by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Amelie Mauresmo has been appointed as the director of the French Open, becoming the first woman to lead the Roland Garros tournament. Former world No 1 Mauresmo, 42, will succeed Guy Forget, who stepped down from the role on Tuesday with his contract expiring at the...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Not long after Serena Williams’ name was absent from the entry list for the Australian Open, she confirmed the obvious: the seven-time champion won’t play the 2022 edition of the season-opening major in January. The 40-year-old Williams hasn’t played since retiring...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
World No.1 Ash Barty has taken out the WTA Player of the Year award for the second time in her career. Barty won five tournaments in 2021, including her second grand slam title, after beating Karolina Pliskova in three sets during to claim the Wimbledon crown. Read...
by admin | Dec 5, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Billie Jean King who both earned the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award and shared her abortion story in support of Roe v Wade. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Kirk Shipley, the rowing coach at Walt Whitman...
by admin | Dec 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Iga Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, announced Saturday that she is splitting from coach Piotr Sierzputowski after nearly six years working together. “This change is really challenging for me and this decision wasn’t easy, either,” Swiatek wrote in a post on...
by admin | Dec 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The British No 1 has risen a meteoric 324 places since the start of the season and is now No 19 on the end of year WTA rankings. Raducanu was ranked No 338 in the world at Wimbledon where she shocked the world by reaching the fourth round despite being a wildcard...
by admin | Dec 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Darlene Hard, an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles and 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame tennis career, has died. She was 85. She died Thursday at Northridge Hospital in the Los Angeles area after a brief illness, according...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are putting her at “greater risk” and that they are “obviously staged.” One of China’s most recognizable sports...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Some may wonder why the long-awaited biopic about the legendary Williams sisters focused through the viewpoint of their father, Richard Williams. But to Serena Williams, that was the only way the story of their ascension to tennis royalty could have been told. In King...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association has won many plaudits in recent days for its bold stance on Peng Shuai, the prominent Chinese tennis player who disappeared from public sight last month after accusing a powerful retired politician of sexual assault. The organization’s...
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