British tennis player Emma Raducanu largely burst onto the senior women's scene back in 2021 with a very unexpected performance at Wimbledon and then US Open win.
Her Wimbledon debut as a wildcard caught the attention of the press, as she became the youngest British woman to make it to the third round since Elena Baltacha back in 2002. Having defeated Sorana Cirstea at the third round stage, she became the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the Open Era - at this time she also entered the top 200. Although she was forced to retire in the second set of her fourth round Wimbledon tie, despite a poor performance at the Silicon Valley Classic, she reached the final of the Wta 125 event in Chicago, and although she lost that game to Clara Tauson, the ranking points gained lifted her to a career high of No 150.
At the US Open stage,...
Her Wimbledon debut as a wildcard caught the attention of the press, as she became the youngest British woman to make it to the third round since Elena Baltacha back in 2002. Having defeated Sorana Cirstea at the third round stage, she became the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the Open Era - at this time she also entered the top 200. Although she was forced to retire in the second set of her fourth round Wimbledon tie, despite a poor performance at the Silicon Valley Classic, she reached the final of the Wta 125 event in Chicago, and although she lost that game to Clara Tauson, the ranking points gained lifted her to a career high of No 150.
At the US Open stage,...
- 8/3/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
UK tennis fans will be able to watch live coverage of tonight’s US Open tennis final on Channel 4 after the broadcaster secured a last-minute deal to share the broadcast with Amazon Prime Video.
Brit viewers will be able to cheer on 18-year-old sensation Emma Raducanu as she makes her first Grand Slam final appearance against fellow fast-rising teen Leylah Fernandez of Canada.
As a result of the deal — which is speculated to be in the seven-figure range — struck with Amazon Prime Video, Channel 4 will take the streaming giant’s live feed and broadcast it free to air on Channel 4.
Prime Video has said it will reinvest all fees from the Channel 4 agreement into British women’s tennis.
Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said: “Emma’s meteoric rise to secure a place in the US Open Final is just sensational. We’re glad to have worked with...
Brit viewers will be able to cheer on 18-year-old sensation Emma Raducanu as she makes her first Grand Slam final appearance against fellow fast-rising teen Leylah Fernandez of Canada.
As a result of the deal — which is speculated to be in the seven-figure range — struck with Amazon Prime Video, Channel 4 will take the streaming giant’s live feed and broadcast it free to air on Channel 4.
Prime Video has said it will reinvest all fees from the Channel 4 agreement into British women’s tennis.
Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said: “Emma’s meteoric rise to secure a place in the US Open Final is just sensational. We’re glad to have worked with...
- 9/11/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
For all the peculiarities of the last several years of United States politics, few could have expected to see Bigfoot pornography at the center of a contentious race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat. Over the weekend, Leslie Cockburn, a Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, accused her Republican opponent, Denver Riggleman, of being “caught on camera campaigning with a white supremacist,” a reference to his recent appearance with Isaac Smith, head of the white nationalist group Unity & Security for America, at a Republican campaign office in the state.
- 7/30/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
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The Wimbledon Championships are the Mecca for all tennis professionals, proving why it is the most coveted Grand Slam in the tennis calendar. Since its inauguration in 1877, Wimbledon has consistently attracted the world’s greatest players to SW19 all hoping to be crowned champion. The history of the prestigious event cannot be underestimated, making it the highlight of the tennis calendar each and every year.
For the majority of its 128 championships, Wimbledon played host to tennis’ greatest amateur players, including former British three-time champion Fred Perry and all-round tennis legend Rod Laver. Due to its immense popularity, commercial pressures and rumours of amateurs taking money under the table, the Wimbledon Championships entered the open era in 1968. This is heralded as the birth of modern, professional tennis and was the first time that players could legitimately earn a living from their sport.
Since then the grass courts of Wimbledon have...
The Wimbledon Championships are the Mecca for all tennis professionals, proving why it is the most coveted Grand Slam in the tennis calendar. Since its inauguration in 1877, Wimbledon has consistently attracted the world’s greatest players to SW19 all hoping to be crowned champion. The history of the prestigious event cannot be underestimated, making it the highlight of the tennis calendar each and every year.
For the majority of its 128 championships, Wimbledon played host to tennis’ greatest amateur players, including former British three-time champion Fred Perry and all-round tennis legend Rod Laver. Due to its immense popularity, commercial pressures and rumours of amateurs taking money under the table, the Wimbledon Championships entered the open era in 1968. This is heralded as the birth of modern, professional tennis and was the first time that players could legitimately earn a living from their sport.
Since then the grass courts of Wimbledon have...
- 7/18/2014
- by Tom Skinner
- Obsessed with Film
The BBC has announced details of its Wimbledon 2014 coverage.
2013 ladies champion Marion Bartoli will join the commentary team, along with British number one Laura Robson, who sits out this year's tournament due to injury.
The 2014 tournament takes place from June 23 to July 6, with coverage on BBC television, radio and digital.
