What is the biggest common thread between the 2020 Dubai WTA tournament and the 2020 Dubai ATP Tournament? You could come up with several reasonable answers....
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,...
When we discuss live sporting events, we sometimes use the term “comeback” to refer to a rally from a deficit. I am an American English speaker,...
In 2019, Simona Halep did not finish as the WTA Tour’s year-end No. 1 player, unlike 2017 and 2018. In 2019, Simona Halep did not make...
It should have been — could have been — such a great advertisement for women’s tennis. Simona Halep of Romania played Bianca Andreescu of Canada by...
The biggest story at the 2019 WTA Finals — in which the year-end championship tournament of women’s tennis will be played in Shenzhen, China, for the...
For the second straight year, Simona Halep has suffered an injury in China. No immediate significance should be attached to her loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova in...
Just win one more point. Conceptually, physically, spatially, the goal seems very attainable. Win one more point. Put the ball inside the lines and out of...
By Ed Salmon — @Fogmount on Twitter — EDITOR’S NOTE: Before we begin, an introduction to this series. Ed Salmon begins a series of #Longreads articles...