"I love Ravyn so much. I think she's so talented and so underrated." 🫂
Asked Coco Gauff about her friendship with singer Ravyn Lenae, who just released her third album, 'Blue Island'
Coco Gauff on the WTA's new genetic testing policy:
"I understand the reasoning behind it. I do think that this kind of conversation has created a lot of animosity towards the trans community, which I'm not really a big fan of, but I also understand the need to [account for] the biological difference and the need to protect that and preserve that. So I think it's a conversation that is very nuanced.
I kind of agree with trying to protect the fairness in women's sports. But I also do not like the attack that it is creating. People who don't really care, but just want to use this as a reason to attack the trans community. So I'm not really a big fan of that either. I don't really know how to answer this question in a way that people aren't going to spin it.
But as far as where I stand, I definitely support the trans
community, but I also support the need of creating fairness in sport too."
Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter’s wedding photos featured in British Vogue.
Katie hand-stitched a piece of fabric from her late grandmother’s wedding dress into her own custom lace gown.
Looks like it was a beautiful, unforgettable day in Tuscany.
💍🤍💍
(via @BritishVogue)
Coco Gauff had beautiful words for Karolina Muchova after losing to her at Wimbledon
“She’s someone that deserves more success with how talented she is. We have the head to head that’s leaned my way, but she’s not an opponent you want to face at any point in the tournament. I have so much respect for how she plays and how she is off court. I’m honored… not honored. I don’t wanna say honored to lose 😂. But it’s a match I’m gonna remember for my career. And it sucks to be on the losing end. But walking off the court I was like… that was a lot of fun.” ❤️
(via Wimbledon Press)
ESPN has announced docuseries Life in the W.
The six-episode series follows the lives of A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, and DeWanna Bonner during the WNBA season. It will premiere on July 24th.
OSAKA BELIEVES | Walk-on fits aside, Naomi Osaka’s tennis at #Wimbledon was breathless at times.
She showed us something and like she said in press after her quarter-final defeat, “I feel like in my head I think there’s still an opportunity to win a slam”.
📸 | Reuters
69 years ago today, Althea Gibson made history by defeating Darlene Hard 6–3, 6–2 to become the first Black champion at #Wimbledon.
Her dominant, 50-minute victory changed tennis forever.
📷: Alamy
Eddie wearing Thierry Mugler happened because I was pitching a science fiction movie to Eddie and I used a lot of Thierry Mugler photos of his clothes as part of the pitch. That movie didn't happen, but then Eddie hired me to direct Boomerang and said he wanted to wear Mugler in that fim. I loved it because it showed you could be a Black professional and not a cornball.
51 years ago today, on July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win a #Wimbledon singles title.
I won the Wimbledon women's singles title the same year, and we shared a dance together at the ball.
📷: Alamy