Venus Williams’ return, at age 45, to the sport she once ruled at the turn of the century is not a prideful pursuit. The seven-time Grand Slam champion is — still — only and purely driven by passion. Source link
Venus Williams is back on the tennis scene, ready to compete for the first time in more than a year, and while she smiled or laughed frequently Sunday while discussing her return at the DC Open, there was something that would make her even happier: if her younger sister Serena were along for the ride….
Diogo Jota was remembered at Wimbledon on Friday as two Portuguese players wore a black ribbon on their all-white attire during their matches, a day after the Liverpool winger and his brother were killed in a car crash. Source link
Sir David Beckham has continued a cherished family tradition at this year’s Wimbledon tournament. Off the back of his recent hospitalisation, the former footballer, 50, has spent a day out at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club with his mum Sandra Beckham, 76. “Tradition with Mum, day one…
Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz are helping usher in a new era for tennis. Source link
Some tennis players, like plenty of people in other walks of life, absolutely hate waking up early to go to work. Not so Coco Gauff, who is just fine with competing at any time of day. Source link
The professional tennis tours and two other defendants jointly filed a motion in federal court in New York to dismiss the class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players’ Association, a group co-founded by Novak Djokovic. Source link
Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open. Source link
Former U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff was preparing to shower in a dark locker room after play at the Madrid Open was suspended and then postponed Monday due to a major power outage in Spain and Portugal. Source link
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Novak Djokovic apparently share a passion for tennis along with their beliefs about vaccines. Source link
