Week 47, 2024

The 2025 tennis season can’t come soon enough! Here’s what we found interesting this week:

🎾 Note: There will no “Week 48” newsletter sent out next week!

  • Gracias Rafa

    Full Retirement Ceremony in Malaga: See here

    A Rafa Mini-doc Narrated by Carlos Moya: See here

    Nadal’s Peers Pay Tribute: See here

  • Davis Cup Organizers Criticized

    Why It’s Interesting: After Roger Federer’s send-off at Laver Cup and Andy Murray’s goodbye at Wimbledon, the ITF-led Davis Cup had lofty standards to meet. Carlos Moya, David Ferrer and Uncle Toni were among a chorus of people who weren’t satisfied.

  • DjokoMurray 2025

    Gill’s Reaction: Making sense of the most blockbuster coaching news of the 21st century here.

    The Joint Instagram Reveal: Here it is.

  • How Sinner’s Final Win Percentage Stacks Up

    While We’re Here: Sinner finished with an 18-5 record against top 10 players, no straight set losses, no losses against players outside the top-20 and the 3rd-best hard court win percentage in open era history.

  • It’s Shopping Season: Here Are Top Reviewers On The Year’s Best Rackets

    TennComm’s Picks (Including Strings): See here

    Rackets & Runners Tier List: See Part 1 & Part 2

  • Caroline Garcia Describes New Mental Approach for 2025 Comeback

  • Del Potro Reveals Extent of Injury Hardships

    English Translation: In addition to Jose’s thread, you can read the full transcripted version of Delpo’s video here.

  • Kyrgios Spitballs On Growing The Game

  • Michael Zheng Interviewed After Winning National Singles Title

    Full Writeup on Men’s and Women’s Championships: See here

  • Congratulations to Bjorn Frataneglo & Madison Keys!

On Monday Match Analysis, Gill covers a fitting end to the 2024 season which saw Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini win singles matches over Tallon Griekspoor and Botic Van De Zandschulp respectively to capture a second consecutive Davis Cup title. He also discusses the two most impressive metrics of Sinner's season now that it's all said and done.

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