In 1970, the bravery of nine women forever changed tennis — and, arguably, professional sports as a whole. The trailblazing female athletes — now dubbed the "Original Nine" — signed $1 contracts with Gladys Heldman, publisher of World Tennis Magazine, to compete independently of the men, at the $7,500 Virginia Slims
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Despite being 16 years old, Cori "Coco" Gauff has become a household name in the tennis world. The American wunderkind has set several records as one of the youngest-ever stars to find success on the WTA circuit. She's taken down the likes of Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka and advanced
Read moreNEW YORK – The tennis wunderkind of 2019 morphed into a first-round washout on opening day of the 2020 U.S. Open Monday, when 16-year-old Coco Gauff struggled to find her serve, and the remarkable resilience that made her famous last year, when she was a mere 15. Gauff, of Delray
Read moreThe Wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled for the first time since World War II as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another major sports event off the calendar. While the decision had looked inevitable for some time, since the virtual shutdown of world sport and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics,
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