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The WTA is looking to grow by installing new leadership at WTA Ventures
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The WTA is looking to grow by installing new leadership at WTA Ventures
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The WTA has faced recent criticism for not supporting its athletes, culminating in a turbulent WTA Finals in Cancun earlier this month.
November 29, 2023
Canada claims first-ever Billie Jean King Cup title
Canada claims first-ever Billie Jean King Cup title
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Cue Queen because Canada made history in Spain yesterday, winning their first-ever Billie Jean King Cup title and claiming a chunk of the record-setting $9.6M purse (not to mention the iconic “Billie Blue” jackets) in the process.
November 13, 2023
Parity Week kicks off at the Billie Jean King Cup
Parity Week kicks off at the Billie Jean King Cup
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For the second consecutive year, the earnings from the World Cup of women’s tennis are on par with the Davis Cup, the men’s equivalent.
November 08, 2023
Saudi Arabia is in talks to host pro tennis tournaments
Saudi Arabia is in talks to host pro tennis tournaments
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Saudi Arabia is following up its World Cup win with another tournament play — this time, beginning talks with IMG to take over the Miami Open or Mutua Madrid Open.
November 06, 2023
The ITA National Fall Championships begins today
The ITA National Fall Championships begins today
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The epic five-day ITA National Fall Championships, aka the capstone of college tennis’ fall singles and doubles season, hits the court in San Diego today.
November 01, 2023
Tennis stars are speaking out amid poor playing conditions at the WTA finals
Tennis stars are speaking out amid poor playing conditions at the WTA finals
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The ongoing 2023 WTA Finals are serving as a tipping point for tennis’ biggest stars to call out the WTA for poor playing conditions and a lack of athlete protections or guaranteed salaries.
November 01, 2023
Two weeks to go until the ITA National Fall Championships
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Two weeks to go until the ITA National Fall Championships
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October 18, 2023
The peak of fall tennis — the ITA National Fall Championships — begins in exactly two weeks, which means players are frantically trying to win their ITA Regionals (aka the main route to the tourney) right now.
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The footy gals’ bumpy road to Paris & a new golf tourney mixes it up
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Ep #325

The footy gals’ bumpy road to Paris & a new golf tourney mixes it up

December 07, 2023

Happy tiny Friday!

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz start on the international women’s soccer pitch, where the drama has been kicking as two of the world’s Top 4 teams failed to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics over the last week.

Then after the break, the gals swing through the shiny new Grant Thornton Invitational golf tournament, a first-of-its-kind mixed tourney that pairs LPGA and PGA stars together. Stick with El and Steph for everything you need to know on and off the links before the competition tees off tomorrow.

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Breaking down the National Fall tennis Championship
Breaking down the National Fall tennis Championship
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The ITA governs fall competition, not the NCAA, but these matches are still a BFD for athletes: Unlike NCAA contests where team titles reign supreme, individual glory is the name of fall’s game.
October 04, 2023
Coco Gauff wins her first-ever US Open title
Coco Gauff wins her first-ever US Open title
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It was a historic weekend on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows, as No. 6 Coco Gauff and No. 2 Novak Djokovic were crowned US Open champions, their respective first and record-setting 24th Grand Slam victories.
September 11, 2023
Coco Gauff took home $3M for US Open win
Coco Gauff took home $3M for US Open win
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With Saturday's US Open victory, 19-year-old Coco Gauff became the first American teenager to claim a Grand Slam singles title this century and just the fourth to do it in the Open Era.
September 11, 2023
Setting up the semis at the US Open
Setting up the semis at the US Open
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Move over, Broadway — the best drama in New York is going down in Flushing Meadows, where the US Open women’s final is officially set, and the men’s matchup will be determined tonight ahead of Sunday’s final.
September 08, 2023
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