ATP This Week: Almaty 250, Brussels 250, Lyon 250
WTA This Week: Ningbo 500, Osaka 250
A Beautiful Example Of Tennis’ Incredible Scoring System
Why It’s Interesting: Jeff Sackmann reports that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s Shanghai Masters 1000 tournament win came while losing more than half the points in two of his matches.
The ATP’s Vision For The Future Of Tennis
Why It’s Interesting: The ATP is proposing some significant changes to men's tennis beginning in 2028, including a larger bonus pool, financial support for the Top 250, changes to ranking points and a more structured calendar.
The Two Sides Of Rafael Nadal
Why It’s Interesting: In a rare GQ interview tied to his new retrospective photo book, Nadal reflects on the injuries that shaped his career, the contrast between his intense on-court personality and relaxed life off it, and his evolving style.
The Low Tension Revolution
Why It’s Interesting: “Tennis Lab testing found ball speed changes only 1% to 2% between high and low tensions, while launch angle rises. In one test, balls struck at 44 pounds traveled about half a meter farther than at 54, with nearly identical speed and spin.” More great data where that came from in this deep-dive on string tension.
ATP No. 112 Dane Sweeny Narrates His Training Session
Leaving You With The Shanghai Masters Hole-In-One Challenge
On Monday Match Analysis... is professional tennis right now the best its ever been? Gill Gross brings on four expert friends from other sports to help discuss. Results don’t help us here. We cannot have 2007 Roger Federer play against 2025 Carlos Alcaraz. We can have 2026 Novak Djokovic play Jannik Sinner, but we can’t have 2011 Djokovic play Sinner. That makes this question… frustrating. It is so obvious to me that in order to investigate this, we have to broaden the scope and LEARN from how other sports grapple with the same exact question. Plus there’s this… if every other sports is definitively getting better, then what are the chances tennis is the lone exception? On the contrary, if there are other sports that aren’t getting better. Maybe tennis is one of them.
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