by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Daria Kasatkina highlighted the social media abuse she has received after becoming the first player to reach the semifinals of WTA Elite Trophy on Thursday. The sixth-seeded Kasatkina beat 11th-seeded Magda Linette 6-3, 6-4. She then posted on X, the social media...
by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Coco Gauff ranked No. 12 on the 2023 edition of SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable list. She is considered the world’s second most marketable tennis player after Novak Djokovic, who came in at No. 11. The list includes eight tennis players: Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducan and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s sports. She attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia, kicked off the player draft for the new women’s professional hockey league in Toronto and is opening an office in...
by admin | Oct 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday for her tour-leading fifth title of the season. Swiatek’s triumph, in her first visit to China, was her 16th career title and adds to her...
by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Coco Gauff now has the longest women’s winning streak of the year, recording her 15th victory in a row on Thursday by defeating Tokyo champion Veronika Kudermetova in Beijing, 7-6 (5), 6-2. The previous-longest women’s winning streak of the year belonged to Iga...
by admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and US Open champion Coco Gauffnavigated tricky second-round opponents to advance at the China Open on Tuesday. Sabalenka, making her debut at No. 1 in Beijing, came from a break down in each set to see off qualifier Katie Boulter 7-5, 7-6...
by admin | Sep 19, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Greatness recognizes greatness. On the 50th anniversary of equal pay at the US Open, Billie Jean Kingsays watching Coco Gauff win the 2023 US Open is “the reason” she and other women athletes advocated for equal compensation in 1973. “Coco winning...
by admin | Sep 13, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam winner formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, was given a four-year ban for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Tuesday. A 31-year-old native of Romania, Halep has been sidelined since October, when...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Aryna Sabalenka has made a candid admission about how difficult it was for her to be so consistent this year after becoming world No 1 for the first time. The Belarusian has claimed it was “not that hard” to be consistent and also feels nothing can “destroy” her after...
by admin | Sep 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealander Erin Routliffe beat former champions Laura Siegemund of Germany and Russia’s Vera Zvonareva 7-6(9) 6-3 to win the U.S. Open women’s doubles final on Sunday. Dabrowski and Routliffe, who began their partnership...
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