James Hansen
Senior Tennis Editor at The Athletic
Senior Editor, 🎾 @TheAthletic • Previous editing and writing in The Drift, Dirt, Vittles, Bon Appétit, Eater London • He/him
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
QUEEN’S CLUB, LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz made good on his “Grasscaraz” epithet Sunday, beating Jiří Lehečka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 to win his second Queen’s title. Lehečka threatened to make Alcaraz’s life difficult with a surge toward the end of the second and the start of the third sets, picking Alcaraz’s serve more easily and hitting testing returns to his ankles.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Markéta Vondroušová is into her first final since she won Wimbledon in 2023. The Czech, who has been hampered by shoulder problems since her stunning victory at SW19, beat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-4 in the German Open semifinals Saturday. Sabalenka, one of the favorites to lift the Wimbledon title this year, had saved four match points in a tiebreak to escape 2022 champion Elena Rybakina the previous day, one of them coming via a fortunate net cord. But Vondroušová was not so profligate.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Qualifier Tatjana Maria is the first women's champion at Queen's since 1973, after beating American world No. 15 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 in a masterful exhibition of grass-court tennis. It is her first title in two years, her second on grass and her first at WTA 500 level. She beat four top-20 players in a row on the way to the title, having not beaten anyone of that ranking in almost three years.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Women's tennis stars will have their world rankings protected during fertility treatments, the WTA Tour has announced. Players ranked inside the world's top 750 who miss at least 10 weeks of competitive tennis will be eligible to receive a Special Entry Ranking, the same designation that the women's tennis governing body uses for players returning from long-term injury or pregnancy.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
ROLAND GARROS, PARIS - One year ago, Loïs Boisson had her tennis dream dashed. After tearing through the third rung of professional women's tennis, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) awarded Boisson a wild card for the French Open. A week before, at a minor tournament in Paris, Boisson tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and missed nine months of tennis. She didn't even watch the tournament on television.
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