ATP Events This Week: Winston-Salem 250
WTA Events This Week: Monterrey 500
Tennis Business Stories To Watch In New York
Why It’s Interesting: Jessica Schiffer gives us a cheat sheet for the US Open stories that won’t show up in a draw. There are major apparel deals being negotiated, brands trying new ways to reach the increasingly influential crowd in Flushing Meadows, and an ongoing rethink of who gets to create and distribute tennis media.
Novak Djokovic Interviewed About Documentary
Why It’s Interesting: Jon Wertheim interviews Novak where he talks candidly about being his own “biggest doubter,” why opposition can bring out his killer instinct and what he hopes people finally understand about him through the documentary.
What’s It Really Like Inside An ATP Locker Room?
More: Tommy Paul says the modern ATP locker room isn’t the ego-filled environment he associates with earlier eras. Instead, this gets into how a generation of players who travel together year-round manages the unusual mix of genuine friendship and constant competition.
There’s More Than One Way To Think Like A Champion
Why It’s Interesting: Paul Annacone compares and contrasts Roger Federer and Pete Sampras’s distinct champion’s mentalities. (paywalled sorry)
US Open Doubling Down On Cultural Immersion
More: Ellyn Briggs from Front Office Sports writes about how the US Open is nearly doubling the number of content creators it credentials this year, expanding beyond traditional sports media to people covering fashion, food, lifestyle and other tennis-adjacent spaces.
Leaving You With The Cincy Open One Shot
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill dissects the first Masters 1000 triumph for Arthur Fils in Cincinnati. He beat Frances Tiafoe 6-0 in the 3rd to remain undefeated in deciders this year. We'll talk about Fils's US Open contendership, his baseline tactics and serve explosion.
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