Tennis News: October 31, 2022
Pickleball players reveal a shorthand for when the sport gets too intense. “You’re being very tennis about the whole thing.” USPTA, Wilson to Part WaysRead More
An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
Pickleball players reveal a shorthand for when the sport gets too intense. “You’re being very tennis about the whole thing.” USPTA, Wilson to Part WaysRead More
To round out this weekend’s “Unplugged” series of posts, I went searching for one last quirky story that involves tennis balls. In the process IRead More
2 responsesRecently while waiting on a court to free up for a USTA League match, I witnessed a rare rules situation. A serve clipped off theRead More
1 responseThe tennis courts at Texas Christian University are constructed in banks of four. Each four pack is surrounded on all sides by berms lined withRead More
The Second Serve Podcast ran an episode that shared “solutions” to NTRP Ratings sandbagging last August. From comments that the hosts made subsequently, I knowRead More
3 responsesRoy Barth is a retired American tennis player with a relatively storied career for a person that I am guessing most fans don’t remember. HeRead More
I received a comment a couple of weeks ago from a high school coach. She recently had a player lose a very close match againstRead More
1 responseTennis Australia taps out of official support for Novak Djokovic’s 2023 AO visa application. A deep dive on a serious gap in adult tennis lessons,Read More
Guillermo Vilas was the second player to win more than 900 professional tennis matches during the Open Era. Overall, he won 62 ATP championships andRead More
2 responsesLast week’s “Ready to Receive” post sparked a comment about an underhanded tactic some players use to break the server’s rhythm. The fundamental question isRead More