Our columnist grew up playing competitive tennis on Seattle courts that are now caught in the middle of a turf war with pickleball. He took up a paddle to see what all the fuss was about.
Tag: Tennis
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Serena Williams Loses in First Match Since Saying She Will Retire
Williams’s second-round match on Wednesday at the National Bank Open was her last in Canada, and everyone wanted in on it, even Wayne Gretzky.
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Serena Williams Will Retire Tennis Just as She Played — on Her Own Terms
Williams brought her own distinctive flair to tennis, challenging norms that governed fashion, power, decorum, race and gender. By being herself, Williams’s reach far exceeded the game.
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Serena Williams Says She Will Retire From Tennis Sometime After U.S. Open
In a cover story for Vogue, Williams said she was “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”
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Wimbledon Needs More Arthur Ashe Moments, On and Off the Court
Nick Kyrgios and Ons Jabeur brought a fresh diversity to the men’s and women’s singles finals.