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, in just over 90 minutes. The second-seeded duo grabbed the US$414,000 first prize and assured their spot at the lucrative season-ending WTA Finals in Mexico next month. Hsieh and Mertens... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152649/hsieh-su-wei-claims-third-indian-wells-title-partner-elise-mertens https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152649/hsieh-su-wei-claims-third-indian-wells-title-partner-elise-mertens Sun, 17 Oct 2021 08:26:25 +0000 US Open women’s singles champion Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the Kremlin Cup in Russia later this month citing a “tournament schedule change”. World No 22 Raducanu made her much-anticipated return to the court at Indian Wells last week but lost in the second round to Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The British 18-year-old had been handed a wild card to Indian Wells and then received a bye into the second round as one of the seeds before losing to Sasnovich 27 days on from making history in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152486/emma-raducanu-skip-kremlin-cup-after-schedule-change https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152486/emma-raducanu-skip-kremlin-cup-after-schedule-change Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:40:33 +0000 Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium stormed into the women’s doubles final at Indian Wells on Thursday, boosting their WTA Finals hopes with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara. The No 2 seeds romped past the No 3 seeds at the BNP Paribas Open in straight sets, wrapping things up in just 54 minutes. Aoyama and Shibahara – who have already qualified for their first season-ending WTA Finals event next month – saved six of 11 break points, but were... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152422/indian-wells-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-storm-doubles-final-boost https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152422/indian-wells-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-storm-doubles-final-boost Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:55:32 +0000 Veteran Hsieh Su-wei may have worn a dinosaur hat for her post-match interview but the 35-year-old proved she was more than a match for teen duo Coco Gauff and Leylah Fernandez at Indian Wells. Taiwan’s Hsieh and her Belgian partner Elise Mertens moved on to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, seeing off the up-and-comers 7-5, 6-4. The No 2 seeds were forced to work in the first set as the teenagers dragged the score back to 5-5, but the experienced Hsieh,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152149/indian-wells-dinosaur-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-beat-coco-gauff https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152149/indian-wells-dinosaur-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-beat-coco-gauff Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:51:25 +0000 Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Belgian partner Elise Mertens have helped their claims for a place at next month’s WTA Finals with a second round win at Indian Wells to move on to the quarter-finals. Hsieh, 35, and Mertens, 25, beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US and Poland’s Iga Swiatek in three sets at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday night in California. It was the US-Polish pairing that took the first set with Mattek-Sands and Swiatek swatting Hsieh and Mertens aside 6-1. The No 2 seeds played to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152025/indian-wells-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-face-coco-gauff-and-leylah https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3152025/indian-wells-hsieh-su-wei-and-elise-mertens-face-coco-gauff-and-leylah Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:20:30 +0000 US Open singles champion Emma Raducanu’s return to the court after making history in New York ended in defeat to Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Indian Wells. A rusty Raducanu will miss out on playing her idol Simona Halep in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open after losing 6-2, 6-4 to the Belarusian world No 100. Raducanu had won the US Open as a qualifier and without dropping a set but she dropped the opening set in California on her return to action. The No 17 seed, who had been given a bye in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3151753/indian-wells-emma-raducanu-out-aliaksandra-sasnovich-moves-simona https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3151753/indian-wells-emma-raducanu-out-aliaksandra-sasnovich-moves-simona Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:02:17 +0000 China’s Zheng Saisai lost to Magdalena Frech of Poland at Indian Wells, ending Chinese interest in the women’s singles at the “fifth grand slam”. World No 89 Zheng, 27, lost to the 23-year-old world No 106 in straight sets – 6-1, 6-4 – in an hour and 25 minutes. Defeat ensured that Zheng followed Chinese No 1 Zhang Shuai in exiting in the first round of the singles in California. Zheng