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Coco Gauff surges into DC final, U.S. women abound in Montréal qualifying

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Just last month, Coco Gauff lost in the first round of Wimbledon. Frustrating? Yes. Demoralizing? No way.  This week, at her next tournament back, the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Gauff has been airtight and is now in the final of a Hologic WTA Tour event for the first time since a January title run in Auckland. Aided by the new coaching team of Pere Riba and Brad Gilbert, showing what she called “external focus,” Gauff has won all three of her matches without the loss of a set.  Most notable: Friday’s quarterfinal 6-1, 6-2 victory versus Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic, followed up Saturday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over defending champion Liudmila Samsonova. Well aware that Samsonova has one of the best serves in the game, Gauff stood further back to receive (a textbook Gilbert tactic) and won a sparkling 64 percent of Samsonova’s second serve points.   Here's another Gilbert data point. In 1994, coaching Andre Agassi at their first tournament together in Miami, Gilbert h...

Counting Down To Delivery Date: Pregnant Serena Williams Shares Private Pictures Everyone Is Talking About... See Stunning Photos

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There's was another huge celebrity pregnancy announcement last night. This is not a drill! Serena Williams, 41, announced on Instagram that she is expecting her second child with her husband Alexis Ohanian. None of the Met Gala red carpet looks even came close to outshining this wonderful news. Serena shared an adorable family portrait ahead of walking the Met Gala red carpet with a caption that subtly announced her pregnancy. "Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala," Serena wrote in the post.  The photo featured Serena and her husband in full Met Gala glam. If you didn't quite catch Serena's drift in the first photo, the second slide features the professional tennis player holding her baby bump, followed by a few other poses that accentuate the bump.  Obviously, people (including Lindsey Vonn, Ciara, and Ziwe) were freaking out in the comment section, and Serena's post is well on its way to a million likes. The poster in questio...

The Pregnancy Workout Regimen Of Serena Williams Gets Fans Talking - What A Surprise!

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As a famous athlete, Serena Williams has had a set workout routine in order to stay in tip-top shape before she steps onto the tennis court. But now that the expecting mom, 41, is pregnant with her second child, she’s had to change things up. “Hey everyone. Welcome to my pregnancy workout,” Williams says at the beginning of a brand-new YouTube vid. “I wanted to show you all how I’m staying fit while being pregnant at the same time. [It’s] a very difficult thing to do.”  Before diving into her pregnancy workout in the video, Williams does a warmup exercise that allows her to open up her hips, which tend to get very tight. “I do this about ten times, just to warm it up,” Williams says as she stretches. “[Then], I take a break and move onto the other side.”   Next, the tennis star performs a total of three hip openers (with one bonus exercise) before moving on to the first part of her workout routine—walking on the elliptical machine. “I usually like to walk outside, but I’m...