Mover of the week Svetlana Kuznetsova proves what doing well at a big tournament can do for your ranking. After an impressive run at the Western & Southern Open (she made it to the final), Kuznetsova is back in the top hundred. Another player who fell victim to injury, the Russian was even contemplating retirement;…
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MOTW: Peter Gojowczyk In comparison to last season when he made it to two finals, this season has been mediocre for the German. He lost in the first or second round of all the tournaments he played prior to the Citi Open, where he got to the semifinals. Like so many players, his ranking fell…
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MOTW: Leonardo Mayer The problem with going far in tournaments and winning titles is that the following year you must defend those points. Every player knows this, so they should have a plan or two in place to prevent their ranking from falling. Play a tournament that you did not play the previous year and…
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If you have never heard of her, keep an eye on Elena Rybakina. The twenty-year-old Kazakhstani may just have announced her arrival in Bucharest. She never dropped a set the entire tournament and dismantled the home crowd favorite, Patricia Maria Tig, 6-2, 6-0 to claim the BRD Bucharest Open title as her first career singles…
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Mover Of The Week: Jelena Ostapenko What has happened to Jelena Ostapenko’s game? Once ranked as high as number five, the 2017 Roland Garros champion is beginning to realize that she must fix her serve. Her serve has always been a liability; however, she protected it better by being more consistent with her ground strokes….
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Twenty-four-year-old Lorenzo Sonego gets the honors of mover of the week with his gutsy performance in Antalya over the weekend. He had to play twice on the final day to win the title. Everyone of his opponents were in the top hundred; thus, it was not a give-away title. Two tiebreaks and a 6-1 third…
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