by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams, whom I interviewed as one of our six Power of Women New York honorees, clearly has broken barriers. And she has great admiration for other women who have done the same in their respective realms. As for her biggest role models, Williams says she really...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
She concedes she “was listening too much to outside noise”, but Coco Gauff is finally starting to feel a bit more at ease and doing things her way. Gauff made the tennis world sit up and take note of her talent when she became the youngest player to reach the main...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams is a fierce warrior both on and off the court. One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur reached her second WTA 1000 semifinal on Wednesday by defeating two-time Madrid Open champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-2. “It’s never easy to play Simona,” said Jabeur, who lost to Halep in Dubai earlier this year. “Really...
by admin | May 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The road to Nike’s gargantuan campus from downtown Portland has some familiar features. Heading west to bucolic Beaverton, you pass tents lining the streets to the freeway, but after about a half-hour, you turn up at a place like none other on Earth. In the average...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Tennis legend and WTA founder Billie Jean King recalled meeting Serena and Venus Williams on the 34th anniversary of the first time she met the greatest sister duo in tennis history. In 1988, King met the Williams sisters, that would later go on to become all-time...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Czech tennis star Marie Bouzkova produced a shot of the year contender during her round of 16 match against Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Madrid Open. Bouzkova lost the match in a three-set thriller but produced an extraordinary passing shot early in the opening set....
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What would you do if you were not afraid? Serena Williams once said, “I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.” As one of the greatest athletes ever – not female athlete, but athlete, period – Williams has continued to...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Simona Halep continued to impress at the Madrid Open by overpowering American teenager Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 to make the quarterfinals on Monday. A two-time Madrid Open champion, Halep upset No. 2-ranked Paula Badosa in the second round. Read More
by admin | May 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Just watch her hit a few balls and there’s no denying, Naomi Osaka has power. At 24 she’s won four Grand Slams (the U.S. and Australian Opens, both twice), and last summer she lit the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Games, representing her birth country,...
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