Tennis: Long road to book rare semifinal shot
Today Tamira Paszek will play her seventh match in seven days.
Today Tamira Paszek will play her seventh match in seven days.
Radio Sport's Matt Brown and David Mustard cover off the day four action at the ASB Classic which decided the semi-finals for tomorrow. In one game it's Caroline Wozniacki against Sloane Stephens. In the other it's Julia Goerges against Tamira Paszek.
Herald tennis writer Michael Burgess provides regular updates from the fourth day at the ASB Classic.
Naomi Broady is into the ASB Classic third round and talks to NZ Herald about Ivanovic, local support and financial struggles.
Things really got heated when Naomi Broady and Jelena Ostapenko clashed.
Erakovic hasn't played with Soler-Espinosa for almost a decade, but the duo have struck up a great understanding at this tournament.
Caroline Wozniacki has advanced to the quarter finals of the ASB Classic with a crushing 6-0 6-2 win over American Christina McHale.
Relive all the action as Michael Burgess provided regular updates from the third day at the ASB Classic.
British outsider who defeated Ana Ivanovic says her friends back home were more interested in the fact that she had faced soccer star's girlfriend.
Marina Erakovic has progressed to the second round of the ASB Classic, after a stirring 7-6 (2) 7-6 (3) over Yulia Putintseva.
Regular updates of day two at the ASB Classic where the three big names of Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic take centre court.
Radio Sport's Matt Brown and David Mustard look to the action on Tuesday with big name stars in action and our Kiwi hope Marina Erakovic as well.
Caroline Wozniacki faced early scares in the tournament but will get some relief after Venus Williams took an early exit.
One of the top seeds at the ASB Classic has likened the on court experience to playing "in a bar", due to a new entertainment facility set up behind the court.
It's unusual for the "house full" signs to go up this early in the week, but it could happen today at the ASB Classic.
Latest updates from day one at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
Draw gives champion the best possible chance of a repeat ASB Classic triumph as she dodges Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of his current tournament in Abu Dhabi - but ASB Classic organisers are still hopeful their top seed will front next week.
Three of the biggest stars in women's tennis are in Auckland next week for the 2016 ASB Classic.
Francesca Schiavone gets the final wildcard into the 2016 ASB Classic, rounding out the strongest field in the event's history.
For much of her career, Sloane Stephens has lived with one of the most unwanted tags in tennis.
Choppers, private beaches, Champagne on tap and water shipped in from the Alps are are just some of the secrets behind Auckland's world tennis lure.
Radio Sport’s Matt Brown and the New Zealand Herald’s Michael Burgess analyse the men’s field named for next month’s ASB Classic.