Catherine Whitaker
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Catherine Whitaker
@CWhitakerSport
Sports broadcaster for @PrimeVideoUK @Eurosport_UK & @BBCSport. Co-host of the @tennispodcast. Here for animal capers/cuteness, feminism & obscure sports stats.
- Here’s a thing that World Number One and freshly crowned French Open Champion Iga Swiatek was asked in her press conference today. Presenting without comment because there are no words.
- Hey tennis 👋🏻 I love you but please stop shafting women with your scheduling. It is entirely foreseeable that a men’s semi final will last longer than two hours, and a women’s final should start at a designated time, not ‘once the men are done with the spotlight’.
- 5hrs45 on court. 4:05am finish. ‘I want to go to bed’ says Andy Murray. He’s always been the most human of all the super humans.
- I have no idea how to sum up what I just saw from metal-hipped Andy Murray but I absolutely f***ing loved it with every fibre of my being.
- Andy Murray is not f***ing done yet
- You have 3.7 million followers and are telling them an 18 year old girl who you didn’t know existed a week ago doesn’t have the mental toughness to be great, on the basis of a situation about which you don’t even have the full details? Shame on you.
- ‘Thank you so much, but this is about the tournament.’ And that right there is why Sue Barker is an icon, an inspiration and a true pro. ❤️
- I’m so desperate for women to play best of five sets at slams, but not to justify their equal pay 🙄, but rather because best of 5 is the ultimate format of the game, and women players plus fans of women’s tennis (which really should be all tennis fans) should not be denied it.
- I just watched Alcaraz courtside and I feel like one of those people that saw Oasis in a pub in 1990.
- For me, Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time. Not only did she win 23 Major titles, but she forced a reevaluation of how we perceive & value female athletes, particularly black female athletes. What a legacy.
