Ball Kids to Serve Towels to Players Again
The ATP Tour is set to reintroduce a rule that allows ball persons to hand towels to players during matches starting as soon as thisRead More
A Swing and a Miss for Madison Keys
I feel compelled to note that I am not scouring the internet for clips of umpires missing calls. However, missed calls are the ones that tend to be captured and posted to YouTube, so that is generally what turns up in searches. Additionally, missed calls are usually great backdrops for more extensive discussions about the nuances of the rules. They are also fabulously entertaining.
1 responseExamining the 2025 USTA League Regulations
One of the ways I entertain myself each year as the annual update to the USTA League Regulations is published is by bitterly counting theRead More
A New USTA League Regulation for 2025
Last week, I received an email from the USTA packed with information for Adult tennis players. The headlined content was the release of the 2025Read More
1 responseA Math Error in USTA League TennisLink Calculations
Last Sunday, I stumbled across an anomaly in USTA League TennisLink standings calculations. This all happened because I subjected myself to a tortuous self-indulgent exerciseRead More
3 responsesTwo More Cases For Video Review in Tennis?
Last week at the French Open, two situations arose that are interesting data points to further inform the debate over the use of video reviewRead More
3 responsesTennis Players Can’t Stop Doing This One Stupid Thing
After the 2024 French Open wildcards were announced, the French Tennis Federation was sharply criticized by the media for awarding most of the slots toRead More
2 responsesA WTA Tour Case for the Coman
I am not sure anyone else noticed, but a couple of weeks ago, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin nearly served out of order at theRead More
2 responsesA Tale of Two Suspension Point Systems
Until the past two months, I didn’t fully appreciate that the USTA has implemented two independent suspension point systems. Leagues and Tournaments have separate scheduleRead More
The Big Picture: What Really Happened at Tri-Level
Over the past month and a half, I wrote a series of 21 posts about an incident that occurred earlier this year at the TomRead More
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