First-round matches at ATP 500 tournaments are generally not that important and not particularly defining. I hasten to add that it will not be a crisis...
When you play Hsieh Su-Wei, you hope to play your way, but you have to realize that at times, you will be forced to play HER...
The lower levels of professional tennis have become a very cluttered and confusing place these days. It is helpful to talk to people who can make...
It has been a very good February for Swiss tennis. First, Stan Wawrinka, having dealt with injury problems and the interruption of his career, returned to...
Hsieh Su-Wei is a quality professional tennis player. She is skilled at hitting a tennis ball. She is also skilled at playing immensely dramatic matches. The...
I have spent a lot of time this week writing variations of this basic theme: Don’t call this a crisis. Aryna Sabalenka is the latest player...
If you love easy, convenient narratives, don’t write about Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsitsipas. The tennis-loving world — anyone who cares about the sport on a...
Garbine Muguruza isn’t helping herself, but she helped Tennis With An Accent. Confused? Here’s the explanation on a February Wednesday. For this “Indian Wells Pressure Series”...
Anyone who covers sports for a living constantly returns to this basic intersectional question: Was a just-completed competition more of a reflection on the winner or...
Remember when Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep met in the 2014 Wimbledon semifinals? Bouchard was making her third straight appearance in a major semifinal, Halep her...
