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To protect our virgin eyes, this female tennis player was penalized for removing her shirt

sudshr47 August 29, 2018

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The U.S. Open has a lot of thoughts about tennis — and women’s boobs.

On Wednesday, French tennis player Alizé Cornet walked onto the court of the U.S. Open and realized that her shirt was on backwards. Instead of running to the women’s locker room, Cornet took off her shirt in public and then put it on the right way.

Umpire Christian Rask then charged her with a code violation, prompting necessary amounts of outrage. 

At the time of the incident, temperatures at the U.S. Open in New York hovered in the mid-nineties. It’s possible that Cornet didn’t want to expend additional energy running off to the locker room. Read more…

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Serena Williams’ badass black body suit is now banned from the French Open

sudshr47 August 24, 2018

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Remember that fashionable, black one-piece bodysuit that made Serena Williams feel like a “warrior princess” and simultaneously helped protect against blood clots?

Well, turns out it’s been banned from future French Open tournaments.

When Williams participated in the 2018 French open nine months after giving birth to her daughter, she wore the black Nike jumpsuit because it was designed to prevent blood clots.

During Williams’ pregnancy, she experienced some complications, including a pulmonary embolism — known as a blood clot or clots in the lungs — and a hematoma — or swelling of clotted blood in her abdomen — which required surgery. Read more…

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Rafael Nadal practices for Wimbledon beside ‘some guys’

sudshr47 July 9, 2018

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It’s not every day you see three of the greatest tennis players casually practising in one photo.

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal posted a cheeky photo from Wimbledon on Sunday, taken from the prestigious tournament’s practice courts. 

On the other two courts? Oh, just some guys called Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Mid Sunday practice @Wimbledon with some know guys sharing the three courts 😉 pic.twitter.com/ZIZmeXRFpS

— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) July 8, 2018

What a lineup, hey? Between these three players alone, there’s more than a few Grand Slam titles — 49, in fact. That’s Nadal in front, Djokovic on the left, and Federer making a return on the right. Read more…

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Yes, Serena Williams knows she’s the greatest, thank you very much

sudshr47 July 8, 2018

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The G.O.A.T. is back with an ace of an answer to a reporter’s question.

Serena Williams is seemingly unstoppable both on and off the court. And her latest press conference at Wimbledon 2018 confirms this factTelegraph reporter Jamie Johnson asked Williams what it’s like being the one who motivates other players to up their game just to compete with her.

I asked Serena Williams if she minded always being the one to beat
Her answer blew me away#Wimbledon @serenawilliams @Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/XsHI26FSi4

— Jamie Johnson (@JamieoJohnson) July 7, 2018 Read more…

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John McEnroe earns 10 times more than Martina Navratilova for Wimbledon commentating

sudshr47 March 19, 2018

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Tennis star Martina Navratilova has claimed she gets paid a mere tenth of John McEnroe’s salary for her work as a commentator at Wimbledon. 

Speaking on BBC Panorama, the Czech tennis champion—who’s considered among the best female tennis players of all time— revealed that she gets paid about £15K ($21K) for her role as a Wimbledon commentator, while John McEnroe earns £150K ($209K) for the same work. 

Navratilova said it was “a shock” to discover the difference in earnings. “Unless John McEnroe’s doing a whole bunch of stuff outside Wimbledon, he’s getting at least ten times as much money than I am for very comparable work,” Navratilova said.  Read more…

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Will Ferrell crashes on-court interview with Roger Federer and asks all the hard-hitting questions

sudshr47 January 16, 2018

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Everyone’s favorite anchorman is back. 

Well, kind of. To the delight of many tennis fans, Will Ferrell reprised his famous role on the courts of the Australian Open on Sunday. 

John McEnroe was doing an on-court interview with Roger Federer when he stopped to introduce an important guest. Ferrell then strode across the court to cheers and immediately channelled his character from Anchorman. 

“In the immortal words of Ron Burgundy, it’s great to be here with two tennis legends—Roger Federer and John Macintosh,” Ferrell joked, intentionally butchering McEnroe’s name.  Read more…

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