Maria Sharapova and Success in the Shadow of Serena
"...it cannot be denied that the WTA Tour remains dictated by a Serenocracy." [...]
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 [...]
Owning It: Vandeweghe Versus Putintseva
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 [...]
The Tennis Island 