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US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka first in 26 years to come from set down in final to win title, other stats
Fpsports • 5 years agoNaomi Osaka added to her 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open trophies with the three set win against Victoria Azarenka. Check out the stats from the match in Firstpost's stat roundup!
A summer without the French Open: Reflections on growing up with tennis, in a world that cannot afford sports
Bhavya • 5 years agoThe French Open has been to my summer what a Rafael Nadal victory has been to the French Open: an inevitable, intractable fact of life.
Australian Open 2020: Margaret Court's remarks on same-sex marriage clouds celebration of her 50th anniversary of calendar Grand Slam
• 5 years agoCourt, who also holds the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles, has been heavily criticised for voicing her religious-based opposition to same-sex marriage.
Margaret Court says 'treat me like Laver', asks Tennis Australia to commemorate 50th anniversary of her calendar-year Grand Slam
• 5 years agoCourt's comments come after some controversy over her views on homosexuality, which has seen Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova call for the arena to be stripped of her name
French Open 2019: With Roland Garros beginning in earnest, take quiz to test your knowledge of terre battue's main event
Fpsports • 6 years agoWith the potential for history to be made on several fronts at this year's French Open, we here at Firstpost have decided to put together a quiz about the tournament.
French Open 2019: Naomi Osaka aims Grand Slam sweep, says it would be 'cool to win everything in one year'
• 6 years agoThe world number one Osaka won her first major at the US Open last year and then backed it up with the Australian Open in January.
Australian Open 2019: Tennis great Steffi Graf backs Serena Williams to match Margaret Court's tally of 24 Grand Slams
• 6 years agoWilliams, 37, has won 23 majors so far over a storied career and is gunning to match Court's mark at the Melbourne Open on the Australian's home territory.
Australian Open 2019: Nerves could undermine Serena Williams' march towards 24th Grand Slam, says Margaret Court
• 6 years agoCourt disputed the bookies' assessment that Williams is the favourite to lift the Australian Open trophy, taking her overall Grand Slam tally to 24.
US Open 2018: Reinvigorated Serena Williams eyes historic title in final showdown against her heir apparent Naomi Osaka
Deepti Patwardhan • 7 years agoNaomi Osaka, the sprightly world no 19 has trained herself to play shots just like Serena Williams. The sledgehammer flat groundstrokes, the big serve, and also the fondness for wearing bright colours are traits she’s picked up from the younger Williams’ sister
At US Open 2018, Serena proving yet again that where there’s a Williams, there’s always a way
Anuradha Santhanam • 7 years agoThrough injuries, childbirth, near-death experiences and even now, dealing openly with post-partum depression, Williams has pushed forward in a way only Williams can. Nevertheless, she persists.