now carries the flag for China in the women’s doubles after US Open champion Zhang lost her first round match,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3151593/indian-wells-zheng-saisai-out-singles-zhang-shuai-and-sania-mirza-waste https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3151593/indian-wells-zheng-saisai-out-singles-zhang-shuai-and-sania-mirza-waste Fri, 08 Oct 2021 02:59:14 +0000 China’s top player Zhang Shuai lasted barely 90 minutes in this year’s Indian Wells Masters singles draw in California, before she was eliminated by world No 58 Marta Kostyuk in three sets at tennis’ unofficial “fifth slam”. Zhang, the world No 48, went down 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 to the 19-year-old and leaves Zheng Saisai as the only Chinese player left in the singles draw. She meets Polish qualifier Magdalena Frech in her first assignment on Thursday night. The 32-year-old Zhang has endured a mixed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3151462/china-no-1-zhang-shuai-dumped-out-indian-wells-masters-singles-opener https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3151462/china-no-1-zhang-shuai-dumped-out-indian-wells-masters-singles-opener Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:13:36 +0000 China No 1 Zhang Shuai and her partner Sania Mirza face a tough test in the women’s doubles at Indian Wells after being drawn against third seeds Shuka Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the first round. The Japanese duo have already qualified for the WTA Finals in Mexico next month, as have the Czech top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova. Only the top eight doubles duos will be invited to Guadalajara, with Zhang in the mix after winning the US Open with Australia’s Samantha Stosur. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3151313/indian-wells-chinas-zhang-shuai-and-zheng-saisai-face-tough-doubles https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3151313/indian-wells-chinas-zhang-shuai-and-zheng-saisai-face-tough-doubles Wed, 06 Oct 2021 02:08:55 +0000 US Open champion Emma Raducanu is set to make her return to the court at Indian Wells next week where the 18-year-old will be the No 18 seed but further afield she is “extremely excited” for the Transylvania Open. “I am extremely excited to play at the Transylvania Open, in front of Romanian fans,” she said, as reported by Romania’s Actual de Cluj website. “My father is from Romania, so to participate for the first time in a WTA competition in the country where he was born is a special moment... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3150978/emma-raducanu-says-transylvania-open-will-be-special-moment-play https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3150978/emma-raducanu-says-transylvania-open-will-be-special-moment-play Sat, 02 Oct 2021 05:29:13 +0000 Ashleigh Barty’s decision to pull out of the Indian Wells tournament has cast doubt over her involvement in the season ending WTA Finals and given a sliver of hope that US Open singles champion Emma Raducanu might see off her breakout year in style. The world No 1 is one of three players to have already qualified for the finale, which will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico in November. Last week the WTA announced that Barty was joined by world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka and French Open winner Barbora... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3150434/ashleigh-bartys-indian-wells-decision-could-help-emma-raducanu-wta https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3150434/ashleigh-bartys-indian-wells-decision-could-help-emma-raducanu-wta Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:41:19 +0000 China’s Wang Xinyu lost to fourth seed Sofia Kenin of the US at a rain-addled Wimbledon on Monday, while the country’s other players were forced to wait to start their tournament. The rain-impacted opening day of the 2021 tournament also meant that Zhang Zhizhen’s chance to be the first Chinese man to play at the All-England Club in the Open Era was eventually delayed until Tuesday. Zhang, 24, will start his first ever slam main draw at 6pm (Hong Kong time) when he will face France’s Andreas... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3139098/wimbledon-wang-xinyu-loses-sofia-kenin-rain-delays-zhang-zhizhens-slam https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3139098/wimbledon-wang-xinyu-loses-sofia-kenin-rain-delays-zhang-zhizhens-slam Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:42:04 +0000 All international tennis tournaments in China this year, including the Shanghai Masters and WTA Finals, were cancelled on Friday because of the coronavirus, the ATP and WTA said. The major blow to attempts to restart tennis comes after China said it would not stage most international sports events for the rest of 2020 to keep the pandemic in check. “We are extremely disappointed that our world-class events in China will not take place this year,” Steve Simon, head of the Women’s Tennis... