HS GIRLS TENNIS: Valley View coach Jerry Pickard is icon in Lackawanna League
ARCHBALD — At a tennis match, Jerry Pickard is easily recognizable. Wearing a Valley View shirt, a bucket hat to protect him from the sun, and dark sunglasses, the spry 77-year-old coach is constantly walking around, encouraging and cheering on his players. Macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects the middle of your vision, and cataracts, a cloudy area in the eye's lens, have weakened ...
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Navarro feels 'disrespected' by Zheng ahead of potential US Open semi-final
Emma Navarro turned up the heat ahead of a potential US Open semi-final against Zheng Qinwen by repeating claims she feels "disrespected" by the Chinese star.On Tuesday, Navarro reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open by knocking out Spain's Paul Badosa.
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Navarro into US Open semi-finals as Tiafoe, Fritz target all-American clash
Emma Navarro reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open on Tuesday as fellow Americans Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz attempted to move closer to ending the country's 21-year wait for a male champion at the majors.Fritz made the last-eight in 2023 and has already reached three quarter-finals at the Slams this year.
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'I was a disaster', says Badosa after US Open heartbreak
Paula Badosa admitted she was a "complete disaster" after an astonishing second-set collapse in her US Open quarter-final defeat by Emma Navarro on Tuesday left her feeling like "an ant"."I was a complete disaster.
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Navarro beats Badosa to reach first Slam semi-final