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Defending champion Jabeur to miss Madrid Open

Tunisian Ons Jabeur will not defend her title at the WTA Madrid Open after withdrawing Monday with a calf injury.

The Hindu

Wimbledon set to make £500,000 Ukraine donation after Russian ban U-turn

Ukrainian players will also receive free hospitality and training facilities at this summer’s championships.

The National (Scotland)

Wimbledon to house Ukraine's players, fund relief efforts

The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court season and will donate what could top more than $600,000 after deciding to allow players from Russia and Belarus back into the tournament despite the ongoing war

The Independent UK

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Mailbag: Why the WTA Is Already Returning to China

The courage the organization showed in taking a stand after the disturbing Peng Shuai situation was short-lived.

Sports Illustrated

Emma Raducanu one of the chosen few as WTA tournament places dry up

The Stuttgart event has a limited field which means even many top female tennis players must look elsewhere to survive

The Guardian - UK

LTA makes financial loss after fines for ban on Russian and Belarusian players

The WTA and ATP penalised the governing body approximately £1.4million.

The Independent UK

LTA fine from WTA for barring Russian and Belarusian tennis players is halved

The fine imposed by the world governing body for women’s tennis has been cut to $375,000 following a successful appeal

The Guardian - UK

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Tennis’s support for Peng Shuai has turned to dust with WTA’s China U-turn

The power of money has won out again as the game’s ruling body has decided to depart from its previous principled approach

The Guardian - UK

Women’s tennis events to make China return after Peng boycott

WTA gives up on its boycott, making little progress on the situation that prompted it to move tournaments out of China.

Al Jazeera

SI:AM | The Rays Can’t Be Stopped

They’re going for history on Thursday afternoon against the Red Sox.

Sports Illustrated

WTA ends China boycott but vows not to ‘let Peng Shuai be forgotten’

Tournaments will again be held in the country this autumn for the first time since early 2020.

The Independent UK

WTA will return to China after ending boycott over Peng Shuai concerns

The WTA is to host tournaments in China once more after ending its boycott over concerns about the safety of the Chinese player Peng Shuai

The Guardian - UK

Why is women’s tennis China boycott over Peng Shuai ending?

The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in late 2021 over concerns about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai’s well-being

The Independent UK

Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

The women’s professional tennis tour will return to China later this year, ending a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault

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Sports Illustrated

WTA to Return to China, Despite Uncertain Status of Peng Shuai

The tour is reversing its demand for a transparent investigation into Peng’s sexual assault allegations.

Sports Illustrated

Mailbag: Saudi Arabia’s Complicated Potential Future in Tennis

The Middle Eastern nation is likely to play a role in the sport going forward. The WTA and ATP will have to decide how large that role is.

The Independent UK

Russian tennis player speaks out after sparking outrage with Spartak Moscow shirt

Anastasia Potapova was criticised by Iga Swiatek after wearing the shirt during Indian Wells

The Independent UK

Iga Swiatek says tennis authorities should have banned Russian players

The world No 1 believes the tennis authorities should banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing in any tournament from the beginning

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Two of Tennis’s Brightest Young Stars May Be Developing a Rivalry for the Ages

Sure, the sample size is small. But there are undeniable parallels between this young duo and one of the sport’s all-time greatest rivalries.

The Independent UK

Tennis resumes in China without Peng Shuai resolution

The WTA suspended all tournaments in China after Peng Shuai’s disappearance from public view

The Independent UK

ITF resumes tennis in China with no word on Peng Shuai

The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China

Asharq Al-Awsat

Svitolina Criticizes ‘Useless’ WTA amid Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian players do not get enough support from women's tennis governing body WTA amid Russia's invasion of their country, Elina Svitolina said on Tuesday. Svitolina, back on the tour at the Charleston Open after a maternity break, spoke to support fellow Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko, who said she withdrew from…

Radio France Internationale

Wimbledon clears Russian and Belarusian players for 2023 tournament

Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to compete at the season's third Grand Slam event at Wimbledon as well as other British grass court tournaments after the All England Club (AELTC) and Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) on Friday jointly opted to reverse their bans on players from…

Miami Herald

World No. 2 Sabalenka upset in the Miami Open as 74th-ranked Cirstea reaches semis

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Not only did 74th-ranked Sorana Cirstea of Romania upset World No. 2 Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday in a Miami Open quarterfinal to reach her first semifinal in a Masters 1000-level tournament in 10 years, she did it as one of the oldest women on the…

Sports Illustrated

Peng Shuai’s Condition Is Still Unknown. And the WTA Will Soon Have to Choose: Principle or Profit?

The tour has effectively boycotted China since she went missing 17 months ago—but key decisions on the future schedule loom.

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