There was something of a “will she, won’t she” buzz in Rome after Serena Williams pulled out of the Madrid Premier quarter-finals earlier this month with a thigh strain. Would […]
It became one of the more unexpected line-ups, the 2014 Australian Open women’s final. A fortnight ago, the talk was not of whether Serena Williams would reach the final but […]
In truth, the tennis achievement of 2013 had its roots more than six months before, in one of Serena Williams’ favourite cities, Paris. For it was there that she would […]
Billie Jean King spearheaded the creation of the Women’s Tennis Association—the WTA—40 years ago, and it prompted this fan to recall that important decade for King and women’s tennis, and […]
