Manasi Pathak

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Serena Williams said she was surprised by the three-month suspension given to Jannik Sinner, claiming she would have been banned for 20 years and stripped of her Grand Slam titles had she failed drug tests like he did last year. Men’s world No. 1 Sinner failed two drug tests in March 2024 for low levels of performance-enhancing substance clostebol but was cleared by an independent tribunal in August after it accepted his explanation of unintentional contamination.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Manasi Pathak

British tennis player Harriet Dart apologized on social media for asking her opponent Lois Boisson to use deodorant during a match, claiming “she smells really bad.”The incident happened during a first-round match at the Rouen Open in France on Tuesday. Dart, who lost 6-0, 6-3 to Boisson, was seen asking the chair umpire to tell her French opponent to use deodorant during a second-set changeover. “Can you tell her (Boisson) to wear deodorant?

1 week ago | forbes.com | Manasi Pathak

Clay-court specialist Iga Swiatek said competing at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart will be a challenge but feels she is in the right place to play her game. The April 14-21 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart will mark the start of the European clay-court season and precedes three high-tier European tournaments – the WTA 1000 events in Madrid and Rome, and the clay-court Grand Slam, Roland Garros.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Manasi Pathak

The United States and Japan clinched the last two spots in September’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals after beating Slovakia and Canada respectively in the final group-stage matches of the qualifiers. The U.S. defeated Slovakia 2-1 in Bratislava, while Japan beat Canada with the same score line in Tokyo. First-time players Hailey Baptiste and Bernarda Pera led the American charge in the Slovakian capital with singles victories over Renata Jamrichova and Rebecca Sramkova respectively.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Manasi Pathak

The women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced. The number of women’s soccer teams at the next Olympics will increase from 12 to 16, while the strength of men’s soccer teams will reduce from 16 to 12.