Brady claims maiden title in home nation
JENNIFER Brady has claimed her maiden WTA Tour title by taking out the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington by defeating Swiss talent, Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-4 in the final today. The match lasted an hour and 42 minutes and the title-less Brady was up against Teichmann who had only claimed her own back-to-back titles […]
Teichmann and Brady to face off in Lexington final after 70-minute routs
BOTH Jil Teichmann and Jennifer Brady needed an identical amount of time to secure respective semi-finals victories in the Top Seed Open at Lexington, winning in exactly 70 minutes over their opponents. Teichmann won 6-3 6-2 over United States’ Shelby Rogers to stop an all-American final, while Brady knocked off super young talent, Coco Gauff […]
Serena out in Lexington boilover
IT was not the way the Top Seed Open was meant to go. Top seed and US Open favourite Serena Williams was meant to cruise to victory in the lead-up tournament as many of her closest rivals fell early in the tournament, or opted not to play. But tennis, and in particular the WTA Tour […]
Bellis winds back clock to book quarter final spot
AMERICAN up and comer, Catherine Bellis (known as CiCi) has wound back the clock with back-to-back wins at the Top Seed Open showing her class in the Lexington event to book a spot in the final eight. The 302nd ranked United States representative is a far throw from her 2017 career-high ranking of 35th in […]
Gauff stuns Sabalenka in third top 15 win of her career
TEENAGE prodigy, Coco Gauff showed that that the time off did nothing to slow her down as a future Grand Slam winner, defeating second seed Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka in three tight sets at the Top Seed Open. The win followed on from her stunning victory over reigning Australian Open champion, Naomi Osaka back at Melbourne […]
British fall as other seeds advance on day one at Lexington
GREAT Britain’s great white hope, Johanna Konta‘s season continued to spiral after the third seed slipped up in the first round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington. Konta fell to Czech Marie Bouzkova in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 in two hours and one minute after dropping a match to a lowly ranked compatriot in […]
Top Seed Open draws Serena Williams to the fray
A BRAND new tournament starts up this week in Lexington, Kentucky, with the Top Seed Open set to host a wealth of top ranked players from the North America region in the lead up to the US Open, with hard court experience essential on the return of the tour. Ninth ranked Serena Williams headlines the […]
