Celebrating a relationship breakup… with a gold medal. The United States American women’s tennis team sets an Olympic record… for whining.
Relationships End, Gold Medals are forever: Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac, who until recently were a couple, won the 2024 Olympics mixed doubles tennis gold medal for the Czech Republic by defeating Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 in a match tiebreaker Friday night. Full Story: ESPN
Iga Swiatek gets hit by a ball at Olympic tennis and is called insincere by Danielle Collins: Iga Swiatek dropped to her knees and clutched at her midsection after getting hit by a ball in the Paris Olympics quarterfinals Wednesday, but it was her opponent, Danielle Collins, who stopped playing in the third set because of an injured stomach muscle she said was caused by cramping and dehydration from a lack of cold water available during a previous match. Full Story: AP
How Coco Gauff’s Olympic tennis run ended with a line-call argument: Coco Gauff lost 6-7, 2-6 to Croatia’s Donna Vekic in the Olympic women’s singles tournament, but the match was overshadowed by a controversial line call decision in the second set as Gauff was trying to stage a comeback. Full Story: The Athletic
Emma Navarro blasts opponent Qinwen Zheng after loss at Olympics: ‘I didn’t respect her as a competitor’: “I just told her I didn’t respect her as a competitor,” Emma Navarro said after the match. “I think she goes about things in a pretty cut-throat way. It makes for a locker room that doesn’t have a lot of camaraderie, so it’s tough to face an opponent like that, who I really don’t respect. But, kudos to her, she played some good tennis there at the end. She played better than me, so congrats to her.” Full Story: The Athletic
Andy Murray Jokes ‘Never Even Liked Tennis Anyway’ After Retirement at Paris Olympics: Andy Murray’s phenomenal tennis career is complete after he and Great Britain partner Dan Evans fell to the United States’ Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in the Olympic doubles quarterfinals in Paris on Thursday. Afterward, Murray provided a tongue-in-cheek remark following the conclusion of a career that includes three major titles and two Olympic gold medals. Full Story: The Bleacher Report
Andy Murray honoured with Queen’s Club Centre Court renaming: Centre Court at Queen’s will be renamed after Andy Murray following his retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. Full Story: ESPN
Andy Murray’s Epic Commitment to Olympic Pin Collecting: Pin trading is not new. Fans and media join athletes in adding official National Olympic Committee pins and other Olympic-branded versions to their collections. At Paris 2024, Simone Biles, has even brought her own signature pin, which is fast becoming a collector’s item. Murray managed to get his racquet-calloused hands on one. Full Story: Olympics
‘Compelling on and off court’ – a decade on tour with Murray: As an interviewee, Murray has almost always been polite, patient, and generous with his time – and very good value. A sportswriter shares his experiences with the player, including the number of times he turned him down for an interview and the time he went straight from the Rod Laver Arena to the airport to catch the last flight of the night, as his wife Kim was at home, heavily pregnant with their first child. Full Story: BBC
WTA celebrates Angelique Kerber as she retires from professional tennis: Germany’s Angelique Kerber, a three-time Grand Slam champion and former WTA World No.1, played the last match of her professional tennis career Wednesday in the Olympic Games in Paris. She bowed out in the quarterfinals against China’s Zheng Qinwen, the No.7 seed. Partnering Laura Siegemund, her doubles campaign ended Tuesday in the first round at the hands of Great Britain’s Katie Boulter and Heather Watson. Full Story: WTA
Doubles teams to wear mics as part of ATP trial in Washington: Select doubles teams will wear microphones in competitive matches for the first time at this week’s Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington as part of a trial to enhance the fan experience, the ATP said Monday. Full Story: ESPN
Peer Bodo on the Whiny American Women at the Olympics: (He raises a valid point.)
This Week in Professional Tennis
| Date | Tournament | Tour/Level | Location |
| 8/6-12 | National Bank Open Presented by Rogers | ATP 1000 | Montreal |
| 8/6-12 | National Bank Open presented by Rogers | WTA 1000 | Toronto |
| 8/4-10 | ECE Ladies Hamburg Open | WTA 125 | Germany |
