Short, quick, spur-of-the-moment posts. Most often in-game commentary.
Roger Federer will make a return trip to the No. 1 world ranking next Monday. Federer clinched it when he overcame Robin Haase 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis […]
Adrian Mannarino lost his first-round match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday afternoon, but he won the main spot on every highlight reel. Mannarino hit a drop shot that went over the net, bounced, and then spun back over the net onto his own side for a winner. […]
If there is year-end award for Best Point in an Exhibition Match, Roger Federer locked it up at the Match for Africa 4 in Seattle on Sunday night. There isn’t–which may not be a bad thing for Federer since he has to be running out of room for any more hardware. […]
Rafael Nadal beat Jack Sock 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on Wednesday night, needing just one hour and 23 minutes to reach the final four. But as Nadal admitted to Brad Gilbert during his on-court interview, the match was–or at least should have been–much closer than the score suggests. […]
Dominic Thiem scored a much-needed win on Wednesday night in Rotterdam, where he got the best of good friend Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 during first-round action. But the battle within the battle involved racket-smashing, and Zverev was arguably more impressive in that department. […]
Last weekend’s first-round Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Canada could not have ended in more bizarre fashion. In the decisive fifth rubber, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was defaulted in the third set for smacking a ball in frustration that torpedoed right into the chair umpire’s eye. […]
The sports world–beyond just tennis–had plenty to say about the recent Australian Open titles won by Serena Williams and Roger Federer. Players, former players, reporters, and more chimed in on Twitter to offer congratulations. […]
Nick Kyrgios may have made another enemy on Monday. But he may have made more than a few friends, as well. Following his 4-3 2-4 4-3 4-3 4-3 Fast4 format win over Rafael Nadal in Sydney, Kyrgios wore a shirt depicting United States President-elect Donald Trump in devil horns with the statement “F— Donald Trump” written below. […]
Nick Kyrgios lost to Borna Coric 7-6(2) 4-6, 7-6(6) in the second round of the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday night. He also lost three rackets. After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Kyrgios destroyed a trio of sticks at his chair. […]
Benoit Paire and Gilles Muller hit successful between-the-legs shots on the same point during Paire’s 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4) victory in round three of the Citi Open on Thursday night. Muller won that battle, but he lost–and shouldn’t have–the overall war. […]
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