Week 25, 2025

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Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
June 24, 2025

ATP Events This Week: Eastbourne 250, Mallorca 250

WTA Events This Week: Bad Homburg 500, Eastbourne 250

  • Emma Raducanu Hits The Rewind Button On Serve Technique

    More: See Peter from The Unabbreviated Swing’s detailed piece on Emma’s serve.

Alcaraz: Breaks like Ibiza key to staying fresh and having success

The Spaniard won his fifth title of 2025 by taking the Queen’s title on Sunday, having had a few days in Ibiza after his Roland-Garros triumph

www.tennismajors.com/atp/queens-atp-500-atp/alcaraz-breaks-like-ibiza-key-to-staying-fresh-and-having-success-826673.html

  • Wimbledon On Trial

    Why It’s Interesting: A real-time look at the tensions shaping the future of one of sport’s most revered institutions.

Why All England Club chairwoman will spend Wimbledon in High Court

Debbie Jevans warns Wimbledon risks ‘falling behind’ other grand-slam events if it does not expand site as she prepares to attend judicial review during middle of championships

www.thetimes.com/sport/tennis/article/debbie-jevans-wimbledon-expansion-all-england-club-high-court-z9rxwm5k0

  • A Fresh Batch Of Nick Kyrgios Quips

    Why It’s Interesting: You’ve probably seen the aggregators pick up bits and pieces of Kyrgios’s comments to Donald McRae of The Guardian; here’s the full original source, which focuses mainly on the Australian’s complex history at Wimbledon.

Nick Kyrgios: ‘If I’d acted a bit differently, I would have had a Wimbledon title’

Tennis’s great disruptor speaks on his highs and lows on Centre Court and the BBC’s ‘very strange’ decision to leave him out of the commentary box

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/21/nick-kyrgios-if-id-acted-a-bit-differently-i-would-have-had-a-wimbledon-title

  • The Best Tennis Strings, Based On Player Type

  • Why Tennis Slowed Down On Purpose

    Why It’s Interesting: The Athletic’s Tifo Sports examines slowing conditions through the lens of tennis as an entertainment product.

  • Jack Draper’s Bold Tension Change

  • ESPN’s Movie-Themed Wimbledon Promo

    Gill’s Take: Other than the British voiceover, the vibe is more US Open than Wimbledon.

  • Leaving You With The Ultimate Tennis Impressionist

On Monday Match Analysis, Gill breaks down the grass 500 finals for the week, where Carlos Alcaraz won his 18th straight match over Jiri Lehecka to win his second Queen's Club title and Alexander Bublik got his first ever win over Daniil Medvedev to take his second Halle title.

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