Tennis News Update

Strasbourg, France - The Internationaux de Strasbourg, a premier WTA500 event, concluded on Saturday, 25 May 2024, with American tennis star Madison Keys clinching the title in a commanding fashion. In the final showdown at the Patrice Dominguez venue, Keys faced off against fellow American, Danielle Collins. Displaying a masterclass of power and precision, Keys dominated the match, securing a straight-sets victory with a scoreline of 6-1, 6-2. Keys’ performance throughout the tournament was nothing short of spectacular. In the semifinals, she defeated Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova with a score of 6-1, 6-3, showcasing her formidable skills and determination. On the other side of the draw, Collins had a remarkable run to the finals. She overcame Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina in the semifinals with a score of 7-6, 6-2. Despite her valiant efforts in the final, Collins was unable to overcome the relentless force of Keys. The Internationaux de Strasbourg has once again proven to be a thrilling...

Red-hot Danielle Collins continued her torrid run with a semifinal victory Friday and will face fellow American Madison Keys in the championship match of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Saturday. The third-seeded Collins had 31 winners while cruising to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory in 99 minutes over Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina for her 22th victory in her past 24 matches. Collins will be looking for her third title of the season Saturday after earlier winning back-to-back events in Miami and Charleston. Keys, the No. 4 seed, converted 6 of 10 break points in her 6-1, 6-3 victory over fifth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova. Keys finished the match in 67 minutes. She will be seeking her eighth career title. Collins and Keys have split two previous meetings. Collins won the last one in 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. The match against Collins was the second of the day for Kalinina. She earlier upset top-seeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in a quarterfinal match that ...

Top 20 players Danielle Collins, Liudmila Samsonova and Madison Keys dodged the rain on Thursday as they all cruised into the Internationaux de Strasbourg semifinals. No.3 seed Collins was the day's last winner, getting past Clara Burel, 6-1, 6-3. With this win, former World No.7 Collins is projected to return to the Top 10 in Monday's updated rankings. Earlier, No.5 seed Samsonova was the first victor of the day, toppling No.2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 6-0 after 1 hour and 29 minutes of play. No.4 seed Keys also reached the final four with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Magda Linette. Keys had to overcome a near five-hour rain interruption which started at 4-1 in the first set.  The fourth quarterfinal, between No.1 seed Marketa Vondrousova and Anhelina Kalinina, was postponed to Friday morning. The winner of that match will come back later on Friday to face Collins in the semifinals. Barring any additional weather delays, Keys will play Samsonova in Friday's semifinals of th...

After Tuesday's near-total rainout, Wednesday was a busy day for second-round matches at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Here's a breakdown of the day's early matches as the quarterfinal lineup at the WTA 500 clay-court event took shape: Haddad Maia advances: No.2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6(1) victory over Emma Navarro. In the early-round clash between Top 25 players, the Brazilian took the win in 2 hours and 16 minutes. Haddad Maia has yet to make a WTA singles final on clay, but she did post a historic result for Brazil at Roland Garros last year, where she reached her first Grand Slam semifinal. In the quarterfinals, Haddad Maia will face No.5 seed Liudmila Samsonova, in their first meeting. Samsonova was the only player to complete a match on rainy Tuesday. Keys continues clay surge: No.4 seed Madison Keys dismissed Wang Xinyu 7-5, 6-0 to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals. Keys was broken in the first game of the m...

Rain played havoc with the schedule at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Tuesday, with only one second-round match being completed. No.5 seed Liudmila Samsonova ends the day as the only player into the quarterfinals, by virtue of her 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 comeback over Leylah Fernandez. "I think it was an unbelievable match today," Samsonova said afterwards. "I was 6-4, 2-0 down, so it was not easy to come back from that, and I found the game, so I’m really, really happy." The other matches initially scheduled for Tuesday -- No.3 seed Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova, Fiona Ferro vs. Anhelina Kalinina, and No.7 seed and defending champion Elina Svitolina vs. Clara Burel -- were all postponed to Wednesday, after rain delayed Tuesday's start of play by six hours. Samsonova surges: World No.19 Samsonova and 33rd-ranked Fernandez started their match well into the afternoon, and it hit a brief snag when the rain returned at 4-4 in the first set. That interruption la...