Week 6, 2025

ATP Events This Week: Buenos Aires 250, Delray Beach 250, Marseille 250

WTA Events This Week: Doha 1000

• Sam Querrey LIVE Q&A - Wednesday 12pm EST

  More: Scott and Nate from PlayYourCourt host a virtual interview and Q&A with former world #11, Sam Querrey. Expect pro level-strategy talk and inside stories. Viewers will have the chance to ask Sam questions.

  Note: If you can't make noon EST on the 12th, don't sweat it. PlayYourCourt will be sending out recordings of the event to all who register. *sponsored

• Tributes to Simona Halep After Sudden Announcement

  WTA’s Greg Garber: See here

  The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare: See here

• The ATP Previews Live ELC On Clay Courts

  Why It’s Interesting: The tour is going from zero to 100 in 2025. Most clay tournaments didn’t even have a challenge system in place, much less live electronic line calling. Also note: If this were implemented last year, it could have changed the Roland Garros final.

  Gill’s Take: If you think this is going to end line call arguments on clay, think again. Players are not going to react well when their reading of the ball mark differs from the automated call. Matthew Willis has been saying this for years.

• Rafa Nadal Sells ~$100M Stake In His Tennis Academy

  More: Rafa sold ~45% of his Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor to investment group GPF.

  Checking In On Retired Rafa: See here.

• Should The Golden Swing Change To Hard Courts?

  Why It’s Interesting: The South American events are struggling to attract top players who want to play on harcourt ahead of the Sunshine Double. Santiago and Rio organizers are poised to ditch the clay, but Buenos Aires brass are not in favor.

• Turning Shot Quality Into A Gameshow

  Also Good: TennisTV had stars decide what’s IN and OUT for 2025. See here.

• Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi Made A WTA 125 Final at 15 Years Old

• Shapovalov Reflects on Dallas Win In Exclusive Tennis Channel Interview

  Golden Quote: “With a gamestyle like mine always just when things are working it looks really good and when things aren’t working it looks like I’m tanking out there.”

• Tennis Was Alive At Superbowl LIX (59)

  Why It’s Interesting: Ben Rothenberg was on the ground covering Serena X Drake in 2015 and he provides all the context necessary for you to understand why Serena’s appearance in the halftime show was another stroke of Kendrick’s ruthless genius. This was originally in Bounces, but Slate received permission to publish it free for everyone.

• Leaving You With Roger Federer and… Elmo

On Monday Match Analysis, Gill breaks down the two ATP 500 finals from Sunday. Denis Shapovalov capped off the best run of his career to beat Casper Ruud in the final, the Canadian's 3rd top-10 win of the week to take his biggest title. Carlos Alcaraz won his first-ever indoor title in Rotterdam, taking a competitive 3-setter against Alex De Minaur.

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