Harsh Consequences: Team Defaults at Texas League Sectionals
Shortly after my 28-year hiatus from tennis ended, my very first USTA League team advanced to 9.0 Mixed Sectionals. Not coincidently, I have already toldRead More
Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe
Many tennis fans regard Althea Gibson as the first great black American Tennis Player. However, long before Gibson broke the color barrier in that sport,Read More
Temporary Lines for Tennis
I received a very nice set of temporary lines as a Christmas gift. This is something that has been on my wish list for aRead More
The 12 Habits of Highly Successful Tennis Players
In late 2022 I decided that a list of common attributes that I had observed in the top Senior tennis players was worth sharing andRead More
Eat to Win
Late last December, I wrote a three-part series highlighting the “12 Habits of Highly Successful Tennis players.” Throughout 2023, I am exploring one of thoseRead More
Game Set Murder: A Stan Powell Thriller
In the early days of the Covid pandemic, Chris Merrill enrolled in an online creative writing course at a local community college. The long-time tennisRead More
1 responseTennis News: January 30, 2023
A. big shakeup for the Davis Cup as Qualifiers for the event gets underway. Wimbledon announces a format change for doubles. A tennis bathroom thatRead More
Will The Real Rankings Table Please Stand Up
A couple of Texas players in my close orbit have already played an out-of-section Level 5 tournament in 2023. I know that because they didn’tRead More
1 responseBreak Point
I finally completed my initial screening of the first five episodes of the much-anticipated Netflix show “Break Point.” It is hard for me to imagineRead More
Hang Onto Your Balls at the AO
In 2021 I wrote a blog post about the time when Andy Murray couldn’t keep his balls in his shorts. Last week at the AustralianRead More