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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...

Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova stuns Ons Jabeur to win Wimbledon title

by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Czech Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur heart-broken once again as she claimed a surprise 6-4 6-4 victory on Saturday to become the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title. The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago...

Black Shorts At Wimbledon?! Here’s The Liberating Reason Behind The Rule Change

by admin | Jul 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Wimbledon finally caught up with the 21st Century and agreed to relax their strict all-white outfit rules for female players by letting them wear black shorts for the first time on Tuesday. The grand slam is famously firm when it comes to what tennis aces can wear...

Coco Gauff suffers shock first round defeat at Wimbledon amid mixed results for other US players

by admin | Jul 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Gauff suffered a shock defeat in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday, whilst there were mixed results for her US compatriots elsewhere at the third grand slam of the year. World No. 7 Gauff lost in three sets – 6-4 4-6 6-2 – to fellow American Sofia Kenin in a...

Women’s tennis has a problem: the biggest players aren’t playing

by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The former Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza has become the latest high-profile woman to walk away from tennis, further depleting a tour which is already starved of star power. In an Instagram post, Muguruza said that she was “spending time with family and friends”...

ESPN: Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka reach Australian Open fina

by admin | Jan 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW

What all seemed so different, so daunting, even, about trying to win a Grand Slam title to Elena Rybakina a little more than six months ago is now coming rather naturally. If she can win one more match, she will add a championship at the Australian Open to the one she...

Hard to tell if Elena Rybakina solved the daily Wordle or just won Wimbledon

by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

You would never have known Elena Rybakina had just won Wimbledon. As Ons Jabeur pushed the forehand wide, sealing Rybakina’s first Grand Slam, she clenched her left fist in celebration in the direction of her box. The new champion met with Jabeur at the net,...

Liv Hovde becomes just second American in past 30 years to win Wimbledon girls’ singles title

by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Liv Hovde won the girls’ singles championship at Wimbledon on Saturday, becoming just the second American to win the title at the All England Club in the past 30 years. The junior player beat Luca Udvardy of Hungary 6-3, 6-4 on No. 1 Court. Read...

Ons Jabeur into Wimbledon final, makes history

by admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Ons Jabeur’s historic run of success continues, as she becomes the first woman from Africa to make a singles final of a Grand Slam in the professional era. Her win Thursday at Wimbledon earning her a spot against Elena Rybakina. The No. 3-seeded Jabeur, a...

Coco Gauff, Jack Sock fall in mixed doubles semifinals at Wimbledon

by admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Coco Gauff and Jack Sock have been eliminated from the mixed doubles tournament at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The American pair lost to Australian duo Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebdenin the semifinals 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 on No. 3 Court. Read More
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