Madison Key’s three-set win in the ladies’ final at the Australian Open over defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is a textbook case of couldn’t happen to a more deserving lass. The one-time golden teen of American tennis, expected to be the…
Melbourne is in its glorious summer — not that anyone from TAS is there, except via high tech — and it is time to assess the 2024 pro tennis situation. But after the first week of the year’s first major,…
Aryna Sabalenka is in charge of the first set, women’s U.S. Open final against Corine (“Coco”) Gauff in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, N.Y.C. Facts matter, what and where, more than feeling and…
Every edition of The Championships at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon is automatically a great sports story. A popular star aching for her first Slam took on and beat two of the best, including the defending champion, and…
The way Novak Djokovic won that first set with an unreachable diagonal forehand was not quite representative of the competitive level at that point. It was a tiebreak, meaning the two seeds had stayed close all the way, including some…
We were discussing some of the finer aspects of Frances Tiafoe’s game when we got the word that a member of our informal Maury Wills Athletic & Social Club, aka the East Side Racquets, which meets on the courts near…
There is much to say about Novak Djokovic’s tennis game, and you cannot reduce his mastery of the sport to any single factor. But if the need existed, as in headline writing — see above — patience would be worth…
The Aussie catches one between his legs and sends it back over but to no avail, the Serb is ready near the net to put it away. Another good serve and a crosscourt sizzler and he holds, 3-4. So the…
No need to find some big meaning in it, but over 10 sets, the two best of the new class could not overcome the last two of the old class, so maybe there really is something to the idea that…
