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Raducanu’s fall from grace I’ve written this commentary in the spirit of “I told you so.” That’s because it offers a cautionary tale young people would do well to heed. Emma Raducanu won her first and only Grand Slam at the 2021 US Open. But I felt compelled to rain on her parade by publishing… Read more.
‘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.
Raducanu Fires her coach 18-year-old Emma Raducanu shocked the world two weeks ago by winning her first Grand Slam at the US Open. Everyone probably thought her coach, Andrew Richardson, had much to do with her feat. That’s why Raducanu shocked the world again this week when she fired him. Perhaps, now that she’s a big celebrity, she needs a celebrity coach… 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.
Consider this the latest round in the Battle of the Sexes: The head of a major tennis tournament gave his sport a bad name this weekend after saying that female players should ‘thank God’ for their male counterparts. ‘They ride on the coattails of the men,’ said Raymond Moore, a former player and the CEO of… Read more.
Given the way I ended “Tiger’s Back! But He’s Brown, Not Black” two days ago, I can probably be forgiven for saying, I told you so. For just the second time in his professional career, Woods failed to break 80. The missed cut was just the 13th time worldwide that he failed to qualify for… Read more.