Sue Barker will once again lead the TV coverage of BBC One and Two, while Clare Balding will present on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Jimmy Connors returns to the BBC TV lineup, along with regulars including Tim Henman, John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Lindsay Davenport, Tracy Austin, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Virginia Wade.
John Inverdale will return to host the nightly Today at Wimbledon show on BBC Two.
There will be up to 12 live streams on the red button and online, more than ever before.
Andy Murray will also write a regular column in the leadup to the tournament, as he...
2013 ladies champion Marion Bartoli will join the commentary team, along with British number one Laura Robson, who sits out this year's tournament due to injury.
The 2014 tournament takes place from June 23 to July 6, with coverage on BBC television, radio and digital.
Sue Barker will once again lead the TV coverage of BBC One and Two, while Clare Balding will present on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Jimmy Connors returns to the BBC TV lineup, along with regulars including Tim Henman, John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Lindsay Davenport, Tracy Austin, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Virginia Wade.
John Inverdale will return to host the nightly Today at Wimbledon show on BBC Two.
There will be up to 12 live streams on the red button and online, more than ever before.
Andy Murray will also write a regular column in the leadup to the tournament, as he...
- 6/3/2014
- Digital Spy
Erotic fiction with a paranormal and/or horror slant has become a cottage industry in the past few years, and the affordability of digital publishing has rocketed many Diy authors in that field to overnight success. One of the top sellers in the so-called “monsterotica” subgenre goes by the pen-name Virginia Wade – a suburban mom from Colorado who made a fortune self-publishing a series of pornographic novels about young ladies having sexy-time with Sasquatch. Yup, that's right: Wade's Moan for Bigfoot and its fifteen sequels (and counting) are literally monster sellers at Amazon's Kindle store; according to an interview with Business Insider, the series pulls in up to $30,000 a month from Kindle sales alone (it's also doing well at iTunes and other vendors). “If there was a market there for monster sex, I was gonna give it to them,” Wade told the Insider. After a few false starts in other romance genres,...
- 1/20/2014
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
To mark the release of The Sexes on DVD July 8th, we’ve got 5 copies of the tennis documentary to give away. The film chronicles the birth of women’s professional tennis and features interviews with Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Larry Riggs, Virginia Wade, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki. The film is directed by James Erskine and Zara Hayes.
The film, from Victoria Gregory, the co-producer of Man on Wire and James Erskine, director of One Night in Turin and From the Ashes, centers around the 1973 match between the-then-Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King and the former men’s champion, and self-proclaimed “male chauvinist pig” Bobby Riggs. The gripping match became the most watched tennis match in the history of the game.
It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport...
The film, from Victoria Gregory, the co-producer of Man on Wire and James Erskine, director of One Night in Turin and From the Ashes, centers around the 1973 match between the-then-Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King and the former men’s champion, and self-proclaimed “male chauvinist pig” Bobby Riggs. The gripping match became the most watched tennis match in the history of the game.
It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport...
- 7/4/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Review Juliette Harrisson 27 Jun 2013 - 06:08
Juliette reviews a documentary about one of tennis' most infamous matches of the 1970s...
‘The Battle of the Sexes’ is a title used for several exhibition tennis matches in which male players played female players. This entertaining documentary is focused on the most famous of them, the best-of-five-sets match played between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973.
There’s always a risk in any kind of sports film that it will only be of interest to fans of the sport, but that shouldn’t be the case here. It is assumed that viewers are familiar with the basic rules of tennis – the significance of King and Riggs’ match being played to five sets is not explained in detail – but the film does a good job of contextualising the match for viewers unfamiliar with the story, providing plenty of background on the struggle for...
Juliette reviews a documentary about one of tennis' most infamous matches of the 1970s...
‘The Battle of the Sexes’ is a title used for several exhibition tennis matches in which male players played female players. This entertaining documentary is focused on the most famous of them, the best-of-five-sets match played between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973.
There’s always a risk in any kind of sports film that it will only be of interest to fans of the sport, but that shouldn’t be the case here. It is assumed that viewers are familiar with the basic rules of tennis – the significance of King and Riggs’ match being played to five sets is not explained in detail – but the film does a good job of contextualising the match for viewers unfamiliar with the story, providing plenty of background on the struggle for...
- 6/27/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed by: Eric Drath
Featuring: Renée Richards, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Barbara Krohn, Nicholas Raskind, Bud Collins, Mary Carillo, Billie Jean King and Virginia Wade
For those familiar with the tennis legacy of Renée Richards (even if only as an answer to a Trivial Pursuit question), Eric Drath’s Espn Films documentary serves up (no pun intended) an engrossing documentary. Richards’ efforts as a male, then as a professional female tennis player deserve to be more widely known, and the transsexual’s exploits on and off the court in the late 1970s must be considered in any assessment of public pioneers for the Lgbt cause.
Born Richard Raskind in 1934, the Yale athlete and medical-school graduate seemed to have everything going for him as a surgeon and first-class amateur tennis player. That he felt compelled to embrace his...
