Articles by David Kane

About David Kane (137 Articles)

Sr. Digital Content Producer, WTA Networks.

Breaking the Barbie Doll: An Academic Perspective on Sharapova v Bouchard

June 6, 2014 // 1 Comment

Embed from Getty Images Beautiful tennis. Beautiful women. Statements both subjective by the very nature of the descriptor. But are they? We pride our sport on its global [...]

From Romania, “With Pleasure:” Simona Halep Shines in Paris

June 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

Embed from Getty Images Think back to ten days ago, to the start of the season’s second Slam. The red clay was fresh and neatly swept. The women’s draw was [...]

Marion Bartoli: More Than “Still A Weirdo”

July 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

Embed from Getty Images In the hours and days following Marion Bartoli’s maiden Grand Slam win, pundits and commentators have been hard at work spinning the wheel of [...]

Challenge Accepted: My Workout with Vera Zvonareva

July 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

Embed from Getty Images The morning after Wimbledon’s now-infamous “Black Wednesday” was a hazy time for most; fans and pundits were trying to come out from beneath the [...]

Eugenie Bouchard: Young Woman in a Big Girl’s Game

June 11, 2013 // 4 Comments

Nearly a year removed from her championship run to the Wimbledon girl’s title, Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard has joined the WTA tour looking every bit the part of [...]

Bethanie Mattek-Sands: Unwritten

June 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

Embed from Getty Images One of my earliest tennis-related memories involves me truncating a fifth-grade journal entry to watch a night match during the 2002 US Open. At the [...]

Caroline Wozniacki: Sick and Tired

May 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

Embed from Getty Images Caroline Wozniacki won’t beat you with power. She doesn’t have a booming serve to guarantee her easy points. She won’t intimidate [...]

The Three Tiers of Triumph at Roland Garros

May 28, 2013 // 1 Comment

Embed from Getty Images At the start of every major tournament, a draw of 128 randomly placed names can be daunting to even the most experienced of tennis fans. It helps to [...]

Owning It: Vandeweghe Versus Putintseva

May 21, 2013 // 4 Comments

Embed from Getty Images During many a Real Housewives reunion special, a middle-aged, mildly affluent woman sits in a tight, off-the-shoulder cocktail dress (I’ve watched a [...]

Dust in the Wind: Schiavone and Kuznetsova Continue Their Downward Slides

May 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

Embed from Getty Images Tennis is a cruel sport. A seemingly endless grind, a single season spans nearly ten months across six continents. Where athletes on team sports sign [...]