8 Olympic pairings: the women

This article was originally published in 2019. The Summer Olympics will be upon us once again in 2021. One of the most fascinating parts about Olympic tennis is the doubles. Global superstars create pairings that you typically won’t see anywhere else. Many countries have multiple big-name tennis players, and predicting...
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Posted on October 28, 2020

Players You Should Know: Reilly Opelka

Our new feature is called “Players You Should Know”. As it sounds, it’s a place to introduce players who might not be dominating tennis headlines but whom we feel are doing interesting things in the tennis world. For most of them, we suspect they’ll come to own the headlines one...
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Posted on November 16, 2016

Reilly Opelka brings a big game

American tennis, it turns out, is totally fine and far from doomed. That’s what the headlines say this week after young Reilly Opelka won the prestigious Wimbledon boys’ title. The unseeded American defeated Sweden’s Mikael Ymer 7-6 (5) and 6-4 in the final, managing 15 aces and never facing a...
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Posted on July 17, 2015

5 Places to See Roger Federer

It’s difficult to accurately appreciate the quality of the sporting renaissance we’ve witnessed from Roger Federer. On one hand, he’s arguably (because there’s always an argument) the greatest tennis player of all time and him winning a few more tournaments shouldn’t really be a surprise. When someone wins 17 Grand...
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Posted on March 23, 2017