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While tennis remains on hiatus, we're diving back into the history of tennis by highlighting some fascinating players you may not be familiar with. We look at: Ora Washington, one of the premier women athletes of the 20th century, ignored and overlooked even in her own sport; Richard Russell, Jamaican tennis icon; Ruia Morrison, the Maori trailblazer finally getting her due in her 80s; and the Amritraj tennis family, major stars in India, but who we wanted to learn more about.
0:30 Another Body Serve special presentation - what choice do we have?
3:00 Ora Washington, of whom Arthur Ashe said in 1988, "she may have been the best female athlete ever"
13:20 While dominating tennis, Washington decides to dominate basketball as well
19:30 Richard Russell puts Jamaican tennis on the map
37:50 Ruia Morrison, pioneering Maori tennis star
46:30 The Amritraj family, Indian sporting dynasty
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While tennis remains on hiatus, we're diving back into the history of tennis by highlighting some fascinating players you may not be familiar with. We look at: Ora Washington, one of the premier women athletes of the 20th century, ignored and overlooked even in her own sport; Richard Russell, Jamaican tennis icon; Ruia Morrison, the Maori trailblazer finally getting her due in her 80s; and the Amritraj tennis family, major stars in India, but who we wanted to learn more about.
0:30 Another Body Serve special presentation - what choice do we have?
3:00 Ora Washington, of whom Arthur Ashe said in 1988, "she may have been the best female athlete ever"
13:20 While dominating tennis, Washington decides to dominate basketball as well
19:30 Richard Russell puts Jamaican tennis on the map
37:50 Ruia Morrison, pioneering Maori tennis star
46:30 The Amritraj family, Indian sporting dynasty
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