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...
by Matt Zemek The cycle of life. The flow of nature. The turning of the leaves. The changing of the seasons. There are general rhythms to...
by Matt Zemek Does the sport of tennis need to be reformed? That’s a very broad question. A lot of people would say “yes” in response,...
by Matt Zemek Failure is part of life and part of sport. There is no shame in failure itself, because one must fail before succeeding. Recall...
by Matt Zemek The great players get rare chances to accomplish specific feats, such as a Grand Slam, but they get copious chances to win majors....
by Anand Mamidipudi They are small. They are lightning-quick. They are fragile. This is no scout report on the smurfs. This is the stereotype of the...