Tennis News: September 11, 2023
The rise of Aryna Sabalenka and Ben Shelton. Drop shots are having a moment. Eugenie Bouchard announces that she is joining the Professional Pickleball tour.Read More
Continuous NTRP and Sandbaggers
I anticipate that the most pushback I will get against continuously publishing NTRP ratings, as discussed yesterday, is that the information would likely be usedRead More
1 responseRethinking the Season: Continuous NTRP
Fall marks the start of football season in the United States. It is also the time of year when tennis fans seem to collectively forgetRead More
Fantasy Football and Tennis
Every year since 1990, I have played in a Fantasy Football League with a group of guys from the place where I first worked straightRead More
1 responseBest Books on Women in Tennis
Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran a guest column from Madeleine Blais listing the Five Best Books on Women in Tennis. To her credit,Read More
Video Review… Not Up
The US Open is experimenting with a new procedure for video review at this year’s tournament. In the “that was awkward” department, the initial useRead More
Tire Flips
The reign of tennis fitness terror waged on this blog over the past few months is coming to a close. The week after Maria SakkariRead More
Tennis News: September 4, 2023
Why the US Open should be on every fan’s sporting event “Bucket List.” The Grand Slam celebrates much more than tennis. Missing John McEnroe? TheRead More
2 responsesFirst Mover Advantage
To wrap up this weekend’s series of posts about “Looking Beyond the Net,” I am sharing a curious phenomenon I have noticed in recreational leagueRead More
Seeing Past the Tip of Your Nose
Yesterday’s post described how the best players in Adult Senior tennis can see past the net to evaluate their opponents’ tactical strengths and weaknesses. Today’sRead More