by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
So many young girls around the globe pick up their first tennis racket, win their first match and picture themselves growing up to be the next Serena Williams. But studies have shown that many of them won’t even continue their sport into their teenage years....
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Fresh from her breakthrough Grand Slam performance at Wimbledon, world number three Aryna Sabalenka is heading to the 2020 Olympics determined to win a medal for Belarus and says she has no reason to fear any of her rivals in Tokyo. The 23-year-old has won 10 titles...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka appears on the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, becoming the first female Black athlete to do so. Osaka’s cover comes on the heels of her controversial withdrawal from the French Open after decision to not speak with...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Coco Gauff will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the American tennis star tweeted Sunday. Gauff, 17, was to play in her first Olympic games, becoming the youngest Olympic tennis player since 2000. With Serena Williams opting...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
This tennis champ isn’t just breaking records on the court—in fact, Naomi Osaka‘s net worth proves that she’s the top-earning female athlete in a single year, ever. But how did she get to earn that much money? Well, let’s just say that when you’re already a...
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon may not have ended how she or the British public will have wanted but there is plenty to be positive about for the 18-year-old. Not least that she won the Wimbledon Breakthrough Award this week, sponsored by Chinese brand Oppo, a...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin, who won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand Slam, has died at 94. Her death Tuesday was confirmed by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where she was a 1970 inductee. She lived in Naples....
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Barty party has begun. The No. 1 ranked Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova in three sets Saturday, becoming the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon since 1980. Her victory came 50 years after Barty’s idol, Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley, won her...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka has another accomplishment to add to her ever-growing resumé: the 23-year-old was just named Best Athlete in Women’s Sports at the 2021 ESPY Awards. The tennis star, who also won the award for Best Athlete in Women’s Tennis, attended the ceremony on...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Ash Barty has reached her first Wimbledon final by beating Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (3). Kerber served for the second set at 5-3 but was broken at love on Centre Court. Barty then took a 6-0 lead in the tiebreaker and converted her fourth match point when...
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