College tennis roars into full gear just as the pros head east for the Asian swing. Digging into a sugary mystery: what led to the quiet disappearance of Sugarpova?
The Pathway To the NCAA Individual Championships: Understanding the Fall Collegiate Tennis Season: Everything you need to know about how college tennis players advance to the NCAA Division I Individual Championships in November. Full Story: ITA
How College Tennis Has Changed: A Talk With Stanford Head Coach Paul Goldstein: The landscape of college tennis is always changing, especially with the advent of NIL, transfer portal, and the influx of international players. Long Island Tennis Magazine spoke with Paul Goldstein who is currently the head coach at Stanford. Full Story: Long Island Tennis Magazine
Carlos Alcaraz-Jannik Sinner U.S. Open Final Lands in Federer-Djokovic Ratings Territory: The Alcaraz-Sinner final drew three million viewers, a sharp increase from the Sinner vs. Taylor Fritz final in 2024, and the most viewed men’s U.S. Open final on ESPN since the 2015 final, which pitted 20-time major winner Roger Federer against 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic. Full Story: Sports Illustrated
Björn Borg’s life after tennis: ‘Heartbeats’ book documents near-death experiences and recovery: Borg opens up on his relationship with his parents, various partners and his children, as well as his partying days centred on the legendary New York nightclub, Studio 54. As reported by The Athletic earlier this month, he reveals that he has been living with a prostate cancer diagnosis, and that a reliance on drugs, pills and alcohol in the years after he quit tennis brought him to his lowest ebbs, including two near-death experiences in the 1980s and 1990s. Full Story: The Athletic
Laver Cup Providing Growing Business Opportunities In Tennis: When Laver Cup started in 2017, the initial six sponsors were all tied to one of the event’s founders, Roger Federer. Eight years later and the Laver Cup sponsorship list for its San Francisco edition has swelled to 22, a record. Full Story: Forbes
Pat Rafter’s swashbuckling tennis and letting go of following the sport around the world: Unlike many key characters of the 1990s and 2000s, traveling the world in the shadow of the sport that he once conquered holds little allure for the Australian. Full Story: The Athletic
ITF names ‘Tie Break Tens’ as official partner in short format of sport: Its recognition is understood to potentially allow the format to be included in the Olympic Games in the future alongside standard tennis. Full Story: Reuters
chatRoger Federer Open to ‘Senior Tour’ Idea With Longtime Rival and Friend Rafael Nadal: There’s been chatter about 20-time major champion Federer and 22-time major champion Nadal possibly joining a senior tour of sorts in the future. Full Story: Sports Illustrated
New Tennis Academy Series ‘Rally’: Amazon and Universal are teaming up on a scripted reality series set at a competitive tennis Academy. Andre Agassi is on board as an executive producer. Full Story: Deadline
Serena and Venus Williams launching biweekly podcast: The podcast is called “Stockton Street,” named for where their home was in Compton, California. It is set to air every other week on Wednesdays. Full Story: ESPN
The silent death of Sugarpova. What happened to Sharapova’s candy business? In 2021, Sugarpova’s social media fell silent, its website went offline, and the products quietly disappeared from store shelves. Full Story: Women’s Tennis Blog
This Week in Professional Tennis
| Date | Tournament | Tour/Level | Location |
| 9/24-10/5 | China Open | WTA 1000 ATP 500 | China |
| 9/24-30 | Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships | ATP 500 | Japan |
