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Champions Corner: Swiatek s...

02.28.2021

Iga Swiatek captured her first hardcourt title and second career title, winning the 2021 Adelaide International with a 6-2, 6-2 win over No.2 seed Belinda Bencic in the final. Everything came together perfectly for Swiatek in Adelaide, where she steamrolled ...

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02.28.2021 Champions Corner: Swiatek sizzles in Adelaide win Iga Swiatek captured her first hardcourt title and second career title, winning the 2021 Adelaide International with a 6-2, 6-2 win over No.2 seed Belinda Bencic in the final. Everything came together perfectly for Swiatek in Adelaide, where she steamrolled ...
02.21.2021 Champions Corner: Naomi Osaka wins No.4 at the Australian Open Naomi Osaka captured her fourth major title at the Australian Open, defeating Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 to win her 2nd title in Melbourne. Osaka has now pulled off the New York-Melbourne double twice in her young career, and she will ...
01.14.2021 Champions Corner: Aryna Sabalenka picks up where she left off Aryna Sabalenka can't lose. The 22-year-old Belarusian finished the 2020 season with back-to-back titles and she kicked off her 2021 season with another, defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 to win the Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open. Her winning week ...
10.29.2020 A pillar of professionalism, Julia Goerges retires. Julia Goerges has announced her retirement, ending a 15-year career that that saw her break into the Top 10, make a Wimbledon semifinal, capture seven WTA singles titles, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder alongside Germany's Golden Generation of talent, with Angelique Kerber, ...
10.26.2020 Champions Corner: Sabalenka Sweeps in Ostrava Aryna Sabalenka came back from the brink at the J&T; Banka Ostrava Open to become the first player to sweep the singles and doubles titles at a Premier-level or higher since 2016. After being five points from losing in her ...
10.11.2020 Champions Corner: Swiatek stuns in historic Roland Garros run The youngest Roland Garros champion since Monica Seles. The most dominating Roland Garros title run since Stefanie Graf. The first Grand Slam singles champion from Poland. 19-year-old Iga Swiatek checked off quite a few boxes in Paris, where she lost ...
09.21.2020 Champions Corner: Halep reminisces in Rome Simona Halep extended her winning streak to 14 matches by finally capturing the one big clay-court title that has eluded her. The World No.2 came through in her third final in Rome to win the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for her ...
09.13.2020 Champions Corner: Osaka makes a statement at US Open Naomi Osaka became the youngest woman to capture her third major title since 2008, rallying from a set and a break down to defeat Victoria Azarenka in the final of the 2020 US Open. Osaka joins the podcast to reflect ...
09.09.2020 Original 9: Gladys Heldman On this episode we continue our series on the 50th anniversary of the Original 9, who came together on September 23rd in 1970 to sign a one dollar contract with promoter and World Tennis Magazine founder Gladys Heldman to form ...
08.29.2020 Champions Corner: Victoria Azarenka returns to the Winner's Circle in Cincy Victoria Azarenka ended a 12-month winless drought in style at the 2020 Western & Southern Open, not only capturing her first main draw match win since the summer of 2019, but her first title since 2016 and her first title ...
08.17.2020 Champions Corner: Simona Halep, Jennifer Brady win big on restarts Simona Halep and and Jennifer Brady join the WTA Insider Podcast to reflect on their successful season restarts, which were punctuated by title runs at the Prague Open and Top Seed Open in Lexington, respectively. World No.2 Halep extended her ...
06.23.2020 In Conversation: Billie Jean King Billie Jean King will never stop fighting. As part of the WTA's month-long celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, the WTA Legend and founder joins the podcast to reflect on how far the tennis LGBTQ community has come and where it ...
02.29.2020 Champions Corner: Sabalenka finds peace in Doha Aryna Sabalenka rediscovered her game en route to the 2020 Qatar Total Open title, defeating tricky opponents, and mind-numbing wind, and Petra Kvitova in the final, 6-3, 6-3, to capture her first title of the season. The 21-year-old joins the ...
02.29.2020 Champions Corner: Hsieh/Strycova Complete the Middle East Sweep in Doha Top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova dominated the tour's swing through the Middle East, becoming just the second doubles team to ever sweep the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and Qatar Total Open. Hsieh and Strycova rebounded from their ...
02.10.2020 Original 9: Judy Dalton The WTA Insider Podcast is excited to kick off our Original 9 podcast series, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic One Dollar Photo and the formation of the Virginia Slims Tour in 1970, which led to the foundation ...
02.05.2020 Champions Corner: Inside the Babos/Mladenovic Bond Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic picked up right where they left off in 2019. Having capped off the season by winning the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, the duo became the first team since 2004 to win the Australian Open title ...
