Week 19, 2025

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Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
May 13, 2025

Italian Open Week 2

  • Key Information on TNT’s Inaugural Roland Garros Coverage

    Why It’s Interesting: TNT brass details an NFL RedZone-inspired concept among other broadcast innovations. Plus, the full on-air team is now known.

Tennis television coverage needs a new dawn. Can TNT’s French Open provide it?

Warner Bros. Discovery's $650 million deal for 10 years of French Open coverage aims to bring together two poles of tennis media. Can it?

www.nytimes.com./athletic/6332720/2025/05/08/tennis-french-open-us-tv-how-to-watch-tnt-streaming/?source=user_shared_article

  • A Tasteful Fresh Guide On Tennis Gear

    More: The Strategist produces trusted consumer reviews under the New York Magazine umbrella. Here, find suggestions on clothes, shoes and tennis bags.

A Dozen Tennis Obsessives on Their Favorite Gear and Apparel

Plus the hard-to-find stuff they’re still trying to get their hands on.

nymag.com/strategist/article/best-tennis-gear-apparel.html?_kx=pGBEjclCfE1apHHikw1QAEBlmJoZ3TOs9O093oUZjp0.Yspvvm

Live Like Braun Levi: The Bright Legacy of Loyola High School’s Tennis Star

A tribute to Braun Levi—celebrating his light, his legacy, and the profound impact he had on the Southern California tennis community.

ustasocal.com/news/live-like-braun-levi

  • Emil Ruusuvuori Shares Depth Of Struggles

    Why It’s Interesting: The 26-year old former world #37 is focused on enjoying the game as he begins a new chapter in his career.

Emil Ruusuvuori opens up about panic attacks, mental health challenges | Tennis.com

“I can hardly remember anything about the last match of Wimbledon last summer, and the scenes are still coming,” he wrote on Instagram.

www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/emil-ruusuvuori-opens-up-about-panic-attacks-mental-health-challenges

  • Down Memory Lane With Jannik Sinner’s 1st Rome Win

  • Holger Rune Shares Thoughts On Alcaraz: My Way Documentary

    Golden Quote: “I think it’s normal for every player to have their own desire for disconnection. You don’t feel the same motivation every day, but it’s normal. Some days you have to dig a little bit deeper to find some more energy; other days it’s easier.”

    More From Tennis Majors: The Day Tennis Came Back to The Olympics

Rune on Alcaraz’s documentary : “Normal not to feel the same motivation every day, we’re human”

Holger Rune enjoyed the experience of watching his old friend and rival Carlos Alcaraz in the documentary “My Way”. He sees the Spaniard as a genuine hard worker, despite controversy on his way of…

www.tennismajors.com/others-news/rune-on-alcarazs-documentary-normal-not-to-feel-the-same-motivation-every-day-were-human-820825.html

  • Leaving You With Roland Garros Hype

On the Mailbag, Gill answers your comments, including: are Joao Fonseca's recent losses concerning, thoughts on Jannik Sinner's Rome comeback and his more muscular frame, the best player who hasn't won a big title now that Casper Ruud has won Madrid, does a career in tennis media ever make me sick of tennis, Denis Shapovalov's slump, Masters 1000 chaos, Adrian Mannarino's bizarre results swings, Holger Rune's upset loss to Corentin Moutet, and Novak Djokovic's participation in Geneva.

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