The Miyu Kato Disqualification Saga
One of the more prominent storylines from the French Open this week involved a disqualification from Women’s doubles. Miyu Kato hit a ball while itRead More
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One of the more prominent storylines from the French Open this week involved a disqualification from Women’s doubles. Miyu Kato hit a ball while itRead More
1 responseUkrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina refused to shake the hands of her Russian and Belarusian opponents after her matches during the French Open. Naturally, fateRead More
My summer fling with Beach Tennis continues this week with a description of how to play this racquet sport variation. Two weekends ago, the ITFRead More
Buried in the headlines this week is a piece on how respect is essential to playing tennis. That includes both how you treat yourself and others.Read More
Last December, I wrote a series of posts that identified the “12 Habits of Highly Successful Tennis Players.” Throughout 2023, I am taking a moreRead More
Harlan Coben is the author of 34 New York Times best-selling novels with over 80 million books in print worldwide. He is also the creatorRead More
For the past three months, this site’s weekly “Training Topic” has focused on a technique that appeared in the new Netflix docuseries “Break Point.” IRead More
A few people have called me out this weekend for not taking a firm stand on the incident I wrote about in “Conceding the Point”Read More
1 responseFollow me closely on this one… the ITF Rules of Beach Tennis specify that this racquet sport variation is played on… wait for it… sand.Read More
Rafael Nadal will not compete in the French Open this year. In the same announcement, he also indicated that 2024 will probably be his lastRead More