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3094521/wta-finals-axed-china-cancels-all-tennis-events-over-coronavirus https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3094521/wta-finals-axed-china-cancels-all-tennis-events-over-coronavirus Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:30:52 +0000 Winning the Australian Open to become Asia’s first world No 1, male or female, seems a distant memory now for Naomi Osaka. The Japanese-Haitian was on top of the tennis world after making it back-to-back grand slams in January. But a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat in her Madrid Open quarter-final by unseeded Swiss Belinda Bencic, where she was a break up in the final set, means keeping the No 1 ranking this week is now out of her hands. French Open champion Simona Halep can retain the top spot if she wins... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3009667/naomi-osaka-struggling-quell-drama-her-head-world-no-1-spot-slipping https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3009667/naomi-osaka-struggling-quell-drama-her-head-world-no-1-spot-slipping Fri, 10 May 2019 04:54:38 +0000 Naomi Osaka’s breakthrough season came to a disappointing end on Friday when a leg injury forced her to quit her final group game of the WTA Finals in Singapore. The US Open champion was 5-3 down to Kiki Bertens in the first set at the Singapore Indoor Stadium when she called for a medical time out for treatment on her left leg and lower back. Osaka’s leg had been bothering her during her second match against Angelique Kerber, which the Wimbledon champion edged after two hours and 29... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170394/wta-finals-singapore-2018-naomi-osaka-retires-leg-injury-against-kiki https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170394/wta-finals-singapore-2018-naomi-osaka-retires-leg-injury-against-kiki Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:29:14 +0000 After crashing out of the WTA Finals in Singapore, Caroline Wozniacki revealed she is suffering from autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. The world number three’s title defence was ended by a 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Elina Svitolina at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and brought to a close a triumphant season which saw her win her first grand slam at the Australian Open in January. But for the second half of the year, she had been competing with a disease that attacks the joints, and that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170290/wta-finals-singapore-2018-caroline-wozniacki-reveals-rheumatoid https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170290/wta-finals-singapore-2018-caroline-wozniacki-reveals-rheumatoid Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:51:46 +0000 In the end, Naomi Osaka seemed to just run out of steam. Having battled from the brink of defeat to force a deciding set, she was ultimately outlasted by Angelique Kerber 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in an instant classic at the WTA Finals. Neither woman dared lose at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, having both been beaten in their opening match, and it is the Wimbledon champion whose route to the semi-finals is still in her own hands. The high-stakes battle between the world No 2 and No 4 did not disappoint,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170066/wta-finals-singapore-2018-angelique-kerber-outlasts-naomi-osaka-instant https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2170066/wta-finals-singapore-2018-angelique-kerber-outlasts-naomi-osaka-instant Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:28:12 +0000 As birthday presents go, getting invited to a Hollywood film premiere by your celebrity crush must be high up there, and for Naomi Osaka it was a reality. It all started for the US Open champion – who turned 21 this week in Singapore while preparing for her first WTA Finals – when she received a pleasant surprise in the form of a topless picture of Creed II and Black Panther star Michael B Jordan from talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Osaka jokingly asked DeGeneres to block her on Twitter in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2169318/naomi-osaka-accepts-creed-2-premiere-date-michael-b-jordan-thanks-ellen https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2169318/naomi-osaka-accepts-creed-2-premiere-date-michael-b-jordan-thanks-ellen Fri, 19 Oct 2018 07:04:46 +0000 The WTA Finals is about to kick off in Singapore for the fifth and final time, and here is everything you need to know about the tournament. The season-ending event, which is moving to Shenzhen in 2019, runs from October 21 to October 28 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Shenzhen has struck a 10-year deal with the WTA to become the 10th host city of the WTA Finals since its inauguration in 1972. This is the 48th edition of the singles tournament, and 43rd edition of the doubles competition. Who... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2169287/wta-finals-singapore-2018-prize-money-players-points-draw-schedule https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/2169287/wta-finals-singapore-2018-prize-money-players-points-draw-schedule Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:49:04 +0000