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Serena Williams Encourages Women in Sports to Persevere Amid Adversity: “You Have to Keep Going”

by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Competing in sports is one of the most empowering vehicles for coming into your own as a young woman – and 23-time Grand Slam singles title winner Serena Williams knows this. Williams, who is featured in Secret Deodorant’s new Just #WatchMe Olympics...

Girls Drop Out Of Youth Sports At Twice The Rate Of Boys. Serena Williams Wants To Change That

by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW

So many young girls around the globe pick up their first tennis racket, win their first match and picture themselves growing up to be the next Serena Williams.  But studies have shown that many of them won’t even continue their sport into their teenage years....

‘Sad story’: An injured Serena Williams is out of Wimbledon

by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Serena Williams bit her upper lip. She held her left hand over her mouth and tried to hold back tears while getting ready to serve. It was the first set of her first-round match Tuesday at Wimbledon, and Williams knew this stay at a tournament where she has won seven...

Serena Williams announces she will not play in Tokyo Olympics

by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Tennis superstar Serena Williams announced on Sunday that she will not be heading to the Tokyo Olympics. “I’m actually not on the Olympic list — not that I’m aware of. And if so then I shouldn’t be on it,” Williams told reporters...

‘THERE’S AN ADVANTAGE MORE THAN EVER FOR HER’ – WILL SERENA WILLIAMS FINALLY WIN GRAND SLAM NO 24 AT WIMBLEDON?

by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The pursuit of No 24 has been a long one. It’s over four years since Serena Williams last won a Grand Slam title, marking the longest spell in her career without a major win. She’s lost in four finals since winning the 2017 Australian Open and made two other...

Serena Williams’s Difficult Season on Clay Catches Up to Her at the French Open

by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW

There is not much left of the main stadium where Serena Williams won her three French Open singles titles in 2002, 2013 and 2015. It has been rebuilt and remodeled in recent years, adding a retractable roof and subtracting a great deal of direct connection with tennis...

Serena Williams rallies to win first night match in French Open history

by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Serena Williams won the first scheduled night session in French Open history. She overcame two set points to beat Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (6), 6-2 under the lights Monday in the first round. Matches at last year’s tournament in September stretched into the night...

Naomi Osaka’s Historic Year Includes Record $55 Million Payday

by admin | May 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Naomi Osaka catapulted into the global spotlight in 2018 with her memorable U.S. Open win over Serena Williams and backed it up four months later with a second grand slam in Australia—the first singles majors ever for a Japanese player. She was hailed...

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka: Two tennis stars are only women in top 100 highest-paid athletes

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW, Uncategorized

Unbelievably there are just two women who cracked the top 100, both of whom are tennis players. Japan’s Naomi Osaka is 15th, in between the former Houston Rockets duo of Rusell Westbrook and James Harden. The world number two won her second US Open title in 2020 and...

Ashleigh Barty, Iga Swiatek, Serena Williams: Ranking the 8 favourites for the French Open

by admin | May 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW

With 128 competitors, 16 wildcards and six former winners, this year’s competition promises to be full of storylines. Świątek will seek to become the first person to defend a women’s title at Roland-Garros since Justine Henin, while Serena Williams remains in search...
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