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Women's singles. Johanna Konta defeated Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Nottingham Open. The win earned Konta her fourth career singles title, her first since 2017, and made her the first British player to win a WTA Tour singles title on home soil since Sue Barker in 1981.
Soccer Saturday grew out of Sports Saturday, which started in August 1992 and was hosted by Paul Dempsey and Sue Barker. [1] Sports Saturday was similar in format to the BBC's Grandstand programme featuring a variety of sports and as with Grandstand, the programme finished with news of the day's football in a segment called Scorelines. [2]
Abu Dhabi Open. · 2023 →. The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural professional edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 6 January to 13 ...
Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. [1] [2] It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall. She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, the first ...
men. women. ← 2019 ·. Mutua Madrid Open. · 2022 →. Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It was her 10th career WTA Tour singles title, and her first on clay. [1]
Barbora Krejčíková defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open. [1] It was her first major singles title. [2] Krejčíková saved a match point en route to the title, in the semifinals against Maria Sakkari, making her the first player since Justine Henin ...
The most recent British winner was Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open Women's Singles, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final. The last man to win a Grand Slam tournament was Andy Murray, who won Wimbledon in 2016, beating Milos Raonic in the final. The most successful British tennis player of all time was Fred Perry, who is the only Briton ...
Doubles. Abu Dhabi Open. · 2023 →. This was a new tournament in 2021. Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating first-time finalist Veronika Kudermetova in the final, 6–2, 6–2. This was Sabalenka's third consecutive title, and her victory against Kudermetova in the final was her 15th consecutive victory, with both streaks dating back to ...