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Billie Jean King helped win equal prize money for women. But the US Open still crowns its women’s champion in best-of-three while requiring its men’s champion to play best-of-five. iPINIONS says either let women play five or make men play three. Equal pay should mean equal play. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hey-billie-jean-king-time-to-finish Read more.
Alex Eala enters the US Open amid extraordinary hype, millions in endorsements, and predictions of global superstardom. But iPINIONS contends that Emma Raducanu shows what can happen when fame and fortune outrun achievement. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/womens-tennis-media-hype-doomed-emma Read more.
‘Call Me Coco Champion’ I couldn’t have been happier or prouder this afternoon as I watched 19-year-old Coco Gauff win her first Grand Slam at the US Open. It was merely a matter of time before Coco Gauff won a Grand Slam title. … Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Saturday, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, shrugging off… Read more.
Raducanu Fires her coach 18-year-old Emma Raducanu shocked the world two weeks ago by winning her first grand slam at the US Open. Everyone probably thought her coach, Andrew Richardson, had much to do with her feat. That’s why Raducanu shocked the world again this week when she fired him. Perhaps, now that she’s a big celebrity, she needs a… Read more.
Granted, it might be too soon to presume first-name-only recognition. So, for the uninitiated, I am referring to Naomi Osaka, the winner of last weekend’s Covid-defying US Open tennis tournament. Naomi Osaka laid down in the middle of the court with her hands folded and stared at the sky. She had just won the US… Read more.
Naomi Osaka beat her idol, 6-2, 6-4, to win her first Grand Slam title. But all anybody will remember was Williams’ emotional outburst on the court, where she got hit with a game violation in the second set [for, cumulatively, receiving coaching, demanding the umpire apologize to her, breaking her racket, and calling the umpire… Read more.
No doubt you recall the media sensation Tiger Woods’s wife caused when she busted his lip, thereby bursting their marital bubble. It happened around Thanksgiving Day in 2009 – when she reacted to breaking news about his cheating by taking one of his irons to his hide, and then to his car. I joined in… Read more.
With pregnant Serena Williams sidelined, I really thought (or hoped) her sister Venus (37) would finally match Roger Federer (36) by becoming the oldest woman to win a grand slam title. After all, she made it all the way to the final at the first slam of the year, the Australian Open, only to lose… Read more.
During the earlier rounds of this US Open, players seemed to be bowing out to make Serena’s ascension to the throne of Women’s Tennis as easy as possible. Everything seemed set for her – not only to become the first woman to win a calendar Grand Slam since Steffi Graf did in 1988, but also to… Read more.
Fashion in women’s tennis is becoming almost as important as the game itself. That’s the naked truth. It explains why commentators are commenting nearly as much on their dress as on their play at this year’s US Open. And their commentary insinuates that there should be a dress code for female players. A dress code for… Read more.
