Here’s some great news — and cool pic of the great Catherine Whitaker @CWhitakerSport of The Tennis Podcast taping the audio of my upcoming book The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis. No better voice for this. You can pre-order here penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
What is the antidoping hierarchy going to do with the new generation of weight loss drugs — and how does Serena’s story play into this? @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7347270…
Completely loving defending Queen’s champ Tatjana Maria embarrassing the LTA and the whole system of wild cards by plowing through qualifying and her main draw match. They refused to give her one in favor of Brits. Ridiculous. Defending champion!!!
At the moment, Aryna Sabalenka seems to have a an organic court problems...which means, now that I said that, she's going to win Wimbledon. @TheAthletic.
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Mirra Andreeva is growing up and into the semis at the French open. @TheAthletic
Back on the French Open court that undid her a year ago, Mirra Andreeva is growing up nytimes.com/athletic/7244756…
Russia keeps pounding Ukraine. A little known Ukrainian tennis player is hitting back, joining a blue and yellow charge in Paris @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7317866…
Novak Djokovic didn’t want to talk about the golden opportunity that slipped through his fingers. Hard to blame him for that. @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7318620…
Billie Jean King went back to college. She took a class on women's sports. She had some thoughts on that and graduating 65 years after it all started. @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7302506…
Chances are you’ve heard of French Open wild card Akashi Uhrobo, but she might the answer to a great tennis question— can the sport be learned backwards? @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7282527…
Great words in a starred KIRKUS review, for THE CRUELEST GAME: "This is can’t-miss writing on one of the world’s most mentally taxing sports...Superb reporting on the mental and physical cauldron of professional tennis." Pubs 8/4
Pre-order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
There's no way to sugarcoat it -- an injury to the wrist is the worst thing a tennis player can endure barring something catastrophic. @TheAthleticnytimes.com/athletic/7263807…