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Week 24, 2025
Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
June 17, 2025
ATP Events This Week: London 500, Halle 500
WTA Events This Week: Berlin 500, Nottingham 250
WTA To Provide Ranking Protection During Fertility Protection
Why It’s Interesting: The new rule means players can now take time away from professional tennis for a fertility protection procedure such as egg or embryo freezing and seamlessly return to competition with a protected ranking.
Expert Sources Weigh In On Pro Racket Weights
More From Tennis.com: Stefanos Tsitsipas speaks on early lessons from Goran Ivanisevic.
Taylor Fritz Features On Tennis Insider Club
Why It’s Interesting: Taylor Fritz might be the most cerebral player on tour.
Lesia Tsurenko’s Lawsuit Against WTA… Update And Analysis
Why It’s Interesting: The case examines the tour’s handling of conflict between Russian and Ukrainian players since the countries began warring after Russian invasion in 2022.
What Happened To Prince?
More: Once a pantheon tennis racket manufacturer, Prince has essentially disappeared from the tour. It’s not because they stopped making rackets.
US Ratings Spike, In Context
More: TNT enjoyed a well-deserved victory lap for their Roland Garros ratings in the United States, but far smaller nations are still doing far bigger numbers for tennis on television.
Recent tennis viewership in the US is so dire that improvements like this year seem bigger than they are. TNT touted a '94%' increase from 2024 but it was only 1.5m avg viewers in the US. 0.4% of US population vs 4.7% of French pop (3.2m viewers). With an American in the final!
— Matthew Willis (@mattracquet)
2:12 PM • Jun 13, 2025
Helping India Love Tennis
Why It’s Interesting: Wimbledon will stream in India on a platform available to 280 million subscribers. The All England Club is excited about the possibility of igniting the Strawberries & Cream spirit in a massive untapped market.
Related News: Chennai WTA 250 Returns To The Calendar In October.
“They Can’t Handle The Slice!”
More: Tatjana Maria chopped her way through Muchova, Rybakina, Keys and Anisimova last week in Queen’s. She’s now 8-5 in her career against top-20 players on grass versus 4-40 on hard and clay.
Dan Evans Offer Dissenting Opinion As Players Bemoan Schedule Length
Leaving You With Andy Murray’s Disarmingly Good Life Coaching 😂
On The Mailbag, Gill responds to your comments on Roland Garros 2025, including: has Novak Djokovic pushed his playstyle evolution to the maximum? Is tennis destined for another era of dominance at the top? Why was Aryna Sabalenka so salty after losing to Coco Gauff? Was John McEnroe crazy to say Alcaraz and Sinner could beat Rafael Nadal on clay? Why have I gone lukewarm on Holger Rune's future as a top-3 player? How will grass effect Alcaraz vs. Sinner? Should Alexander Zverev consider a coaching change? Why have we seen so many 2-0 comebacks recently in Slam finals? Also covered: Joao Fonseca expectations, Lorenzo Musetti's improvements, the RG night session inequality issue, and much more!
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