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WTA Insider Podcast

May 27, 2017

Will the favorites fly or will chaos reign in a tough and open field at the French Open? The Insider Team breaks down an exciting and tricky draw and then puts tennis aside to welcome the return of Petra Kvitova. Hear Kvitova in her own words, as she discussed her return to competition for the first time since the...


May 21, 2017

The 22-year-old Ukrainian consolidated her rise to No.1 on the Porsche Race to Singapore by ending Simona Halep's 10-match win streak to win her tour-leading 4th title of 2017. Hear the Rome champ discuss her demanding ambitions, her Ukranian pride, and how she planning a carbo-loaded celebration in the Eternal City.


May 17, 2017

Over the course of the last five weeks, 21-year-old Anett Kontaveit made her 1st WTA final in Biel/Bienne, scored her first Top 10 win over GarbiƱe Muguruza at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and on Wednesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, she notched her first win over a World No.1, ousting Angelique Kerber with a...


May 17, 2017

"Though Willem de Kooning was distraught after the funeral of his great rival and sometimes friend Jackson Pollock, the abstract expressionist painter was reported to have said, "All right. That's enough. I saw Jackson in his grave. And he's dead. It's over. I'm number one." Thus begins Andrea Petkovic's essay on "The...


May 13, 2017

The Mutua Madrid Open is twice as nice for Simona Halep. The Romanian successfully defended her title after a grueling week and a tough final against Kristina Mladenovic. Halep sat down with Courtney Nguyen and revealed how a "shock" split with coach Darren Cahill re-motivated her and forced a renewed perspective on...