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed by: Eric Drath
Featuring: Renée Richards, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Barbara Krohn, Nicholas Raskind, Bud Collins, Mary Carillo, Billie Jean King and Virginia Wade
For those familiar with the tennis legacy of Renée Richards (even if only as an answer to a Trivial Pursuit question), Eric Drath’s Espn Films documentary serves up (no pun intended) an engrossing documentary. Richards’ efforts as a male, then as a professional female tennis player deserve to be more widely known, and the transsexual’s exploits on and off the court in the late 1970s must be considered in any assessment of public pioneers for the Lgbt cause.
Born Richard Raskind in 1934, the Yale athlete and medical-school graduate seemed to have everything going for him as a surgeon and first-class amateur tennis player. That he felt compelled to embrace his...
- 6/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed by: Eric Drath
Featuring: Renée Richards, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Barbara Krohn, Nicholas Raskind, Bud Collins, Mary Carillo, Billie Jean King and Virginia Wade
For those familiar with the tennis legacy of Renée Richards (even if only as an answer to a Trivial Pursuit question), Eric Drath’s Espn Films documentary serves up (no pun intended) an engrossing documentary. Richards’ efforts as a male, then as a professional female tennis player deserve to be more widely known, and the transsexual’s exploits on and off the court in the late 1970s must be considered in any assessment of public pioneers for the Lgbt cause.
Born Richard Raskind in 1934, the Yale athlete and medical-school graduate seemed to have everything going for him as a surgeon and first-class amateur tennis player. That he felt compelled to embrace his...
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed by: Eric Drath
Featuring: Renée Richards, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Barbara Krohn, Nicholas Raskind, Bud Collins, Mary Carillo, Billie Jean King and Virginia Wade
For those familiar with the tennis legacy of Renée Richards (even if only as an answer to a Trivial Pursuit question), Eric Drath’s Espn Films documentary serves up (no pun intended) an engrossing documentary. Richards’ efforts as a male, then as a professional female tennis player deserve to be more widely known, and the transsexual’s exploits on and off the court in the late 1970s must be considered in any assessment of public pioneers for the Lgbt cause.
Born Richard Raskind in 1934, the Yale athlete and medical-school graduate seemed to have everything going for him as a surgeon and first-class amateur tennis player. That he felt compelled to embrace his...
- 6/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Britain's Queen Elizabeth will attend Wimbledon next month. The monarch - who last made a trip to watch the prestigious tennis tournament in 1977 when Virginia Wade won the women's singles title - is expected to return to Centre Court on June 24, three days after the grand slam tournament gets under way. Tim Phillips, chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club told the Daily Mail newspaper that Wimbledon had "changed considerably" since the 84-year-old monarch's last visit, but he was looking forward to welcoming her back. He said: "Wimbledon has changed considerably since the queen's previous visit in 1977, most notably with a transformation of the infrastructure bringing new and much improved facilities, including the Centre Court roof...
- 5/19/2010
- Monsters and Critics
With Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon due to knee problems, it seemed the tournament might be devoid of the epic tension it had last year. Yet, on the eve of the men's semi-final, it seems the drama quotient has been filled by three men, whose time has all come—in one way or another—to claim victory here. As everyone probably knows by now, it's been 73 years since Great Britain has seen one of its own take home the crown. Should Andy Murray make it to the final on Sunday, the Queen will make her first appearance at Wimbledon since 1977, when Virginia Wade won the women's single trophy. Though I myself fail to see his personal charm (seems to me this guy mumbles a lot and could use a little grooming), this is, as they say in England, massive. Murray has beaten Federer (who is on the other side of...
- 7/2/2009
- Vanity Fair
Queen Elizabeth is keeping her diary clear in case British tennis ace Andy Murray makes the men's final at Wimbledon. The 83-year-old monarch - who has not visited the All England Club since 1977, when Virginia Wade became the last Briton to win a Wimbledon singles title - has purposely kept her schedule for July 5 open so she can cheer Murray on if he makes it into the final. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Queen doesn't have any official engagements for Sunday. That's all I can say." The Scottish tennis ace recently revealed he had received a note from the monarch after her won his first grass-court title at the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club in London...
- 6/29/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Queen Elizabeth is keeping her diary clear in case British tennis ace Andy Murray makes the men's final at Wimbledon. The 83-year-old monarch - who has not visited the All England Club since 1977, when Virginia Wade became the last Briton to win a Wimbledon singles title - has purposely kept her schedule for July 5 open so she can cheer Murray on if he makes it into the final.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Queen doesn't have any official engagements for Sunday. That's all I can say."
The Scottish tennis ace recently revealed he had received a note from the monarch after her won his first grass-court title at the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club in London earlier this month.
Writing on his Twitter page, the 22-year-old sportsman said: "Got a nice letter from the queen saying well done for winning queen's. Put it in its own pile away from the bills.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Queen doesn't have any official engagements for Sunday. That's all I can say."
The Scottish tennis ace recently revealed he had received a note from the monarch after her won his first grass-court title at the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club in London earlier this month.
Writing on his Twitter page, the 22-year-old sportsman said: "Got a nice letter from the queen saying well done for winning queen's. Put it in its own pile away from the bills.
- 6/29/2009
- icelebz.com
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