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The Arms Race Continues - The Second Serve Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are adding to their arsenals.

The Sincaraz Empire (2024–????) has been built on raw aggression. There is no room for passivity, for trying to make the opponent miss, for hesitation, writes @owensports.bsky.social

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21.11.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's Broken About the ATP Tour Finals? - The Second Serve Often, at the Tour Finals, the ATP season just seems to fizzle out.

A good year for a boring tournament? via @owensports.bsky.social

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16.11.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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14.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elena Rybakina's Fraught Season - The Second Serve It's been a chaotic year, but Elena Rybakina ended her 2025 campaign on a high.

"Elena Rybakina absolutely dominated the year-end event of a tour that just sanctioned and then unsanctioned the coach she continues to employ."

www.thesecondserve.com/elena-rybaki... via @girinathan.bsky.social

14.11.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blogged it, with thoughts on this year's very good edition so far: www.thesecondserve.com/whats-broken...

14.11.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.

Happiest I've been for a player in a while www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...

13.11.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.

Hard not to feel for The Demon after that loss...

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12.11.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ATP Finals is a hard, hard tournament to care about. Everyone's exhausted, some are hurt, the serve dominates matches, even ostensibly good matchups have rarely been close in the past few editions. It always looks great on paper beforehand and then ends up as wet pulp.

10.11.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Coco Gauff is Living on the Edge - The Second Serve After a season of high highs and low lows, Coco Gauff has a lot to think about going into the offseason.

@carolebouchard.bsky.social on Coco Gauff's up-and-down-season.

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10.11.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coco Gauff is Living on the Edge - The Second Serve After a season of high highs and low lows, Coco Gauff has a lot to think about going into the offseason.

Coco Gauff's season has featured a bit of everything, says @carolebouchard.bsky.social

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07.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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07.11.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuzzy Memories - The Second Serve The Art of Tennis by Nicholas Fox Weber is one of the most idiosyncratic, enlightening, and enjoyable books about the inspired creativity that tennis has given rise to.

There is a new book out by Nick Weber called β€œThe Art of Tennis” about the intersection of the sport and high culture. Cavaggio, Shaw, Monty Python, Billy Wilder, etc.

A fascinating book & an even more fascinating guy who now just lives in Ireland and Paris. My idol.

For @the2ndserve.bsky.social

07.11.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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05.11.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.

As the ATP tour finals approach, we're taking a closer look at some of the participants. @owensports.bsky.social starts it off with Alex de Minaur, who is doing his very best.

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05.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Turin or Bust - The Second Serve Lorenzo Musetti's complicated journey to the ATP Finals in Turin.

If Lorenzo Musetti wins the Hellenic Championship he will qualify for Turin. He faces Stan Wawrinka presently... @simoncambers.bsky.social

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05.11.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Lost Generation - The Second Serve The despair is palpable for the charter members of the β€œSadGen”, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

"The simple fact is that the all-time greats are just much better at tennis." β€” @owensports.bsky.social

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04.11.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Digs For the Paris Masters - The Second Serve The Rolex Paris Masters begins this weekend at a new venue, the La Defense Arena, in the heart of the financial district of Paris, after almost 40 years across town in Bercy. The move is a major upgra...

Adieu, Bercy, via @simoncambers.bsky.social

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31.10.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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An October Surprise - The Second Serve Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala played a match in Hong Kong with genuine energy and minimal cynicism, not accepting the notion that October is a time for coasting and burnout.

Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social

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31.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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New Digs For the Paris Masters - The Second Serve The Rolex Paris Masters begins this weekend at a new venue, the La Defense Arena, in the heart of the financial district of Paris, after almost 40 years across town in Bercy. The move is a major upgra...

After 40 years across town, a new home for the the Paris Masters, via @simoncambers.bsky.social

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27.10.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

on the absurd cousin vs. cousin final at the Shanghai Masters

14.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Turin or Bust - The Second Serve Lorenzo Musetti's complicated journey to the ATP Finals in Turin.

Great to speak to Lorenzo Musetti for @the2ndserve.bsky.social about his bid to qualify for the ATP Finals www.thesecondserve.com/turin-or-bus...

17.10.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Family Affair - The Second Serve For any fan who needed a palate cleanser in this era of unbroken Sincaraz dominance, it’d be hard to ask for a better match, or storyline, than a Valentin Vacherot vs. Arthur Rinderknech final in Shan...

"For any fan who needed a palate cleanser in this era of unbroken Sincaraz dominance, it’d be hard to ask for a better match, or storyline, than this one." β€” @girinathan.bsky.social

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14.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sabalenka and Swiatek: The Great Rivalry That Isn’t - The Second Serve Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, the two best players on the WTA Tour, should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been.

The two best players on the WTA Tour should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been.

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19.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Second Serve β€” Sign Up Sign up for The Second Serve, a new tennis lifestyle publication. Tennis fashion, news, commentary, art, travel and entertainment. ATP, WTA and international tennis far and wide. Free, weekly tennis.

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03.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Everyman - The Second Serve Since Alex de Minaur saved three championship points to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the Citi Open, leaving Foki’s heart cracked and dripping over the court, the 26-year-old Spania...

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina needs a hug. via @owensports.bsky.social

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07.10.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amanda Anisimova: A Force of Nature - The Second Serve This season, Amanda Anisimova has taken the WTA Tour by storm with wins in Doha and Beijing and two Grand Slam finals appearances. // Getty

Amanda Anisimova steps into her comfort zone, www.thesecondserve.com/amanda-anisi... @the2ndserve.bsky.social

08.10.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Everyman - The Second Serve Since Alex de Minaur saved three championship points to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the Citi Open, leaving Foki’s heart cracked and dripping over the court, the 26-year-old Spania...

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina needs a hug. via @owensports.bsky.social

www.thesecondserve.com/alejandro-da...

07.10.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finish Line - The Second Serve What happens in the ATP’s Asian swing is likely to decide who ends up on top of the year-end rankings, Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner.

Gonna be tough for Jannik to catch Carlos now... via @simoncambers.bsky.social

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07.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Second Serve β€” Sign Up Sign up for The Second Serve, a new tennis lifestyle publication. Tennis fashion, news, commentary, art, travel and entertainment. ATP, WTA and international tennis far and wide. Free, weekly tennis.

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03.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Killer of Giants - The Second Serve Learner Tien has just moved inside the top 40 after hiring as coach the greatest-ever Asian-American tennis player from Southern California: Michael Chang.

This kid from Irvine, Calif., has accumulated more top 10 wins this season than anyone besides Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. -- @girinathan.bsky.social

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03.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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