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Week 33, 2025
Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
August 21, 2025
ATP Events This Week: Winston-Salem 250
WTA Events This Week: Monterrey 500, Cleveland 250
Tennis Court Speed Tracker
Why It’s Interesting: Matthew Willis puts together all available court speed numbers from 2012-2025. The trend is clear…
Quickly put together a basic database for all available court speed (CPI) numbers from 2012-2025 that will continue to auto-update. You can hover over each number to see the source, see ace rates, filter by surface/tournament, see all winners and ball types
(link in next post)
— Matthew Willis (@mattracquet)
1:03 PM • Aug 16, 2025
Challenger Tour Life Is About Surviving
Why It’s Interesting: Shared motel rooms, traveling 40+ weeks a year around the world, cost cutting and loneliness… just a small window into life on the challenger tour.
US Open Mixed Doubles - “A Television Show”
Why It’s Interesting: Richard Deitsch of The Athletic details how ESPN will be covering this year’s novel mixed doubles event. The network is trialling new technologies and features that could become a part of regular coverage.
Emma Raducanu Finds Her Way Back
Why It’s Interesting: Raducanu opens up about fame’s fallout, why therapy didn’t help, and how she’s finding peace.
More From Tumaini Carayol: What tennis players do during delays on site.
Andrea Gaudenzi Q&A
Why It’s Interesting: Considering this interview with the ATP Chairman was conducted and published by the ATP itself, we came in skeptical. Pleasant surprise — the critical issues were addressed and Gaudenzi’s responses with legitimate substance.
More From The ATP: Masters 1000 profit sharing update.
Even More From The ATP: ATP & TikTok announce content partnership.
Mattia Bellucci Breaks Down His Serve Success In Sumter
Insane Iga Swiatek Masters 1000 Stat
More: 105-0
Iga Swiatek in WTA 1000 matches where she won the first set
104-0 (100%)
— Mario Boccardi (@boccardi_marioo)
9:10 PM • Aug 17, 2025
Congratulations To Kyle Edmund On A Great Career
More: Former World #14 and Australian Open semi-finalist. He’s more recently struggled with multiple nagging injuries.
Leaving You With Carlos Entertaining The US Mixed Doubles Crowd
Carlos brought the around-the-net shot to mixed doubles!
— US Open Tennis (@usopen)
7:31 PM • Aug 19, 2025
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross reacts post-match to an underwhelming rendition of Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
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