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Naomi Osaka’s comeback spoiled with first-round defeat at Australian Open

by admin | Jan 16, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Naomi Osaka returned to Grand Slam tennis after maternity leave in the same way she left it, with a first-round loss after going down 6-4 7-6 (2) to Caroline Garcia on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open on Monday. Taking on the experienced French 16th seed, who is...

Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard is in her pickleball era

by admin | Jan 11, 2024 | Representation, SEW

More than a decade after she first played Serena Williams in a WTA match, Eugenie Bouchard remembers the fear. It was the round of 32 in Cincinnati in August 2013. Bouchard was 19 and a relative newcomer on tour. Williams was, well, Serena Williams, a winner of 16...

Coco Gauff rallies to defeat Elina Svitolina in Auckland final

by admin | Jan 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Top-seeded Coco Gauff has retained her title at the WTA Auckland Classic, beating second-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 in Sunday’s final. For the first time all week, Gauff had a fight on her hands. She swept into the final without dropping a set; in...

Emma Raducanu marks return with first-round win in Auckland

by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Emma Raducanu marked her return to competitive action after an eight-month absence with a 6-3 4-6 7-5 win against world No. 134 Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Auckland Classic on Monday. In the buildup to the tournament, the former US Open Champion had said she felt...

Naomi Osaka gears up for return hoping to inspire daughter

by admin | Jan 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Naomi Osaka said motherhood had given her a new outlook and the former world number one hoped to inspire her daughter Shai when she returned to the WTA tour at the Brisbane International that begins on Sunday. The four-times Grand Slam champion last competed in a WTA...

Sports Icon Billie Jean King Scores With ‘Groundbreakers,’ As Female Athletes Discuss How Their Struggles Have Shaped Women’s Sports

by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Billie Jean King always knew that she’d make a difference. “When I was seven, I was drying dishes. I go, “Mommy, mommy, I’m going to do something great with my life. I know it. I just know it.” And she said, “Just get back drying those dishes, you know, and...

Naomi Osaka set to return to tennis at Brisbane International less than six months after giving birth

by admin | Nov 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka is set to return to tennis at the Brisbane International less than six months after giving birth. Osaka, a former world No. 1, hasn’t played on the WTA Tour since September 2022 and in July of this year announced the birth of...

Iga Swiatek beats Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-0 to win WTA Finals – as it happened

by admin | Nov 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Here is Tumaini Carayol’s verdict – stay tuned for the full report. Iga Swiatek continued on the path to becoming one of the greatest tennis players of her time as she demolished Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-0 to win the WTA Finals for the first time in her young, brilliant...

Iga Swiatek takes WTA Finals match as Coco Gauff struggles

by admin | Nov 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW

US Open champion Coco Gauff double-faulted four times in a row while serving for the second set and wound up losing 6-0, 7-5 to four-time major title winner Iga Swiatek in round-robin action at the WTA Finals on a windy Wednesday night. “A tough day in the...

Coco Gauff, 19, secures first WTA Finals win of career

by admin | Oct 31, 2023 | Representation, SEW

US Open champion Coco Gauff earned the first WTA Finals victory of her career on Monday night, breezing past three-time major runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-1 in a round-robin match interrupted for a little more than an hour by rain. Gauff, a 19-year-old from Florida,...
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