Visit us on Instagram To Be Ultimate; Facebook: To be You; e-mail [email protected] At just age 12, Alexandra “Alex” Eala...
Starting Monday, Sept. 16, the Manila Polo Club will host the 2013 Philippine Ladies Tennis League (PLTL) tournament. Over 175 women from all over the Philippines will compete to win the coveted ladies’ team tennis title of the year.
After a certain age, tennis players, recreational or competitive, will favor doubles or team play. For one, there’s none of...
Joy Virata is still killing it.
Our favorite players in women’s professional tennis, among them Clijsters, Stosur, Li, and retired former world No. 1 Henin, happen to have an obvious similarity: They don’t resort to ear-piercing vocal acrobatics, not even when losing a match.
Off the tennis court, she’s a poised, feminine style maven. But when she picks up the racket to play, Maria Lourdes “Marilu” Toda Batchelor looks tough and intimidating.
FOR SOME, becoming a senior signals hanging up their gloves. Not for a number I know; they play not only the extra round but also play into overtime, in fact play for the rest of their lives.
It was around this time last year that I was berating myself for having forgotten to bring two essential items on my trip to Melbourne; my sunglasses and a warm coat. You see, this was my first visit to this beautiful city, and I had little idea what the elements would throw at me.
For tennis fans, it was a meltdown that rivaled the “You have got to be serious” episode of John McEnroe. It was arguably the greatest female tennis player of all time throwing a fit that eclipsed the storyline of Japan celebrating its first grand slam winner.
