Williams, Serena
What’s the Most Curious and Fraught Job in Tennis?
Consider Halep’s quarterfinal win, 6-2, 6-4, over Amanda Anisimova of the United States on Wednesday. For more than six years, Darren Cahill, the longtime coach and ESPN commentator, who has worked with Andre Agassi, Andy Murray and Ana Ivanovic, among others, coached Halep. They split in September. Cahill, who is Australian, said the rigors of […]
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What’s Next for Serena Williams?
“Great that she’s trying to come back,” said Nadal, who has 22 Grand Slam singles titles, one fewer than Williams. Like Williams, he has battled back from potentially career-ending injuries of late. He is nearly five years younger than Williams, but is one of the few people who can understand what is going through Williams’s […]
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Serena Williams Plans to Play at Wimbledon
PARIS — Serena Williams, absent from competitive tennis for nearly a year, said on Tuesday that she intends to return for Wimbledon, which begins on June 27. Williams, 40, has not played on tour since withdrawing from a match in considerable pain with a right hamstring injury during the first round of Wimbledon last year […]
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Roxane Gay: Will Smith Was Wrong, but Being Thin-Skinned Is Not
Ms. Pinkett Smith has alopecia, a condition resulting in hair loss that disproportionately affects Black women. It was in poor taste for Mr. Rock to poke fun at her hair. He has reportedly said he did not know about her alopecia, but he probably at least knew that the joke would sting, since he produced […]
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Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Oscars
The 94th Academy Awards will forever be known for one, did-that-just-happen moment: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife. That was probably not on anyone’s Oscars bingo card. Instead, going into the evening, there was mostly uncertainty: What would the ceremony do to acknowledge the Russian invasion of […]
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Jane Campion and the Perils of the Backhanded Compliment
Something about the way the director Jane Campion went overboard on Sunday to identify with, then insult, Venus and Serena Williams at an awards show brought to mind a night of botched fanciness that happened to me. A couple Fridays ago, I went to see some art: a Faith Ringgold retrospective at the New Museum […]
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Jane Campion Apologizes for Comment About Venus and Serena Williams
At the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday evening, Jane Campion won best director for her work on the revisionist western “The Power of the Dog.” Within minutes, she had committed a gaffe, one that she would apologize for the next day. “It’s absolutely stunning to be here tonight among so many incredible women,” Campion began […]
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Is Tennis Moving Into a New Golden Age? We Can Only Hope.
There was something for everyone. Roger Federer’s linen grace. Rafael Nadal’s punishing power. Novak Djokovic and his single-minded determination. The unwavering way Serena Williams dismantled tired tradition. For two decades, professional tennis bathed in the golden glow provided by an unalterable hierarchy of players with distinctive styles and personalities that combined to define the game […]
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