Tennis News You Can Use
What is the solution to a US Open hangover? More Tennis. News from around the world of tennis that you might have missed last week.
A Tennis Angle on 9/11
Lleyton Hewitt won the US Open just two days before airplanes hijacked by al-Qaeda slammed into the World Trade Center. He was on return flight to Sydney as those events unfolded. Full Story: tennis.com (9/11)
Emma Raducanu and Car Park Tennis
A neighbor reports that Emma Raducanu used to regularly practice tennis in a car park using a makeshift net. The story also includes a picture of a very young Raducanu, which is basically every photo of her in current existence. Full Story: The Sun (9/10)
Leylah Fernandez was told to GIVE UP on tennis and focus on school
Leylah Fernandez was dropped from Tennis Quebec’s development program when she was seven and was told by her teachers to forget a career in tennis four years later. Full Story: The Daily Mail (9/10)
The Teenagers Are Taking Over Tennis. That Might Not End Well
The U.S. Open play of Leylah Fernandez, Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu has been exhilarating. But if the past is prelude, rough seas are ahead. It is accepted wisdom that tennis has a tendency to eat its young like few other sports. Full Story: The New York Times (9/7)
Milos Raonic Becomes First ATP Player to speak out on Alexander Zverev Abuse Allegations
The ATP Tour has been silent on allegations of domestic violence from his former girlfriend, two of which were said to have taken place at ATP tournament sites. Milos Raonic recently spoke out on the tennis organization’s mishandling of the events, and is raising questions about whether its failure to take them seriously is doing damage to the sport at large. Full Story: Rolling Stone (9/10)
John McEnroe is helping to find New York City’s next tennis star
The Johnny Mac Tennis Project has given scholarships to kids from low-income families who lack the financial capability to fully develop their children’s tennis potential. McEnroe announced he’s expanding the program and looking for individual/institutional donors to sponsor a young tennis player from New York. Full Story: The New York Post (9/10)
Netflix Documentary Features Mardy Fish
Breaking Point is the fifth installment in this excellent Netflix series. It charts Fish’s rise to the heights – taking down Andy Murray, Nadal and Roddick along the way – and then his near collapse into anxiety and suicidal depression as that legendary mental “toughness” imploded. . Full Story: Stuff (NZ) (9/10)
Social Media Harassment Following US Open Losses
Shelby Rogers received death threats on social media following her loss in the US Open. Full Story: CBS Sports (9/7) Similarly Sloane Stephens says she received more than 2,000 messages of ‘abuse and anger’ after US Open defeat. Full Story: CNN (9/6)
ATP and WTA Tennis Tours United
Men’s and women’s tennis has an advantage that no other sport does, they play on the same stage during the biggest events of the year. Bloomberg published a video discussion between WTA President Micky Lawler and ATP CEO Massimo Calvelli this week discussing the importance of working together. Full Story: Bloomberg (9/9)
Dealing With Gamesmanship in Tennis
Jon Wertheim weighed in on one of the recent US Open dramas. “I get Muguruza’s frustration. But is Krejčíková really bringing this level of gamesmanship to a major match? She teetered off the court and looked paler than the Wimbledon dress code.” Full Story: Sports Illustrated (9/8)
Serena Williams Is Not at the U.S. Open, but Her Coach Is Everywhere
He is the rare coach who has turned himself into a brand, which may mean he is better at marketing than he is at coaching. Don’t ask Mouratoglou to boil down his approach to tennis into a simple strategy or formula. “My philosophy is I know nothing,” he said in an interview days before the start of the U.S. Open. “I learn the person and I learn my player. A lot of coaches start with their method. There is one method per player and I need to find it.” Full Story: New York Times (9/6)
This Week in Professional Tennis
| Dates | Tournament | Tour/Level | Location / Timezone |
| 9/13-19 | BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open 2021 | WTA 250 | Luxembourg (UTC + 2) |
| 9/13-19 | Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz | WTA 250 | Portorož, Slovenia (UTC + 2) |
The ATP has no scheduled tournaments this week.
