An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
There is a fine line between optimization and bat-shit crazy. I am not sure where in the spectrum my wardrobe management habits for tennis tournaments exactly falls. You be the judge.
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Players and spectators at tennis tournaments usually want to watch the matches going on at the event. It’s generally why they are there, after all. Sometimes that interest is purely self serving. Scouting an upcoming
I returned to the tournament trail last weekend so it is the perfect time to revisit the state of USTA Senior Tennis from a player perspective. This article touches on player participation, tournament policies, and the USTA tournament engagement platform.
Elizabeth Wilson is a cultural historian who turned her attention to the game of tennis in ‘Love Game: A History of Tennis from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon.’ The book is a sweeping history of the sport viewed through the lens of the world around it. The result is a brilliant and densely packed intellectual examination of tennis. It is a “must-read” for true tennis enthusiasts.
The Rules of Tennis Revenues from advertising is an essential part of the tennis ecosystem. It is conventional wisdom that tennis players are likely toRead More
Last Tuesday we discussed “Wall Sits” which was a cardo fitness station I stumbled across scrawled onto a tennis court with chalk. Today I am exploring another station labeled simply “Squats.” There are a lot of good variations of squats that are good for tennis. Today we will assume that the this station was for the simple body weight version.
Davis Cup wraps up the first weekend of World Group Play and the Laver Cup will be contested for the first time this weekend without the presence of the Big Three. Also, there are barbarians at the gate…
Television ratings are a leading indicator for the future financial prospects of professional sports. While tournaments also earn money from from sponsorship and ticket sales, television broadcast ratings arguably have the strongest influence on the future revenue across all other categories. Television ratings drive future broadcast contracts which directly translates into media exposure of the sport. That, in turn, is how the majority of fans experience tennis. The number of people who watch an event is factored in when corporations make sponsorship decisions.
Emma Raducanu’s professional tennis ranking has risen meteorically this year. That should not be much of a surprise as breakout performances at Wimbledon and the US Open earned her two fairly significant chunks of WTA rankings points. Additionally, her US Open performance was both a rankings point record and anomaly. Raducanu is guaranteed to lose ranking points at the 2022 US Open, even if she successfully defends her title. The situation is unprecedented.
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Late in the 2021 US Open Women’s Finals, Emma Raducanu skidded for a ball in the deep corner of the court. She was so low to the court that her knee dragged the court leaving a skid mark of the skin that was formerly on her knee on the surface. The match had to be paused while the wound was bandaged.