2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

Play has now resumed in Monteral after the rain delay

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In a tightly contested match defending champion Jess Pegula defeats Maria Sakkari 75 64

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Genie Bouchard can hold her head high as she pushed Belinda Bencic to 3 sets
Bencic winning 62 36 64
Bouchard finally retires from tennis today after this defeat

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seeds that lost today Wednesday 30th July in Monteral,

Linette No 25
Samsonova No 13
Scramkova No 31
Mertens No 19
Frech No 21
Pavluychenkova No 27

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA Monteral 1000,
Round of 32,
Matches, Thursday July 31sr,

D.Kastkina (15) vs M.Kostyuk (24)
C.Gauff (1) vs V.Kudermetova
V.Mboko vs M.Bouzkova
E.Rybakina (9) vs J.Cristian
S. Lamens vs L.Zhu
M.Andreeva (4) vs M.Kessler (28)
J.Bouzas Maneiro vs A.Ito
E. Navarro (8) vs D.Yastremska (30)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kessler D Andreeva (4) 76(5) 64
Kessler gets one of her biggest wins of her career
This is her 2nd Top 5 win of the season
A very good ball striker, Andreeva has a fall on her ankle in the match, had a MTO, appeared okay.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Coco Gauff survives another tough 3 setter defeating Kudermetova 46 75 62
Still not at her best though her fighting skills came to the fore when needed
Gauff still needs help with her serve 14 DFs and 53 UFE and she still survived

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seeds that lost on Thursday July 31st in Monteral

Kasatkina No 15
Andreeva No 4
Navarro No 8

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Monteral
Matches, Friday 1st August,
Round of 32

J. Ostapenko (22) vs N.Osaka
J.Pegula (3) vs A. Sevastova
I.Swiatek (2) vs E.Lys
A.Anisimova (5) vs E.Raducanu
C.Tauson (16) vs Y.Starodubtseva
M.Keys (6) vs C/McNally
K.Muchova (11) vs B.Bencic (17)
E.Svitolina (10( vs A.Kalinskaya

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka too good for Osta today, her first serve percentage 71% and Osta over played her shots, from the start of the match was her undoing, Osaka serving for the match at 5-3 broken, then came back and broke Osta to win the match 62 64
Osaka W 14 UFE 13 Osta W 17 UFE 37?
Osaka reaches the round of 16 for the first time in her career.

A easy straight sets win for Tauson 63 60 over Starodubseva

 

[Hoergren]

Another safe win by Clara Tauson who is playing well in Canada

stats

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am not surprised at this result defending champion Jess Pegula defeated in 3 sets by Sevastova 36 64 61
35 yo Sevastova was on maternity leave in 2021, then had a ACL tear on her left knee which halted her comeback, this is her first top ten win since 2021
Jess struggled in her first round match, and she has lots of points to defend up to the final at the USO, which frankly I cant see her defending

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Anismova d Raducanu 62 61
Playing the tennis she is capable of, and no mental scars from Wimbledon good to see
Amanda gets her first win over Emma btw.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seeds that lost on Friday 1st August in Monteral,

Pegula No 3 defending champion
Bencic No 17
Ostapenko No 22

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Monteral,
Round of 16 matches,
Saturday August 2nd,

M.Kostyuk vs M.Kessler (28)
E.Rybakina (9) vs D.Yastremska (30)
C.Gauff (1) vs V.Mboko WC
L.Zhu vs J.Bouzas Maneiro

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kostyuk who hadnt won a match in 3 months before this tournament defeats Kessler in 3 sets 57 63 63 to make her first QF in Monteral
I only SB this match as I cant stand the 'drama and theatrics' of the Drama Queen Kostyuk!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mirra Andreeva who had fall on her ankle in Monteral has withdrawn from Cinncy.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tough 3 sets match for Elena Rybakina who defeated Yastremska 57 62 75 she will play The Drama Queen Kostyuk in the QFs in Monteral

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well done to Vicky Mboko who played a wonderful composed match to take out the No 1 seed Coco Gauff 61 64
Vicky a Canadian was given a WC and she is into the QFs at Montreal,
Well done Vicky
Coco Gauff said in her press conference that maybe it was a bad decision to skip DC and rest longer before coming to Montreal, but she hopes to find some rhythm i Cinncy and the USO

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

J. Bouzas Maniero has defeated L. Zhu in 3 sets 57 61 62 to reach the QFs, she will play Vicky Mboko