2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

One other thing I want to say about the Saba comments from RG. This week on TTC I've heard a couple of commies talking about giving her grace. That they shouldn't shove a mic in someone's face straight after a loss. I'm sorry, but all of that is bogus. People have had difficult losses in finals for decades. She is the only one who has an issue when she loses. So the rules should be changed because she doesn't possess any decorum? Yeah, I don't think so. Hire a PR firm or somebody to help you manage your mouth. My momma always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, you better zip it.

Or Keli,
Engage Brain Before Opening Mouth!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW with her win today Kessler grabbed the last seeded spot for Wimbledon, she is seeded at No 32
Of course this can change if therre are any more withdrawals before Wimbledon
Next in line is Wang Xin and Putintseva

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA500 Bad Hamburg
Main draw starts June 22 and the singles final will be held on Saturday June 28th.
Five of the worlds Top 10 players have entered, Diana Shnaider is the defending champion
Naomi Osaka received a wild card.
Iga Swiatek will make her first grass court appearance of 2025.
Jess Pegula world No 3 will be the Top seed, she will be aiming to shake off the disappointment of the loss as defending champion at Berlin, she held 2 MPs in a match that went for over 3 hours to Samasonova in her opening match
Jazz Paolini world no 5 also suffered a first round defeat loss in Berlin, to Ons Jabeur, Jazz has finalist points to defend at Wimbledon, she needs the match play.
Mirra Andreeva and Emma Navarro also have entered, Emma reached the SFs at Bad Homburg in each of the last 2 years, falling to the eventual winner on both occasions.
Angie Kerber is the tournament director, Angie announced recently the birth of her second child.

I have done projected QFs by seedings,

Pegula vs Navarro
Andreeva vs Shnaider
Alexandrova vs Swiatek
Paolini vs Svitolina

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA250 Eastbourne ( was a former WTA500 event)
Martina Navratilova won the tournament a record 11 times
Tournament begins June 23 to June 28th
Defending champion is Daria Kasatkina and is the Top seed.
Krejcokova No 2 seed, Ostapenko No 3 seed, Kenin No 4 seed, Linette No 5 seed, Stearns No 6 seed, Raducanu No 7 seed and Scramkova No 8 seed

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results Bad Hombourg,

Donna Vekic defeated Defending champion Shnaider 63 63
WC Osaka had a tight 2 set TB victory over Danilovic 76(6) 76(4) Osaka's serve saved the day she hit 18 aces and had 88% first serve points
Tauson down a set came back to win in 3 sets over Frech 67(6) 63 63
Alexandrova (8) too strong for Bencic 61 62, grass has never been Bencic's strong surface.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results from Eastbourne,

Kastakina slump continues, defending champion and No 1 seed was defeated in 3 sets by Lulu Sun, who also needed a win, 75 26 63
Eala d Bronzetti 60 61 and earned her first tour level grass court win
Pavs needed 3 sets to defeat Tomova 61 67(8) 76(7)
Blinkova d Bouzkova 64 26 63
Young Aussie Joint d Jaberur 75 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA Top Ten,,Monday 23rd June,

1. Sabalenka 11,640
2. Gauff 7,899
3. Pegula 6,048
4. Paolini 4,806 (+1)
5. Zheng 4,803 (-1)
6. Keys 4,636
7. Andreeva 4,636
8. Swiatek 4,618
9. Badosa 3,727 (+1)
10. Navarro 3,697 (-1)

Movers this week WTA Top 100

No 4 Paolini moves back to No 4 her career high, due to the fact Zheng dropped 50 points and moves back to No 5.
No 27 Linette
No 31 Krueger
No 32 Kessler
No 33 Wang Xinyu
No 73 Vondrousova was ranked No 164, before her Berlin win

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Swiatek up to her usual tricks of wasting time in her match against Azarenka in Bad Homburg, even Vika complained, when she is behind, which she was down 1-3 she finds a way of wasting time
Swaitek won the match 64 64, a cool handshake at the net btw

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bad Hamburg results,
Paolini (2) d Fernandez 76(8) 76(6)
Haddad Maia d Krueger 61 64
Navarro (5) d Osaka 64 64
Pegula (1) d Siniakova 62 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW Lois Boison RG S.Finalist out in the 1st round of Wimbledon qualifying

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results Eastborune tournament,
Gracheva d Osorio 64 46 75
Rakhimova d Cocciaretto 64 46 63
Krejcikova (2) d Dart 63 67(4) 63
Birell d Kenin (4) 64 64
Ostapenko (3) d Katal 63 76(2)
Raducanu (7) d Li 67(5) 63 61
Yastremska won via retirement 64 42 over Linette (5)
Stearns (6) d Xu 63 64

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I dont understand why Andreescu didnt use her PR for Wimbledon, instead she opted to play qualies
In her first round match Bianca d Pigossi 62 61

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Eastbourne Results
R 16,
Eala won via retrirement from Ostapenko, who twisted her ankle early in the 3rd set, limping, 06 26 3-2
Stearns d Rakhimova 63 64
Young rising Aussie Joint d the Wild card Queen 46 61 76(4)
Yastremska d Jones 62 61
Pavs d Birell 75 75
Krejcikova (2) d Burrage 64 46 76(3)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results Bad Homburg
R 16,
Alexandrova (8( d Sakkari 63 67(2) 63
Haddad Maia d Svitolina (7) 36 64 76(7)
Noshova d Vekic 26 62 64
Andreeva (3) d Tauson 36 63 61

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bad Homburg
QFs, Thursday 25h June,
Pegula (1) vs Navarro (5)
Andreeva vs Noskova
Swaitek (4) vs Alexandrova (8)
Paolini (2) vs Haddad Maia

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Eastbourne
QFs, Thursday 25th June,

Krejcikova (2) vs Gracheva
Joint vs Blinkova
Yastremska vs Eala
Pavs vs Rakhimova

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The WTA and Tennis Channel have agreed to a media rights extension under which the network will continuing presenting WTA tennis in the USA through 2032.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bianca Andreescu bows out in her 2nd qualifying match against fellow Canadian Carson Branstine in 3 sets 76(3) 46 61
Andreescu could have used her PR for Wimbledon, I guess she thought she needed more match play

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW,
I wish Alcaraz and the Wild Card Queen would get off social media, both carrying on about playing mixed doubles together at the USO, it has become " Ad Nauseam"

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

At Eastbourne Barbora Krejcikova has withdrawn in her QF match agains Gracheva citing thigh problem, has put an end to her title hopes

The Wild Card Queen stated despite having back problems she will wont withdraw from Wimbledon, instead will fight through the pain.