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Oct. 2019

Coco Gauff Heating Up

American tennis phenom Coco Gauff reached her first-ever WTA quarterfinal at the Linz Open in Austria on Wednesday, making her the youngest player to get that far in a WTA tour since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005. Not only that, Gauff is set to jump into the world’s Top 100 when WTA rankings are updated next week. The Linz Open is Gauff’s first tournament after reaching the third round of her maiden US Open in September. It’s been a whirlwind year for Gauff, and it’s not over yet.

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girl, Elena at this point, PLEASE just take the rest of the year off to get your medical issues right, and come back stronger next year. I CANNOT take these retirements anymore

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#WTA 2021: Alison Riske picks up Linz Open title

Linz Open, the year’s final regular tournament has come to a close and eventual champion Alison Riske took advantage of the field when only a couple of stars in Simona Halep and Emma Raducanu participated as most are already on vacay and eight of the world’s best players are in Guadalajara for the season’s special tournament. The American, though, needed three sets here to dispatch Romanian…

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Riske beats Cristian in Linz for her 3rd WTA title

Riske beats Cristian in Linz for her 3rd WTA title

Alison Riske rallied to beat Jaqueline Cristian of Romania 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Friday for the American’s third career title. It was the 73rd-ranked Riske’s first tournament win since recovering from foot injuries last year that kept her out of competition for nine months. The American, who was ranked 18th two years ago, improved to 3-8 in career finals,…

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Riske, Cristian advance to Linz final on injury-marred day

Riske, Cristian advance to Linz final on injury-marred day

Alison Riske advanced to the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Thursday, when fellow American Danielle Collins pulled out of their match with a right arm injury after losing the first set 7-5. It was the only set played on semifinals day, as Simona Halep withdrew from her all-Romanian match against Jaqueline Cristian with a knee injury. It’s the 11th career final and second of the season…

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Linz Open: Raducanu ends season with defeat to China's Wang

Linz Open: Raducanu ends season with defeat to China’s Wang

Unseeded Chinese Wang Xinyu caused an upset at the Linz Open on Tuesday as she took out U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-7(0), 7-5 in an absorbing three-setter to book her place in the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 event in Austria. The defeat brought the curtain down on Raducanu’s breakthrough season, during which she won her maiden Grand Slam, at Flushing Meadows in September. Wang, 20,…

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Raducanu won't let off-court commitments interfere with training

Raducanu won’t let off-court commitments interfere with training

Britain’s Emma Raducanu said she will not let her off-court commitments get in the way of training as she looks to return to the kind of form that earned her a maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Raducanu became the first qualifier to win the US Open in September and has since taken on celebrity status, featuring on magazine covers and billboards for various brands. However the 18-year-old,…

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#WTA 2020: Aryna Sabalenka swats Elise Mertens for the Linz Open title

Another weekend of women’s tennis saw world number 11 Aryna Sabalenka upending world number 21 Elise Mertens, 7-5, 6-2, to capture the Linz Open in Austria.

It was Sabalenka’s third title for 2020 and her eighth WTA singles title overall after taking down the Belgian in 102 minutes of tennis. Well, what do you know, the post-pandemic is turning out to be the “Aryna Sabalenka Show”!

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