On Wednesday, Ons Jabeur (No. 33 in the world) meets Wakana Sonobe in the Round of 16 at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open. Jabeur is the favorite against Sonobe for this match, with -350 odds ...

Australian Open junior champion Wakana Sonobe delivered an impressive upset on her WTA main-draw debut, coming from 3-0 down in the second set to defeat No. 55-ranked Yuan Yue 6-4, 6-3 in the first ...

A BU DHABI, 4th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Caroline Garcia suffered an early exit at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, losing in straight sets to Lulu Sun, while 17-year-old Wakana Sonobe produced another ...

Caroline Garcia, Marketa Vondrousova, Ashlyn Krueger and Wakana Sonobe have been added to a star-studded line up for this year's Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, scheduled to take place from February 1-8 ...

It was, in the end, something of a procession, the experienced Wakana Sonobe from Japan easily defeating the USA’s Kristina Penickova in the girls' final at the 2025 Australian Open Junior ...

Wakana Sonobe won her first Junior Grand Slam title, becoming the first Japanese player to capture the girls' singles crown at the Australian Open. The No.4 seed defeated No.6 Kristina Penickova of ...

Wakana Sonobe has become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open girls’ singles title. The 17-year-old, in her fastest singles match of the tournament, took just 54 minutes to down ...

Emerson Jones has fallen short in her quest to claim her first junior grand slam title after losing to Wakana Sonobe in the girls' singles semi-final at the Australian Open. The 16-year-old ...

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Chatting to Japan’s Wakana Sonobe just after she reached the Australian Open girls’ semi-finals is very much a learning experience. Turning up at the appointed time on the interview terrace at ...