Is the time 9 o’clock or 11 o’clock? It’s 10-ish… but the clock might strike midnight at 6:30. That collection of words seems like nonsense, so...
Is it right? No. Is it fair? No. Can it be explained relatively easily? Yes. No matter what you think or HOW you think, this much...
Some truths are so evident in life that you internalize them and simply accept them as part of “the way things are, and the way things...
You will immediately note that I did not use the word “better” in the title of this piece. I specifically chose the word “new” for a...
Thinking of — or planning on — attending the 46th edition of one of the more venerable non-major, non-Masters tournaments in men’s tennis? Here are a...
Another part of the tangled, layered framework of tennis economics is the topic of appearance fees. The longevity of the Big 3 is due in part...
For a week with nothing but 250-point tournaments, the ATP Tour has provided an eyebrow-raising series of occurrences. These aren’t loud and massive thunderbolts, no, but...
Turbulence. Disruption. Stop-and-start movements. Energy and flow, followed quickly by pain and regression, then stasis. These are highly annoying things on plane flights and bus rides,...
The following statement is both depressing and true: 2018 was a comparatively good year for Philipp Kohlschreiber. The German reached the round of 16 at the...
The weekly parade of tennis tournaments, tennis matches, tennis practices, and all the flights or train rides which carry players and journalists from one city to...