by admin | May 30, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Racism directed at athletes is getting worse, and software designed to protect them from abuse has little impact, former US Open champion Sloane Stephens said on Monday. Stephens, speaking after her straight-sets victory over Karolina Pliskova in the French Open first...
by admin | Jan 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu overcame wind and rain in a match which stretched over almost four hours to beat Linda Fruhvirtova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday in her first singles match of 2023 at the ASB Classic. The match twice was interrupted by rain and the second...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It was a rare sight: Katie Ledecky being matched stroke for stroke in a distance race in an American pool. She was up for the challenge. Ledecky out-touched emerging 16-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh by eight hundredths of a second in the 400m freestyle at the U.S....
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu has revealed that she didn’t get any special treatment from her local club following her US Open success last year while her family also went about their business without much fanfare. Just a few months after reaching the fourth round on her Grand Slam...
by admin | Nov 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky is undefeated in domestic, long-course freestyle races of 400 meters or longer since the 2012 Olympic Trials. That streak appears under threat at this week’s U.S. Open. Ledecky is joined on the entry list, and in particular Thursday’s 400m freestyle, by...
by admin | Oct 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former No. 1-ranked player Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency and faces a possible four-year ban from tennis after failing a drug test during the US Open. The ITIA announced the suspension for Halep, a two-time...
by admin | Oct 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova, a one-time U.S. Open runner-up, won their opening matches at the San Diego Open WTA 500 on Tuesday. Stephens, a wild-card entrant from the United States who won the 2017 U.S. Open, got her second win in...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams had a perfectly good explanation for why she didn’t want her 5-year-old daughter, Olympia, attending her tennis matches. And it was mainly because the GOAT would suddenly transform into mom mode on the court. In a preview clip of her appearance...
by admin | Sep 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Thanks to Serena Williams, Frances Tiafoe, Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff, the 2022 U.S. Open on ESPN averaged 1.21 million viewers over the two weeks, up 50% from last year and the third-best for ESPN, the network announced. The audience was boosted during the first...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After Ons Jabeur’s forehand sailed out of bounds, Iga Swiatek immediately dropped to the ground and covered her eyes with her hands. Polish flags waved and “Iga” chants erupted around Arthur Ashe Stadium. Swiatek had just won the US Open, her third...
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