Short Circuit: Michael Mewshaw
In 1982, novelist Michael Mewshaw set off to follow the men’s professional tennis tour for six months. He expected to relax in the sun whileRead More
An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
In 1982, novelist Michael Mewshaw set off to follow the men’s professional tennis tour for six months. He expected to relax in the sun whileRead More
Every week I scour the newswires for interesting low-profile tennis stories that most fans probably missed. Russian and Belarusian players denied entry for Prague WTARead More
1 responseThe post “2021 USTA League Regulations: No Longer A Plus” gave my take on a new rule for that year. It was an examination ofRead More
2 responsesOnce upon a time, USTA League captains were supposed to set their lineups according to the “order of strength” of the singles players and theRead More
5 responsesSocial media was full of outrage last week after China’s Zhang Shuai retired from a match in tears against Amarissa Toth during the Hungarian GrandRead More
4 responsesEvery week the Fiend at Court combs the newswires to find the low-profile yet important tennis stories that you probably missed. Fifty Years Ago, BillieRead More
1 responseThe series of posts that culminated with “Metrics Matter” a couple of weeks ago attracted some similar comments directly on my site, via social media,Read More
While reading The Wild Card by Judy Murray, I kept flipping to the cover and the book jacket to check for a secondary author. ThereRead More
Last weekend I mapped out exactly how long it will take to fully break down the montage of Maria Sakkari’s insane training clips that appearedRead More
A fascinating deep dive into the economics of Wimbledon as news from the tournament still dominate the headlines. The last American man to win aRead More