Showing posts with label Belinda Bencic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belinda Bencic. Show all posts
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Monday, 15 December 2025
WTA ANNOUNCES 2025 SEASON AWARD WINNERS
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This year's WTA awards ceremony for the 2025 season generated a lot of reactions. Fans were impatiently waiting to see who would receive the awards, and it seems that they were mostly deserved awards and that most are satisfied with this year's selection.
As expected, Aryna Sabalenka was named player of the year for the second year in a row. The Belarusian tennis player absolutely dominated this season with a large number of victories, finals and titles. In total, she brought record prize money earnings, but most emphasize that without her mentality and discipline, this kind of success would not have been possible.
In addition to the Belarusian tennis player, Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were named the best doubles team of the year, given their great season and incredible success at Grand Slam tournaments.
The most improved player
Amanda Anisimova made a big step forward this year and received the award for the most improved player. Anisimova really surprised everyone with her dominance this season and great results, and above all with her reaching Grand Slam finals.
Comeback Player of the Year
Belinda Bencic was named Comeback Player of the Year after a long break due to motherhood.
Newcomer of the Year
The last award, i.e. newcomer of the year, went to Victoria Mboko, who made significant progress in the WTA rankings.
Reactions
The reactions of the fans were mostly positive, due to the naming of Aryna Sabalenka as this year's best player. This will be an additional motivation for the Belarusian tennis player to be equally dominant in the next season. Whether she will succeed in this is difficult to give a precise answer, but most believe that Sabalenka will be dominant next season as well.
Next year will be an opportunity for players from this list, as well as for those who did not receive an award this year, to improve further and possibly win such a prestigious award next season.
- Sead Dedovic
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Sunday, 19 January 2025
"I'M GOING THROUGH A LOT" - COCO GAUFF DEVASTATED AS TIKTOK'S US BAN IMPACTS HER EVEN AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN
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| Coco Gauff devastated as TikTok's US ban affects her at Australian Open. (Image Source: Getty) |
Coco Gauff has reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 Australian Open with an impressive comeback win over Belinda Bencic. However, the American's immediate post-match thoughts were consumed by TikTok being banned in the US.
Gauff and Bencic's highly anticipated fourth-round clash at the Australian Open began on a riveting note, with the Swiss clinching the opening set 7-5. However, the World No. 3 battled back strongly to claim a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory after a two-hour and 26-minute contest, advancing to the quarterfinals in Melbourne for the second year in a row.
With the TikTok ban going into effect in the USA, Coco Gauff used her camera message to pay tribute to the social media platform, drawing a broken heart and writing:
"RIP TikTok USA."
The former US Open champion later shared the message on Instagram, admitting that she was going through an emotional upheaval due to the ban.
"I'm going through a lot rn 😞," Gauff posted on her Instagram story.
Gauff also expressed devastation over her access to TikTok being blocked even in Australia, mournfully reflecting on how long she had been using the social media platform.
"Idk why I thought since I am in Australia this wouldn't apply to me. 😢 been on this app since musically smh," she wrote.
Coco Gauff's feelings come as no surprise, as the 20-year-old recently expressed her hope that the ban wouldn't go through. She pointed out that TikTok was a "great thing for a lot of small businesses in our country and a lot of creators make money on it."
Coco Gauff to lock horns with Paula Badosa in Australian Open QF
Coco Gauff and Paula Badosa - Source: Getty
Following her win over Belinda Bencic, Coco Gauff will battle it out against Paula Badosa in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Australian Open. The Spaniard triumphed over Olga Danilovic 6-1, 7-6(2) to book her place against the third seed.
The duo stand level at 3-3 in their head-to-head record, with Gauff claiming a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory in their most recent encounter in the semifinals of the 2024 China Open.
Speaking in her on-court interview, the American acknowledged Badosa as a formidable opponent and disclosed that she was expecting a tough battle for a place in the semifinals.
"Every time I play Paula, it's a tough matchup. She's playing some great tennis. Last time we played, I think it went three sets, I'm not sure. But we played end of last year, so I expect this to be another tough match," Gauff said.
If Coco Gauff emerges victorious against Paula Badosa, she could set up a rematch of last year's Australian Open semifinal with top seed and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, provided the Belarusian defeats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals.
- Urvi Mehra
Monday, 10 July 2023
SWIATEK SUFFERS SCARE TO SET UP SVITOVA CLASH
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Women's top seed Iga Swiatek survived a huge scare before reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time and was joined by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina who also came through an epic fourth-round scrap on Sunday.
Poland's Swiatek looked in big trouble against Switzerland's Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and saved two match points in the second set before clawing out a 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-3 victory.
Wildcard Svitolina was then roared to a 2-6 6-4 7-6(9) win against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka on Court One, recovering from 7-4 down in the champions tiebreak, sealing it with an ace.
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017: SECOND SEED SERENA WILLIAMS EASYLY BEATS BELINDA BENCIC
Serena Williams, 2nd seed ans 6 time Australian Open Champ, beat Swiss youngster Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-3 inside Melbourne Park...
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