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Jessica Pegula will lead the WTA Tour's efforts to improve the women's tennis calendar
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Jessica Pegula will lead the WTA Tour's efforts to improve the women's tennis calendar

Jessica Pegula, the 2024 U.S. Open runner-up, will lead a new 13-person panel to suggest changes to the women's tennis calendar, rankings points rules and the requirements about competing in certain events, according to a letter sent Tuesday by WTA Tour chair Valerie Camillo to players and tournament officials. For years, tennis players — women and men — have complained that the sport's season is too long and the offseason is too short and lamented other factors that contribute to injuries and burnout. Camillo said the Tour Architecture Council will make recommendations to the WTA Board; she hopes a revised setup can be approved for 2027.

Karolína Muchová glides over all at Qatar Open to win first WTA 1000 title
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Karolína Muchová glides over all at Qatar Open to win first WTA 1000 title

Watching Karolína Muchová glide and crush her way to the big title her tennis had so long promised, but never delivered, laid bare the beautiful contradictions of the sport. It can look effortless, as the 29-year-old mostly did through Sunday’s 6-4, 7-5 win over Victoria Mboko at the Qatar Open, but it is not. It can look natural, as a WTA 1000 title does on such a talented player’s resumé, but it is not. It can look predestined, as if what players deserve will be doled out to them. It, as Mucho

Man Fatally Shot After Attempting to Breach Trump's Mar-a-Lago Residence
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Man Fatally Shot After Attempting to Breach Trump's Mar-a-Lago Residence

A man was fatally shot by the Secret Service after attempting to break into former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. New details have emerged regarding what the Secret Service found with the deceased.

Serena Williams’ tennis comeback: She is eligible to compete, so which tournament may she play?
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Serena Williams’ tennis comeback: She is eligible to compete, so which tournament may she play?

Serena Williams, considered by many the greatest women’s tennis player of all time, is now eligible to compete on the WTA Tour and at Grand Slams for the first time in nearly four years. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has listed Williams, 44, on its roster of reinstated tennis players, with an eligibility date of Feb. 22, 2026. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion initially denied a return to the sport last year after appearing in a tennis anti-doping pool, but has since sof