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Naomi Osaka Takes the Headlines on Day One of the French Open

Cultureteca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owt_xpmFSNM Change was in the air as the first balls were struck at the French Open in Paris on Sunday morning, despite the spectators who dotted the stands and the sunshine weather as the Grand Slam made a welcome return to its familiar springtime timeslot. For the first time in a Grand Slam, world number one Novak Djokovic, world number three...

Cultureteca 04.10.20

Miscellany
After a wet and windy start, the first week of the French Open threatened to fizzle out. Players complained of the cold, grumbled over inhospitable living conditions, and laboured out on the heavy courts with their slow balls, in front of a drastically curtailed number of fans. Paris was in the throes of a second wave of coronavirus. At least...

Cultureteca 13.09.20

Miscellany
As the fallout continued over the disqualification of world number one Novak Djokovic, and the French Open outlined contentious plans to allow spectators in Paris, the tennis world hunkered down for more action from the US Open, where life in the New York bubble entered its second week. On the court the major stories were Naomi Osaka's trailblazing activism...