Part Two of Jack Edward’s statistical dive into which WTA players lost to eventual tournament champions the most in 2021.
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Tennis Origin Story #15: Vansh Vermani
Vansh Vermani’s first run-in with tennis was accidental, but his journey into fandom was anything but.
Tennis Origin Story #14: Owen Lewis
Tennis: there and back again.
Losing to a Tournament’s Eventual Champion: Part One (WTA)
Jack Edward examines the WTA players who lost most frequently to the eventual champion of a tournament in 2021. Part one of a two-part series.
Saša Ozmo on Novak Djokovic: “I know how Novak behaves when the camera is turned off.”
Sportklub’s Saša Ozmo on tennis journalism, Novak Djokovic, and bias in the media.
Why the GOAT Debate is Not About the Stats
Nick Carter on why the GOAT debate extends beyond stats, and why the WTA legends are more influential than those on the ATP.
The Issue With Diplomacy and COVID-19
Olivia Gadecki is ranked 181st in the world. Like world #1 Ash Barty, she is Australian. In fact, Barty has been supporting the 19-year-old Gadecki for some time. The teenager’s ranking isn’t sufficiently high to qualify for the Australian Open next month, but she was primed to receive a wild card into the main draw.Continue reading “The Issue With Diplomacy and COVID-19”
Thoughts on Rafael Nadal’s Comeback
How much did Nadal’s matches in Abu Dhabi tell us?
Tennis Origin Story #13: Caleb Pereira
Caleb Pereira, opening, closing, and, rummaging through a long-abandoned, rotten, and mothballed chest-of-memory-drawers, finds out how the musty, starched rituals of Wimbledon and its iron-curtain imperialism initially creeped him out of tennis.
Making the Transition to University Tennis
Jake Williams talks through how to make the decision of where to play tennis in university.