Fed Cup Fashionistas: Judging the Off-Court Looks
A Fed Cup weekend revives the rivalries you love, and the fashion that makes you go, "what?" [...]
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Five Firecrackers: A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Fed Cup Preview
As the women of the WTA gear up for Rio, which Fed Cup matches are must-see TV? [...]
D&V Debates: Stacey Allaster and the Quelling of an “Urgant” Matter
A discussion about the Tarpischev incident, the WTA's reaction, and what it means to be strong and beautiful. [...]
The Cup of Life: Vitalia Diatchenko and the Two-Fisted Return
The injury-plagued Russian had a career week in Moscow, but it was a struggle getting back to better. [...]
Nadia Petrova and the Albatross of “Almost”
Embed from Getty Images UPDATE: Per this statement from Petrova, she is only taking an indefinite break, and has no plans to retire at this time. While she may return to [...]
Simona Halep and the Power of Perspective
Embed from Getty Images She’ll be back. It was spoken with a Schwarzeneggerian certainty, a reassurance echoed as Roland Garros finalist Simona Halep hid under a towel. [...]
So Wrong, Yet So Right: First Blush on the French Open Final
Embed from Getty Images The French Open Ladies’ final was a travesty. Horrible. Disastrous. Did you watch it? Hopefully you were busy. Everything wrong with tennis was [...]
Breaking the Barbie Doll: An Academic Perspective on Sharapova v Bouchard
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 [...]
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