Via The Guardian, commentary on the WTA finals host which revealed its commitment to women’s rights by jailing a female activist:
If a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, [...]
Via the Washington Post, impassioned commentary from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on the potential for the WTA Finals to be held in Saudi Arabia:
Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well [...]
August
31,
2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how - for Ukrainian players, as well as those from Russia and its allies - the unceasing conflict at home has bled into the game:
It was a few days before the start of Wimbledon this [...]
Black tennis players are on the rise, particularly on the men’s side, and fans took notice at the DC Open:
It’s a rare, exciting feeling, the sensation of catching the right athlete (or two) at the right place and time — [...]
Via Global Sport Matters, an article on how the past decade has seen unprecedented institutional gains for pregnant and parenting women athletes, yet a persistent maternal health crisis, the fight for bodily autonomy, and the [...]
Via The New York Times, a look at Billie Jean King, the tennis champion whose activism won equal pay for women at the 1973 U.S. Open and, now 79, she is still leading the fight for equity — in sports and beyond:
The more [...]