If you are wondering who will win the 2021 women’s French Open championship, you’re not alone… and you’re in the dark. Who the heck knows what...
The first round of the Madrid Open, featuring Jil Teichmann’s upset of fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina, provided timeless lessons to anyone who plays tennis. One lesson is...
Four years ago, when it was possible — though not confirmed — that Maria Sharapova’s tennis career might be over, I took down notes when I...
Simona Halep probably doesn’t know the name Bo Schembechler, but one of the more famous football coaches in American history would admire what Simo accomplished in...
Some of the smaller or niche-flavored tournaments in the month of February (think South American clay) can and do involve very easy bracket paths. Last year,...
Sometimes, a story has to begin not with an elegant line, but with an editor’s explanation for a flaw or imperfection. This is one of those...
I know — and you know — that on February 18, it is way too early to make definitive pronouncements about the trajectory of a tennis...
After a seven-year break from WTA Tour tennis, Kim Clijsters didn’t gain a breakthrough win, but she did break the ice by returning to the tour...
Trenton Jocz is a freelance tennis writer who lives in Seattle and was able to attend (not as a journalist, but as a paying spectator) a...
Yes, the bigger WTA tournament of the week, just before the Australian Open, was in Brisbane. Nevertheless, Serena Williams needed match play in Auckland — a...
