WTA Tennis has, for years, seen a dominating list of stars at the very top of the sport. The Williams sisters in particular had become the gatekeepers of success within top-level women’s tennis. The hands of time catch up with everyone, though, and even their legendary staying power and on-court quality has slowly waned in […]
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With Serena Williams well and truly back on the scene, the American has shown up impressively since the return of competitive tennis. Like many, it looks like the 23-time Grand Slam winner has had her fire re-lit by the enforced downtime caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Having already started to make a big impression so […]
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Like many sports, tennis has been utterly rocked by the COVID-19 crisis. So much so that many major events have been shut off, unlikely to reappear on what will become a deeply truncated season. This is likely to continue for some time, with the WTA announcing the new schedule for the 2020 calendar. At the […]
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Tennis has been off the sporting calendar for months now, and it’s fair to say that it has begun to hurt a lot of fans. The lack of ability to watch elite WTA tennis stars lock horns on the court has been a gruelling one. That, though, is about to change with the introduction of […]
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Like just about every other sport on the planet outside of eSports, tennis has been shut down since the early months of the year. The shutdown has been slowly but surely being dropping off in some places, though; so much so that some sports, including WTA-level tennis, could return in the near future. Indeed, we’re […]
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With the 2020 WTA season on pause until May 2 as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, WTA stars are getting creative with their time away from the courts. Cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 160 countries, causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a pandemic last week. To […]
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While much of the world has gone into shutdown entirely, many people are still able to work from home. One group of people who cannot work from home, though, are athletes. Ah, we hear you say, but don’t all tennis players earn millions? Aren’t they all rich enough to handle the slowdown in their income? […]
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With the COVID-19 outbreak causing problems all around the world, there’s a natural fear for what it means for jobs and livelihoods. And while sports athletes will be far down the list of people to worry about for some, not everyone is pulling in thousands per annum. Indeed, many players struggle to make ends meet […]
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Australian Nick Kyrgios has joined the line-up for this year’s grass-court tournament at Queen’s. The 24-year-old, who was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct at last year’s event, has been praised for improved on-court behaviour this season. He has been in good form, reaching the Australian Open fourth round in January, and also won admirers for his response to […]
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