02.02.2020 Champions Corner: Sofia Kenin proves them wrong at the Australian Open. Sofia Kenin became the youngest Australian Open champion since one of her idols Maria Sharapova and is set to become the youngest American to make her Top 10 debut since her other idol, Serena Williams. Now she's ready for her ...
01.13.2020 Champions Corner: Karolina Pliskova, Queen of Brisbane Karolina Pliskova became the winningest player in Brisbane International history after becoming the first woman to win the title three times, defeating Madison Keys to capture the first Premier title of the season. Pliskova joins the podcast to discuss what ...
11.04.2019 Champions Corner: Ashleigh Barty wins the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen World No.1 Ashleigh Barty sealed her outstanding WTA season by winning the 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, defeating defending champion Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3 to tally her tour-leading 56th win of the season and fourth title of the year. For ...
10.27.2019 Porsche Race to Shenzhen Podium Podcast with World No.1 Ashleigh Barty The season-long Porsche Race to Shenzhen is over and it's Australia's 23-year-old phenom Ashleigh Barty who takes the checkered flag. The World No.1 joins the WTA Insider Podcast to reflect on her standout season, which saw her win three titles ...
10.06.2019 Champions Corner: Naomi Osaka sends a message with China Open win Naomi Osaka extended her win-streak to 10 consecutive matches since the US Open, defeating World No.1 Ashleigh Barty 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the China Open. The title is Osaka's third of the season and fifth of her career, paving ...
09.28.2019 Champions Corner: Aryna Sabalenka unleashes the tiger in Wuhan title defense Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open title, defeating Alison Riske 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win her second title of the season and move her undefeated record in Wuhan to 12-0. Sabalenka joins the podcast to discuss the ...
09.12.2019 Exclusive: Kim Clijsters announces her comeback Former No.1 and four-time major champion Kim Clijsters joins the WTA Insider Podcast to discuss her decision to return to the tour over eight years since retiring in 2012. A popular player in the locker room and fan-favorite all over ...
09.08.2019 Champions Corner: Bianca Andreescu proves she's the real deal in New York 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu made Canadian history at the 2019 US Open, becoming the first Canadian singles Slam champion ever with her 6-3, 7-5 win over Serena Williams in the final. After starting the season ranked No.152m, Andreescu will rise to ...
08.19.2019 Champions Corner: Madison Keys brings it home in Cincinnati Madison Keys blasted 245 winners, including 45 in her 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the Western & Southern Open and return to the Top 10. The 24-year-old defeated four Slam champions - Garbiñe Muguruza, Simona Halep, Venus ...
07.13.2019 2019 Wimbledon: Simona Halep plays it perfect to win the Championships Simona Halep played the match of her life to defeat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 to win 2019 Wimbledon. The World No.7, who will rise to No.4 on Monday, dropped just one set over the fortnight to become the first Romanian ...
07.07.2019 Andrea Jaeger on prodigies, platforms, and philanthropy Former World No.2 Andrea Jaeger joins the podcast at Wimbledon after the launch of her Little Star Foundations Global Art Competition, to discuss how she grappled with the platform her early success gave her and offers advice for current athletes ...
06.09.2019 Champions Corner: Ash Barty comes full circle at Roland Garros Ashleigh Barty's first overseas trip from Australia took her to Paris 10 years ago as a 13-year-old. Now, the 23-year-old, who will rise to No.2 in the rankings on Monday, is the 2019 French Open champion. Barty became the first ...
05.19.2019 Champions Corner: Karolina Pliskova reigns in Rome Karolina Pliskova came to Rome with zero expectations and she leaves with the biggest clay title of her career. The Czech, who will rise to No.2 on Monday, rewrote her history in Rome, defeating Johanna Konta in the final to ...
05.12.2019 Champions Corner: Kiki Bertens makes history in Madrid (w/ Raemon Sluiter) Kiki Bertens became the first woman to ever win the Mutua Madrid Open title without losing a set, defeating reigning Roland Garros champion Simona Halep 6-4, 6-4 to win the biggest title of her career. The 27-year-old will make more ...
04.28.2019 Champions Corner: Petra Kvitova drives away in Stuttgart In the end, Petra Kvitova raced away with her first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title in Stuttgart, defeating Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 7-6(2) to win her 27th career title. It wasn't always easy sailing for the Czech, who is set to ...
04.10.2019 Julie Heldman on her new book, WTA history, and mental health Julie Heldman, a member of the Original 9, marvels at what the WTA Tour has become in the 49 years since her brave cohorts signed the famous one dollar contract to form what would become the WTA. But she also ...
04.08.2019 Champions Corner: Madison Keys kicks up the clay in Charleston (w/ Juan Todero) Madison Keys can win on clay. Now that she has, maybe she'll finally believe it. The 24-year-old took home her first clay title at the Volvo Car Open, defeating Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5), 6-2 in the final. The win capped off ...
