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Jun 25, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
🎾 'Imagine being forced to wear white, on your period?' - Women in tennis question Wimbledon rules.
The club’s insistence on traditional clothing can cause a problem for women players on their period
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“I would like to see it change,” says tennis broadcaster, Catherine Whitaker, on Wimbledon’s strict all-white dress code
🗣️ “If they had a clothing policy that affected men in the way that it does women, I don’t think that particular tradition would last"
Jun 23, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🎾 Coco Gauff exclusive: 'I thought people would only like me if I won'
Ahead of her return to Wimbledon, and in blistering form, the 18-year-old American opens up on adjusting to teenage stardom
During the summer of 2019, when she suddenly emerged as tennis’s next superstar aged just 15, she briefly fell into the trap of believing her own hype…
Nov 25, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
'The real Peng Shuai'
In this month's supplement, @molly_mcelwee looks into the story and life of the quiet Chinese hero who won't give up her #MeToo fight
Read more here ➡️ telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2021/11…@molly_mcelwee 🗣️“Speaking out showed that even someone like her, with power and status, could be affected by sexual violence – and can be silenced.”
Former doubles partner Andrea Sestini Hlavackova becomes the first player close to Peng to open up on the allegations