Podcasts about women's tennis association

George Osborne, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the shocking news that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive for coronavirus, has been admitted to the ICU due to his worsening condition. They dig into how the country are dealing with the crisis and this new development. Jeremy Farrar, director of The Wellcome Trust, talks about the race the find an effective treatment for the virus. Billie Jean King, the iconic Tennis Champion and founder of the Women's Tennis Association, expresses her approval that the Billie Jean King Tennis Center will be transformed into a temporary hospital in the fight against Covid-19. She talks about the advantages and disadvantages of so many sporting events being cancelled. Then our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Jon Cohen, senior correspondent at Science Magazine, about the extraordinary work being done to find a vaccine. However, he also stresses the importance of listening to the clear-cut facts coming out of the scientific community, that too many are ignoring.

In this episode I interview the former CMO of 5.11 Tactical Dave Larson about his amazing career in sports marketing at brands like Rebook, Nike, Brooks, G4, The Women's Tennis Association, UnderArmor and finally 5.11 Tactical. We cover a host of topics including never taking jobs for the money and that titles don't mean anything. Dave gives us some amazing insight about working closely with Phil Knight of Nike and Warren Buffett. Dave got to work with a host of sports icons throughout his career including Pete Sampras, Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova, Andre Agassi, John Mcenroe, Snoop Dog, and manny more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dylanconroy/support

Bethanie Mattek-Sands is a 8 time WTA Doubles/Mixed Doubles Grand Slam Champion, Gold Medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and now the creator of her own fashion line of clothing, partnering with the Lucky in Love Fashion Brand. Bethanie has achieved amazing success personally and professionally as a result of her ability to be mentally and physically unstoppable. She has had to overcome two potential career ending knee injuries - coming back stronger and more determined to reach the top once again. She is married to her husband, Justin and they reside in Arizona with their Mastiff, Ruger.

In this episode Shang and Black Pedro talk with Aida Rodriguez (@funnyAida) about internet trolls, Trump's legal issues, and Serena Williams drop in the rankings due to the Women's Tennis Association changing its rules. Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/comedianshanghttps://www.instagram.com/blackpedrohttps://www.instagram.com/comedypopuphttps://www.facebook.com/SavageAFshow/https://www.facebook.com/ComedyPopUpLA/

Billie Jean King won 39 Grand Slams and a total of 20 Wimbledon titles and is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Born in California in 1943, she was the eldest daughter of Bill and Betty Moffitt. She discovered tennis at the age of ten: at 15 she won in her age bracket at the Southern California championships, and in 1961, she won the women's doubles at Wimbledon with Karen Hantze, the youngest pair to achieve such a victory. In 1968, when professional competitors were admitted to Grand Slam tournaments, she won Wimbledon for the third time and was paid just £750 while Rod Laver, the Men's champion, took home £2,000. So began her campaign for gender equality, which involved boycotting tournaments and setting up their own professional women's circuit. In 1973, then aged 29, she beat the 55-year-old former tennis champion Bobby Riggs in a match which became known as 'The Battle of the Sexes': it remains the most-watched tennis match ever. That year the US Open awarded the same financial reward to men and women and in 2007 Wimbledon followed suit. Billie Jean also founded the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation in the 1970s. She married her husband, Larry, in 1965 but by the late 1960s, she had realised that she was gay. She was outed by a former lover who sued her for palimony in 1981, and although she won the case, she lost almost all her commercial endorsements. She has been with her partner, Ilana Kloss, for nearly 40 years and retired from singles matches in 1983 and doubles in 1990. She was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2009 and has continued to be an ambassador for her sport and for gender equality. Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

SAP has been the official cloud and analytics partner of the Women's Tennis Association since August 2013. Over that time, it the technology giant has developed the most sophisticated performance data platform in world tennis. The WTA has worked with its sponsor to integrate the new technology into the fabric of the game itself. The women's game allowed in-game coaching breaks before SAP came onboard, but since the deal was signed, the tour has gone a step further and permitted coaches to come on court with tablet computers to strategise, mid-game, with their athletes. On a two-stop jaunt to Eastbourne and Wimbledon earlier this year, the Leaders Performance Institute caught up with Jenni Lewis, global sponsorship technology lead at SAP, to find out what the system is all about, and then Tennis Australia head of women's coaching Nicole Pratt, to find out how it's being implemented out on the court.