With her dominant strokes and smart moves off the court, Williams helped redefine how to be a superstar athlete.
Tag: United States Open (Tennis)
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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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U.S. Open Commits to Fund-Raising Exhibition Match and $2 Million for Ukraine
Unlike at Wimbledon, players from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete at the U.S. Open. Whether they play in an exhibition to support relief efforts in Ukraine is another question.
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Tennis Is Done With Covid-19, but the Virus Isn’t Done With Tennis
With testing, quarantine and isolation requirements all but gone, tennis finally seems to have entered a stage of pandemic apathy, much like a lot of society.
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When Will Federer and the Williams Sisters Call It Quits? Maybe Never.
Advances in physical preparation keep their bodies in the game, and so can the changing nature of sports business and celebrity.