Sporting merit? Commercial strategy? A tribute to her legacy? The reasons behind the wild card Venus Williams received into the US Open singles main draw have sparked controversy in tennis. The 46-year-old American has not won a match since July
Iga Swiatek appears to have woken up from the nightmare just in time. She will enter the final stretch of the season with Serena Williams in her sights and a chance to re-establish herself as the defining player of her
LONDON — Serena Williams leaves London with the bitterness of a comeback far more gruelling than she had surely imagined: defeat, injury, withdrawal and a wave of criticism. The final chapter of the first season of her return to the
LONDON — A minor knee injury left Serena Williams’s participation in the women’s doubles at Wimbledon in doubt, where she is entered alongside her sister Venus Williams. The same injury was cited as the reason the North American player did
LONDON — Winning at 44 without having competed for four seasons remains impossible in professional tennis. Serena Williams’s return was a journey back in time: no surprises, but full of symbolism. Twenty-four years is too great a gap on a
MADRID — Serena Williams could not have picked a better tournament for her return — but her body will not withstand the demands of high-level competition again, according to one of the people who knows her muscles and bones best.
LONDON — There is unwavering faith in Serena Williams across the women’s circuit. The verdict is unanimous: the player with the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era will make a successful return. “Serena can do anything. And if
Singles or doubles? A return to become a champion again, or simply to have fun? The highly publicised comeback of Serena Williams, one of the greatest players in tennis history, has no clear direction. “I don’t need to win. I’ve
A winter in North America is never easy, but for two brothers who had just moved from Kiryat Motzkin, Israel, to Canada in 1994, one tennis sticker album brought a much-needed ray of warmth. The collection, meant to promote the
‘Serena Williams wants to play a match against you. She thinks she can beat you.’ Spanish tennis player Francisco “Pato” Clavet, winner of eight titles and ranked 18th in the world in the early 1990s, received a very strange offer
Before starting her day, Alycia Parks thanks God for her greatest gift: “Tennis is a luxury for me.” A devout believer who even prays on the court, and a fan of karaoke, Parks has a powerful game and aggressive style.
Emma Raducanu ‘s life is extraordinary in many ways. At the end of August 2021 she won on court 11 at Flushing Meadows her first match of the US Open qualifiers in front of a handful of people. Nine matches
