2026 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

And whom (poster) said that this was her primary singular goal and ambition ...hmmm

No idea Serena has a full life I guess in ways I can relate I was missing my job when I had my first child even though I loved being a mum still do to this very day, my children are adults and lead a full life, I went back to work after 3 months of having my first child and she turned out fine, I feel as a woman you can do both have a career and being a mum, if you want to be a mum and stay home that is fine too, that is a full time job in itself.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

New Career Highs On WTA Top Ten,
Monday 22nd June,

10. Noskova
22. Bouzkova
46 Bartunkova
47 Parry
48 Olinykova
49. McNally
54. Sonmez
83 Tagger
90 Vidmanova ( top 100 debut)
94. Korneva

New WTA Top Ten,

1. Sabalenka 9,090
2. Rybakina 8,143
3. Swiatek 6,733
4. Pegula 6,380
5. Andreeva 5,751
6. Anisimova 5,523
7. Gauff 4,879
8. Svitolina 4,423
9. Mboko 3,670
10.Noskova 3,489 ( +3)

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

2023 Wimbledon Champion Marketa Vondrousova suspended for 4 years for refusing to take an anti-doping test:

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In regards to Marketa Vondrousova there is no wiggle room on the sentence there is no wiggle room usually if a player refused to be tested, unless there are extenuating circumstances.It does seem strange to me that failing a drug test carries far lesser penalties than refusing to take a drug test.
Marketa's defence said they did not provide proper identification in the proper way? and after Petra Kvitova's knife attack players are very wary
Marketa had cited mental health struggles ( anxiety) as defence but tribunal judged it offered ' no compelling justification".
BTW Marketa turns 27 next week, so she will be 31 when allowed to return to the tour, could be 'career ending'