Standing out in a tour that is only beginning to transition out of its most chaotic era in over a decade, Liudmila Samsonova has been the rare player on whom most can agree: this is a WTA rising star.

In the WTA Dubai, UAE Round of 64 on Monday, No. 23-ranked Liudmila Samsonova faces No. 25 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Her most recent time out, Samsonova lost to Jelena Ostapenko 6-7, 5-7 in the ...

No.2 seed Liudmila Samsonova captured her fifth Hologic WTA Tour title, second on grass and first since Tokyo 2022 at the 2024 Libéma Open. Samsonova dethroned two-time defending champion Ekaterina ...