Zverev gave an emotional speech after winning the U.S. Open about his mom and how she helped him achieve his dreams despite struggling with diabetes
“I wanna thank one more person who’s never actually watching my matches but is the most important person in my tennis life and in my life in general.
When your 4 year old son gets diagnosed with diabetes, and doctors in the office tell you that life and sports will be very very limited for that child, it takes a very very strong mother to walk out of those offices and say ‘My son will be wherever he wants to be.
If he wants to be a tennis player he’ll be a tennis player. If he wants to do something else, he’ll do something else. But this illness will not define us.’ My mother is the most important and strongest person I know. It takes an unbelievably strong woman to do what she did.” 🥹
Women’s Tennis Displays Impressive Depth at Columbia Invitational
Lions win 25 of 29 total matches in stellar debut
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@CULionsWTEN first-year Malak El Allami wins the US Open Junior Doubles Championship! She is the first player in program history and first Moroccan to earn a junior grand slam title!
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The @ITA_Tennis preseason rankings are here‼️
Fatima Keita and Malak El Allami are ranked No. 81 in doubles, while Gayathri Krishnan is ranked No. 125 in singles!
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Thrilled to show off this project, which our @ColumbiaSpec sports staff has been working on all semester: the 50 greatest moments in Columbia women's sports, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Check it out!
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