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‘Call Me Coco Champion’ I couldn’t have been happier or prouder this afternoon as I watched 19-year-old Coco Gauff win her first Grand Slam at the US Open. It was merely a matter of time before Coco Gauff won a Grand Slam title. … Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Saturday, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, shrugging off… Read more.
Meghan commiserating with Serena Meghan Markle says people hate her because she’s ambitious, like Serena Williams. That’s her way of commiserating. She released the first episode of her Archetypes podcast today. It features Markel lashing out at those who criticized her for marrying Prince Harry. That reveals how clueless and self-absorbed she is. After all, Markel titled this episode “The Misconception of… Read more.
Serena, the GOAT, Becomes the Sacrificial Lamb On Tuesday, Serena Williams lost in the first round to 115th-ranked Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7). If ever there were a case of the GOAT looking like a sacrificial lamb, this was it. It was the 21st time that Serena Williams has played Wimbledon. It was Harmony Tan’s first… Read more.
Last year, China notoriously disappeared no less a person than Jack Ma, its Jeff Bezos who founded Amazon-like Alibaba, for three months. All indications are that the government detained him for re-education after he got so big for his britches, he thought he could publicly ridicule the ham-handed way apparatchiks were implementing President Xi’s domestic… Read more.
Serena Williams won her 23rd grand slam title in January 2017. Back then, anyone who knows anything about women’s tennis would have bet their life savings she would’ve won at least another two grand slams by now. This, to surpass Margaret Court’s record of 24 and seal her legacy as the unconditional GOAT. That she… Read more.
In a world of trash-talking athletes, Naomi Osaka stands out as a superstar who clearly prefers to let her playing do all the talking. This is why it was hardly surprising when so many athletes spoke out against racial injustice after the infamous killing of George Floyd last year. But it speaks volumes that Osaka… Read more.
Serena Williams is the undisputed GOAT in female tennis. And, even in relative dotage at 37, she still seems capable of padding her record of 23 Grand Slam titles. But I fear stroking her way through all rounds only to come up dry in finals is becoming her destiny. Here in part is how I… Read more.
Naomi Osaka beat her idol, 6-2, 6-4, to win her first Grand Slam title. But all anybody will remember was Williams’ emotional outburst on the court, where she got hit with a game violation in the second set [for, cumulatively, receiving coaching, demanding the umpire apologize to her, breaking her racket, and calling the umpire… Read more.
Rafael Nadal won his 11th French Open on Sunday. But he double faulted on celebrations when he served up reportedly sexist and politically incorrect opinions on equal pay for men and women in Tennis: Female models earn more than male models and nobody says anything. Why? Because they have a larger following. In tennis too,… Read more.
With pregnant Serena Williams sidelined, I really thought (or hoped) her sister Venus (37) would finally match Roger Federer (36) by becoming the oldest woman to win a grand slam title. After all, she made it all the way to the final at the first slam of the year, the Australian Open, only to lose… Read more.
