There are a couple of odd phenomena at the top of the women’s game these days, and this late-season thriller exemplified both.

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WTA Doubles Final tournament, Veronika Kudermetova will delight tennis fans in Russia with her game. Last season was one of ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will compete for the biggest single payday in women’s tennis history as they bid to win the WTA Finals for the first time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sabalenka and ...

Aryna Sabalenka finally got to avenge her memorable French Open Final loss to American Coco Gauff. The world's No. 1 women's tennis player defeated Gauff in straight sets, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, to win the ...

Elena Rybakina became the first player to qualify for the 2025 WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a stunning comeback win over Iga Świątek. Świątek had eased to the first set 6-3, but ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the WTA Tour Finals race went down to the wire, a ...

Most of the tennis world (players and fans) take a quick break between the US Open and the Asian Swing of the schedule. But not rising American women's tennis star Iva Jovic. The 17-year-old captured ...

No. 3 seed Diana Shnaider won her fifth career WTA singles title by defeating compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in 2 hours and 11 minutes. It's Shnaider's second title at the WTA ...

Diana Shnaider (3), Russia, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (2), Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Nicole Melichar-Martinez, United States, and Cristina Bucsa (4), Spain, def ...