Naomi Osaka announced on social media Wednesday that she’s expecting a child and that she hopes to return to tennis early next year. Scott Barbour/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Barbour/Getty Images Naomi Osaka announced on social media Wednesday that she’s expecting a child and that she hopes to
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Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer
Martina Navratilova looks on after the Women’s Singles Final match during the 2022 U.S. Open in New York. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Stier/Getty Images Martina Navratilova looks on after the Women’s Singles Final match during the 2022 U.S. Open in New York. Sarah Stier/Getty Images Martina
Can a Tennis Player Share His Heart, and Courts, With Pickleball?
Allow me to begin with an admission. I haven’t exactly been a fan of pickleball, the sport that is sweeping America like thorny tumbleweeds blowing across the windswept plains. I’ve always been jarred by the sound of it: Thwack! Though pickleball, a hybrid paddle sport, is increasingly sharing space with
Serena Williams Will Retire Tennis Just as She Played — on Her Own Terms
She is a symbol. A persona. An athlete who has gone far beyond the footsteps of her trailblazing sister and came to rule a cloistered, mostly white sport. She refuses to stop there. Announcing her plans to retire from tennis, Serena Williams said on Tuesday that she will focus her
For Serena Williams, Tennis — Not Motherhood — Was a Sacrifice
Tennis is a uniquely grueling sport for new parents. Much of the calendar year is considered in season, and much of that season is spent crisscrossing the globe for tournaments. But returning to the biggest stages in the world did not seem to be much of a question for Williams.
Serena Williams Forced Her Way Into the Tennis History Books
Serena Williams’s fellow tennis professionals already know what their sport is like without her. She has played very little in the past two years and has played just two singles matches in the past 13 months. But as Williams, now 40 years old, made plain in announcing her impending retirement
Serena Williams Says She Will Retire From Tennis Sometime After U.S. Open
The world first came to know Serena Williams as a 17-year-old with beaded braids, overwhelming power and precocious intelligence and poise when she stunned her sport by winning the first of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at the 1999 U.S. Open. So began a journey that, with plenty of
Charts Show Serena Williams’s Storied Career in Tennis
Serena Williams has signaled that the U.S. Open that begins later this month could be the end of her storied career. She won her first Grand Slam — the U.S. Open — in 1999, when she was 17 years old, beating the top-seeded Martina Hingis. She went on to become
Serena Williams to Retire From Tennis After U.S. Open
Serena Williams hinted at her retirement plan one day before announcing it in a Vogue cover story, telling reporters in Toronto that she “can’t do this forever.” Source link
Serena Williams says she intends to retire from tennis after the U.S. Open
Serena Williams, shown here in Australia in 2014, has announced that she is retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Serena Williams, shown here in Australia in 2014, has announced that she is retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open.