Athletic – Women’s Tennis

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, London — At 32 years old, Jessica Pegula has figured something out about playing on grass, tennis’s most specialized surface that happens to host its most important Grand Slam. She’s learned that it’s not about slicing every ball that comes her way or moving into net more than she’d like. She…

PARIS — First you notice the body art. Stars across the cheeks. Piercings in the upper lower lip. Tattoos on her neck and chest and down her left arm. Then, Oleksandra Oliynykova’s game captures the imagination, a throwback approach that mixes moonballs and slices and drop shots, making her powerful putaways and searing attacks even…