Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion, so her return to action this year was always going to heighten expectations. Osaka ended her 15-month hiatus when she rejoined the WTA Tour at the start of 2024.
After an exciting inaugural season, it is time to see which team has what it takes to become the first-ever Walter Cup Champions. The PWHL started with a bang, with exciting games, record-breaking crowds, and a popularity that skyrocketed across the sports world.
Leylah Fernandez has been honored in her home city of Montreal with a mural that she hopes will inspire aspiring women tennis players in Canada. For a country that has surprisingly produced a dearth of tennis greats, Fernandez ranks very high on the list of the best Canadian tennis players.
WTA star Eugenie Bouchard has been playing pickleball for the past six months, despite not announcing her retirement from tennis. However, she looks to be making a U-turn to her first love (tennis) as she released a video where she trains hard for the Zephyrhills W75 tournament.
Iga Swiatek hopes to finally play at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after missing it in the past few years due to scheduling conflicts. Swiatek raised this issue a few years ago when she admitted that she'd talk to the WTA to see whether something could be done.
Great Britain face Germany in the first round of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals - with a quarter-final against Canada awaiting.
The new women’s hockey league has revealed the individual accolades it will be handing out. On Thursday, the Professional Women’s Hockey League introduced the Billie Jean King MVP Award and Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award.
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals will see a knockout phase replace the group stages.
The Billie Jean King Cup finals will take place over nine days with a knockout round replacing the group stage, organisers the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday.
Emma Raducanu's 2024 clay-court part of the season got off to a good start, but she couldn't follow up on that at the Madrid Open. The British player started in the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers before moving to Stuttgart, where she competed at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
Emma Raducanu had a great start to her clay season, winning four matches in a row, but she's now up to two losses in a row after a surprising early loss at the 2024 Madrid Open.
Andy Roddick was glad to see Emma Raducanu do well at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, as he thought it would help her come back to the top. The American spoke fondly about Raducanu during her maiden Grand Slam title run a few years ago, and he still holds a very favorable opinion of her.
Jessica Pegula was supposed to start her European clay season at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, but decided against it and now explained why. It's been a pretty interesting season for the American so far, as she hasn't played on the level we've gotten used to from her in recent years.
Playing in the Billie Jean King Cup isn't the highlight of Emma Raducanu's tennis career, but it helped her to feel she's playing her best tennis again.
The United States earned a berth in the Billie Jean King Cup final rounds Saturday, as Jessica Pegula and pairs Caroline Dolehide and Taylor Townsend powered their country to a 4-0 victory over Belgium at the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying series at Orlando.
Emma Raducanu produced another sensational comeback in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers, securing Great Britain's win over France. The British player had a brilliant weekend in France ahead of her WTA return in Stuttgart.
Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro both rallied for three-set wins Friday night, leading the United States to a 2-0 lead over Belgium in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifying series at Orlando.
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers are upon us. Eight ties will be decided in a knock-out format on April 12-13. The eight winners from these ties will progress into the Finals in mid-November.
The PWHL announced Thursday that its championship trophy will be called The Walter Cup. The award is named after the Walter family, who launched the PWHL and currently own the league and all six original franchises.
The United Cup comes to an end with Germany winning the trophy. Courtesy of a superb performance from Alexander Zverev, the Germans defeated Iga Swiatek‘s Poland.
Marina Stakusic and Leylah Fernandez won their respective singles matches on Sunday to lift Canada to a 2-0 victory over Italy in the Billie Jean King Cup final.
Canada and Italy swept their Thursday matches and became the first two teams to book semifinal spots at the Billie Jean King Cup in Seville, Spain. In Group C, Canada improved to 2-0 with a 3-0 victory over Poland.
Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King risked her career. This week, she’s being honored for it. “In ‘72 at the media conference [following her U.S. Open championship], I said we’re not coming back unless we get equal prize money,” King recounted on the Front Office Sports Today podcast.
The crazy nature of tennis is often visible in just how early top-quality action returns after one of the four Grand Slams. The US Open has barely been wrapped up and yet we’re already kicking off the main draw action at the 2023 WTA Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships in Osaka.
The 2023 U.S. Open will celebrate the tournament’s trailblazing role in advancing gender pay equity — not only in tennis but across sports.
Saying "life is too short," tennis legend Billie Jean King on Wednesday called on Wimbledon to end its ban on players from Russia and Belarus. Players from both nations were barred from the major event last year over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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