ATP Events This Week: Montreal 1000 Week 2
WTA Events This Week: Toronto 1000 Week 2
Tennis Puts Its Doping Cases on Display
Why It’s Interesting: Tumaini Carayol writes about how Marketa Vondrousova’s suspension is a brutal example of how unforgiving anti-doping rules can be, but the broader story is the transparency gap. Tennis publishes the evidence, reasoning and mistakes in painful detail. Football often gives the public little more than the final outcome.
Tennis’ Lucky Losers Loophole
Why It’s Interesting: Tennis needs a way to replace late withdrawals, but the current Lucky Loser system can produce some bizarre outcomes. This piece from The First Serve looks at where the rule starts to collide with basic ideas of merit and incentive.
Tennis Stars Become Public Art In Montréal
More: Montréal is turning public tennis backboards into giant portraits of Félix Auger-Aliassime, Leylah Fernandez, Gabriel Diallo, Victoria Mboko and other local stars. By the end of the year, 12 murals will connect the city’s street-art culture with free places to actually pick up a racquet and play.
Fendrich Bylines Continue
More: Jordan Fendrich, a journalism student at Syracuse, Follows In His Late Father’s Footsteps.
Rafael Jodar, Before And Now
More: A 10-minute feature produced by the ATP on a player who is going to be relevant at the very top of the sport for many years to come.
Tour Performance Analyst Mike James On Coaching Through A Filter
Leaving You With Botic Van de Zandschulp’s Incomprehensible Winner
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Taylor Fritz’s competitive straight set win over young Spanish phenom Rafael Jodar in the final at the Mubadala DC Open in Washington. We’ll start by taking stock of Fritz’s season, then we’ll discuss how he quieted Jodar’s aggressive backhands and returning. We’ll hit on where Jodar needs to improve. We’ll go through the final chronologically. And finally we’ll give props to Fritz for his volleying, professionalism and defense.
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