by admin | Oct 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff turned back an inspired effort from 294th-ranked Robin Montgomery, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in the resumption of a match that was postponed due to rain a night earlier in the San Diego Open WTA 500. Gauff, who earlier this year reached her first...
by admin | Oct 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova, a one-time U.S. Open runner-up, won their opening matches at the San Diego Open WTA 500 on Tuesday. Stephens, a wild-card entrant from the United States who won the 2017 U.S. Open, got her second win in...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
At first glance, winning seems impossibly easy for Diede de Groot; an almost nonchalant habit of 69 consecutive victories, yielding a Golden Slam – all four grand slams and a Paralympic gold medal – in 2021, followed by a calendar grand slam in 2022. Together, these...
by admin | Oct 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The mantle of world number one in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women’s singles, Serena Williams dominated for years but younger players have emerged to stake their claim for the crown. Read More
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams had a perfectly good explanation for why she didn’t want her 5-year-old daughter, Olympia, attending her tennis matches. And it was mainly because the GOAT would suddenly transform into mom mode on the court. In a preview clip of her appearance...
by admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu reached the quarter-finals of the Korea Open after easing to a 6-3 7-5 victory over Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer. The British number one and tournament sixth seed took one hour and 40 minutes to continue rebuilding in the wake of her recent first-round...
by admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia at the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday due to illness, ending her title defense at the tournament. “I am really sorry that I am not able to compete today,” Osaka...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams may be a tennis legend, but she’s also obsessed with design. As a Nike-sponsored athlete since 2003, she has collaborated with the brand to design clothes and sneakers for two decades. And this has shown her just how underrepresented Black designers...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka, playing her first match since the US Open, advanced to the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open when Australia’s Daria Saville retired with a knee injury in the second game of their evening encounter on Tuesday. The unseeded Osaka is the...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova completed her breakthrough week at the Chennai Open by capturing her first Hologic WTA Tour singles title in comeback fashion. The 17-year-old Fruhvirtova defeated No.3 seed Magda Linette of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final to...
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