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changing of the guard in Queens (New York, that is)

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Sheila Morris

As Serena Williams said in her farewell on-court interview following her loss this year in the US Open, there would be no Serena if it weren’t for her sister Venus. Tennis fans who have followed the professional tennis world for … Continue reading →

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Alize Cornet, the frenchwoman who (finally) connected!

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Sheila Morris

Thirty-two year old Alize Cornet of Nice, France upset former world #1 tennis player Simona Halep in the 4th. round of the 2022 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne to move her into the second week of a grand slam … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Destiny – the Williams Sisters

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Sheila Morris

At her press conference following her loss in the 2019 singles finals at Wimbledon, Serena Williams was questioned about why she lost. Although she tried to say her opponent played a brilliant match, the members of the press wouldn’t let … Continue reading →

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game, set, match

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Sheila Morris

For more than 20 years the burden of women’s tennis (oh for heaven’s sake go ahead and admit it men’s tennis, too) in the United States has been carried on the capable shoulders of Venus and Serena Williams. Following their … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday? No Way! Throwback Australian Open!

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Sheila Morris

If I could turn back ti-yahhhhhmmmme, as Cher famously sang, or if I could put time in a bottle, as Jim Croce once crooned, I’d have quite a few wishes involving the positioning of certain body parts and the lubrication … Continue reading →

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Both Have Prevailed

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Sheila Morris

Venus Williams and her little sister Serena For the past seventeen years the Williams sisters have carried the heavy burden of American tennis on their shoulders, and the load has never been an easy one. Their two-person dynasty has been … Continue reading →

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Sister Act (2015)

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Sheila Morris

Lord help the mister who comes between  me and my sister, And Lord help the sister who comes between me and my  (slam). Actually, Irving Berlin’s lyrics in the 1954 romantic musical White Christmas ended that second line with “man” because … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Destiny

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Sheila Morris

In 1999 the paths of two of the most recognized women athletes in the world crossed twice in different stages of their tennis careers.  Steffi Graf was twenty-nine years old and was about to retire from a career she began … Continue reading →

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