Swings & arrows
Feb 28, 2021
2 minutes
by Paul Thomas
Serena Williams’ emphatic semi-final loss to eventual winner Naomi Osaka at the Australian Tennis Open cried out for “passing of the baton” treatment: Williams turns 40 in September; Osaka, 23, is both the future of the women’s game and its radiant new public face.
What made Williams’ defeat more poignant was that she went into the tournament with
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