Belinda Bencic: ‘Just filled with a lot of emotion’
Swiss Belinda Bencic won the at ’15 Toronto tournament and it looked like she was moving up the ladder. She was clocking some massive strokes, was fast and she could crack with her serve. She reached the semis at the 2019 US Open but never made it very far at the other Grand Slams. That […]
10 questions with Fernandez, Venus, Murray, Kyrgios, and more
Four winners: Daria Kasatkina:She lost it in the first set 7-6, but after that, she became almost perfect, nailing Danielle Collins 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 in San Jose, California. Not only is she back into the top 10, but if she is not exhausted, she can go deep in Toronto. Liudmila Samsonova:That was the biggest win […]
Carlos Alcaraz: ‘I try to keep learning, keep adding experiences’
Even with a standout year with few losses, Carlos Alcaraz is still learning. He is so quick, and he is super aggressive. Here and there, he can be frustrated. But he is 19-years-old, and when he is on, he can pound the ball. This season, ranked No. 6, he upset Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. […]
The Wimbledon final: Novak Djokovic aims for No. 21
Novak Djokovic’s body is always ready but the question is about his head. At times, he can be foggy, and out of the balance, but gradually, he wakes up and then he knows exactly what to do. In the Wimbledon quarters, very young Jannik Sinner was pounding the ball, smacking it down the line, or […]
Wimbledon: Amanda Anisimova beats Coco Gauff
Amanda Anisimova is still becoming more mature, on the court and off. Over the past few months, she began to think more clearly about her oncourt tactics. Both her forehand and her backhand are titanic, and while she isn’t incredibly fast, she can be pretty quick when chasing would-be winners. She stares at the ball […]
Emma Raducanu: ‘I’m just trying to stay on one path’
Emma Raducanu might be the US Open champion again, if she manages to clean it up on court. On Tuesday, she easily beat Serena Williams in Cincinnati, 6-4, 6-0. She was injured — and many people have in the summer — but currently, she is getting better. The next day, she blew out Vika Azarena, […]
Kyrgios: ‘I don’t need someone to tell me how to play tennis’
Win or lose this week, Nick Kyrgios has finally started to play the singles he is capable of. While he can scream when he misses an easy shots, then he must begin to forget. He won’t improve his game and career if he keeps up the erratic, errant shouting at this camp that defused his […]
Wimbledon champions: Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina
The now 21-Grand-Slam champion Novak Djokovic decided to stay the course, even though Nick Kyrgios was serving gigantic in the Wimbledon final. The Aussie won the first set 6-4, and he was super confident, even though this was the first time that he had reached the final at a Grand Slam. Kyrgios also really likes […]
Let Taylor play!
When I was the Atlanta Open media director, one reporter who was new to tennis asked, “What’s a lucky loser? How can a loser be lucky?” I explained tennis’ practice of letting qualifiers who lose in the final round of qualies move into the main draw if a main-draw player withdraws before play starts. The […]
Wimbledon, Day 3: John Isner beats Andy Murray
Andy Murray was in the second round at Wimbledon. But, because the aging American John Isner put together one of his best matches ever. His hefty serves, his huge forehand, and at times, his backhand were sent deep. He had never beaten Murray before, but at Wimbledon, he played so solid, winning the match 6-4 […]