03.30.2019 Champions Corner: Ash Barty stuns at Miami Open Australia's Ashleigh Barty capped off a Sunshine Swing full of surprises by defeating Karolina Pliskova to win the biggest title of her career at the Miami Open. The 22-year-old's title run included big wins over two of the most in-form ...
03.18.2019 Champions Corner: Bianca Andreescu makes history at Indian Wells Bianca Andreescu didn't believe she'd win the BNP Paribas Open title when she arrived in Indian Wells and she almost bowed out in the first round. But the winningest player across all levels this season put together a statement run ...
02.23.2019 Champions Corner: Belinda Bencic is the 'Comeback Kid' in Dubai Belinda Bencic capped off a stunning and dramatic run to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title, defeating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to win her second Premier 5 title. En route to her biggest title since 2015, the 21-year-old ...
01.27.2019 Champions Corner: Naomi Osaka ascends to No.1 after Australian Open triumph Naomi Osaka is set to rise to World No.1 on Monday after her hard-fought fortnight in Melbourne, where she walked away with her second major title, defeating Petra Kvitova 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4 to win the Australian Open. It's deja vu ...
01.25.2019 Champions Corner: Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai take home the Australian Open doubles title Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai tallied their 10th consecutive win to win the Australian Open title, defeating No.2 seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-4 to win their first major title as a team. Stosur and Zhang join the ...
01.25.2019 Australian Open Final Preview: Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova relaxed and ready to go Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova have never faced each other. Neither have won the Australian Open. Neither has ever been World No.1. All that changes on Saturday, as the two champions face-off in the Australian Open final, with the winner ...
01.12.2019 2019 Australian Open Preview (w/ Reem Abulleil) The first Slam of the 2019 season is already upon us! Freelance tennis reporter Reem Abulleil joins the podcast to analyze the draw and highlight the biggest storylines heading into the 2019 Australian Open.
01.07.2019 Champions Corner: Karolina Pliskova's perfect start in Brisbane Karolina Pliskova kicks off the 2019 Champions Corner Season after taking home her second Brisbane International title, coming back from the brink in the final to defeat Lesia Tsurenko 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. The Czech reflects on her week on the ...
12.30.2018 New Year, New Me: Naomi Osaka bringing positive vibes into 2019 WTA Insider catches up with reigning US Open champion Naomi Osaka at the Brisbane International after her off-season recharge. The 21-year-old discusses how things have changed at home after her breakout 2018 season, her New Year's resolutions, and how fame ...
11.05.2018 Dubai Duty Free Year-End No.1s Simona Halep (w/ Darren Cahill) & Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova For the second consecutive year, Simona Halep was awarded the WTA Year-End World No.1 Singles Award presented by Dubai Duty Free, receiving the Chris Evert World No.1 Trophy at a ceremony at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by ...
11.04.2018 Champions Corner: Ashleigh Barty wins Zhuhai in style Ashleigh Barty came through a tough draw to win the biggest title of her young career at the 2018 Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, defeating Wang Qiang 6-3, 6-4 to win her second title of 2018. With the win, ...
10.30.2018 Champions Corner: Babos/Mladenovic soar to Singapore title Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic started their 2018 season by winning the biggest title in January at the Australian Open and they sealed a dream season with the title at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. ...
10.30.2018 Champions Corner: Elina Svitolina stuns in Singapore Elina Svitolina capped off a dramatic final Singapore staging of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global by winning the biggest title of her career and becoming the 1st woman since Serena Williams in 2013 to go ...
10.23.2018 Coach's Corner: Rennae Stubbs putting it on the line for Pliskova Doubles legend and ESPN commentator Rennae Stubbs joins the podcast from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global to discuss her coaching partnership with former No.1 Karolina Pliskova, her call to bring more former players into the ...
10.22.2018 Champions Corner: Daria Kasatkina wins Moscow to make Top 10 debut It's been a fantastic season for Daria Kasatkina, but she saved her biggest moment for the last weekend of the 2018 WTA regular season. The 21-year-old Russian came back from a set and 4-1 down in the final to defeat ...
10.21.2018 Simona Halep wins the 2018 Porsche Race to Singapore Simona Halep tops off her dream 2018 season by finishing the year atop the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard for the second consecutive season. The World No.1 and 2018 WTA Player of the Year joins the podcast from the BNP ...
10.19.2018 2018 WTA Finals Preview (w/ Pete Odgers, Sophie Amiach, and Mikey Perera) The draw is done and the groups are set for the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, and the WTA World Feed commentary team can't contain their excitement. Pete Odgers, Sophie Amiach, and Mikey Perera join ...

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