The three-way rivalry at the top of the women’s game is heating up, while Coco Gauff looks to garner momentum at the French Open.
But your larger point is a good one. For years the salon lamented the absence of rivalries and sliding doors in women’s tennis. Now we have a firecracker three-way rivalry, a trivalry that, reliably, captivates each week. Each principal is in her 20s. Each has won at least one major within the past two years—and been to the finals of another. Each has beaten the other in a close match … and lost to the other in a close match.
Your larger concern is fair. The U.S. Open, one suspected, might be motivation to get her going. Since that triumph, she’s struggled a bit. She won her first event of 2024 in Auckland … and none since. She’s won a lot of close matches but often against players ranked lower . Her serve in particular has been temperamental. I’m not sure it qualifies as a slump per se. She is 19–6 on the year. But could she use a solid French Open? Absolutely. Can she deliver on that? Absolutely.
Seriously, I feel your pain. Objectively, $500 seems like a lot to pay for a bad ticket to any sporting event. But the market is the market. If no fans were willing to pay that, the price point would be lower. I am more worried about, say, the events that need to sell tickets on Groupon. Or the WTA Finals, which papers the town and still has had trouble putting 1,000 fans in the seats in recent years.
Carlos Alcaraz hugged his family and friends in his player's box after his 2022 U.S. Open win. / Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports I understand the reason Armstrong Stadium was named after the great jazz artist but this is a tennis stadium not a concert hall. Why not rename the stadium after Serena Williams or both of the Williams sisters? It would be nice if the Grandstand was renamed the Pete Sampras stadium who is the greatest American male player of all time. Court 17 is the next largest court, why not honor Chris Evert?
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