by Matt Zemek The words you are about to read on Kiki Bertens’ victory over Caroline Garcia in the Madrid Open semifinals have value for any...
by Matt Zemek It is not a fresh or original sports image, but it so often tells the story of how athletes get better and, through...
by Matt Zemek This won’t be a long column — not necessarily because it doesn’t need to be, but because scheduling flaws are so pervasive...
by Matt Zemek On the ATP Tour, everyone knows that Madrid is not Rafael Nadal’s favorite clay-court tournament. The elevation, the bounces, and the nature of...
by Matt Zemek Life’s cycles of beginnings and endings emerge in ways which are both familiar and unexpected. As normal as the changing of the seasons...
by Briana Foust Prodigy. Rising star. Phenom. Living legend. Mother. And now simply, being Serena. Little more than one year after Serena Williams shocked the world...
by Matt Zemek The week of WTA coverage at Tennis With An Accent began with an attempt to capture the meaning of Maria Sharapova’s loss to Caroline Garcia...
by Matt Zemek Anett Kontaveit does not make it easy to assess tennis players or tournaments. The Estonian has enough game to bother elite players in big...
by Matt Zemek To compete in the cauldron of elite professional athletics is to sign up for a life of pressure. That pressure takes many forms...
by Matt Zemek Yes, every tennis match is the same. No, every tennis match is not the same. Both statements can be true. Every main-draw professional tennis match involves...
