🎾 Slam, slam oh hot damn
Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejčiková win the 2024 Wimbledon singles titles
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The final Grand Slam tournament before the Olympics did not disappoint, with history made on the grass courts at the All England Club. Truly serving.
July 15, 2024
🎾 For so long, London
Historic matches highlight the final weekend of Wimbledon
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Twelve days, 672 matches, and countless strawberries and creams later, the Wimbledon Championships — the penultimate Grand Slam of the season — are coming to a close, but not before history is made on the grass.
July 12, 2024
🎾 Serves her right
Morgan Stanley further invests in women’s tennis with Serena Williams docuseries
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Today, ESPN will debut In The Arena: Serena Williams, an intimate behind-the-scenes docuseries reviewing the biggest moments of the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion’s career. As just the second athlete to headline the award-winning project —Tom Brady’s Man in the Arena won a 2022 Sports Emmy — Williams is (yet again) in rare company.
July 10, 2024
📚 The history
Everything you need to know about Wimbledon 2024
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Wimbledon — tennis’ third Grand Slam of the year — kicks off across the pond tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know about London’s most smashing party of the summer.
June 27, 2024
🎾 That je ne sais quoi
Carlos Alcaraz wins first French Open while Iga Świątek three-peats as champion
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The 2024 French Open came to a historique close as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek re-wrote the record books in the City of Light. Très bien, indeed.
June 10, 2024
🎾 Let’s go down to the tennis court
World No. 1 Iga Świątek seeks third straight French Open title
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Roland-Garros championship weekend is on deck, with a David vs. Goliath women’s final showdown, while the final four men standing signal a changing of the guard in the game.
June 07, 2024
🎾 Oh non non non non non
No. 1 Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open with torn meniscus
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Bolstered by renewed rivalries, but marred by gut-wrenching injuries, the Roland-Garros semifinals are nearly set, and there’s guaranteed to be a new champion in men’s singles. Serve’s up.
June 05, 2024
🎾 Slide to the left
World. No 1 Iga Świątek and No. 3 Coco Gauff cruise to French Open quarter-finals
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June 03, 2024
Through rain delays and unusually late play, the Roland-Garros quarter-finals (QFs) are fast approaching, with half of the women’s and men’s singles spots clinched and the remaining eight to be awarded by the end of the day.
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Ep #384

Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

July 25, 2024
Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are almost here!

In a very special episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dive into gender parity at the Olympics, sponsored by our pals at Canadian Tire. Since 1900 when women first competed at the Olympics to 2024, there’s been enormous progress in terms of gender equity at the Games — and the Paris Olympics will be the most equitable ever.

In addition to discussing the history of women at the Olympics, this episode features two insightful conversations with Kim Saunders of Canadian Tire and Julia Wilkinson, a former Team Canada Olympic swimmer, who have both seen the growth of women’s sports firsthand from a business and athlete perspective. Trust us — you don’t want to miss this.

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📗 The history
A 2024 French Open preview
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From the history and how it works to the players to watch, today’s scroll covers everything you need to know about tennis’ second Grand Slam of the year.
May 26, 2024
🎾 Money talks
WTA and PIF announce multiyear partnership
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Much to the chagrin of at least two tennis legends, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) entered a multiyear partnership on Monday. The eyebrow-raising but not unexpected alliance comes on the heels of last month’s announcement that the WTA Finals will be hosted in Riyadh through 2026.
May 22, 2024
🏆 California kings and queens
UCLA and USC win respective NCAA men’s volleyball and beach volleyball national championships
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If this natty round-up feels familiar, it’s because two teams bagged back-to-back ’ships this weekend.
May 06, 2024
🎾 Plugged in servers
Microsoft renews its partnership with the Billie Jean King Cup
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On Thursday, the Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup extended its partnership with Microsoft through 2026. It focuses on developing tech solutions for the women’s national team tennis tournament by utilizing the Azure cloud platform, allowing Microsoft to flex its computing muscles in women’s sports amid explosive sector growth.
May 06, 2024
🎾 Plot twist
Saudi Arabia selected as WTA Finals host through 2026
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It turns out all the rumors are true. After much deliberation, the WTA Finals will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2024 to 2026. Despite human rights concerns from women’s tennis athletes and journalists, the WTA ultimately followed the money.
April 05, 2024
🎾 Meeting their match
Saudi Arabia reportedly makes push to merge ATP, WTA with proposed PIF Tour
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According to The Telegraph, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) wants to merge the WTA and ATP tennis tours with a limited-time, $2B offer that expires in 90 days. The rebranded PIF Tour would reportedly replace the proposed Premium Tour, a joint WTA–ATP circuit that’s been in development since January.
March 15, 2024