Now that the Walter Cup has been awarded to PWHL Minnesota, the league is turning its attention to its second season. On Monday (June 10), 42 prospects will be drafted by the league’s six teams from a pool of 167 players who declared for the 2024 Draft.
In a media availability Thursday, PWHL Toronto General Manager Gina Kingsbury told reporters there’s no timeline for Natalie Spooner’s return after her recent surgery, and the team is going into the offseason with the belief she may not be ready for the start of next season.
You couldn’t have drawn it up any better. A chance to clinch the first-ever Walter Cup. Billie Jean King herself in the house. The largest crowd of the playoffs.
There is much excitement in the tennis world as the 2024 French Open gets underway on Sunday. The women’s draw led to many exciting matchups, with five first round matches sticking out the most.
The PWHL announced Friday both the 2024 PWHL Draft and 2024 PWHL Awards will take place June 10 and 11 in Saint Paul, Minn. The draft will take place June 10 at 7 p.m.
TORONTO — Alex Carpenter, Marie-Philip Poulin and Natalie Spooner have been named finalists for the PWHL's inaugural Billie Jean King MVP award. The 18-person
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tennis legend Billie Jean King mourned the demise of renowned tennis coach Alan Jones as the Briton passed away on Sunday at the age of 75. As Jo Durie, Jones’ one of many students throughout his coaching career, shared the news of his demise on social media, Jean King reacted to it and shared her condolences.
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 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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