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How do we think—and feel—about Novak Djokovic now? via @owensports.bsky.social

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The Washington Post loses its biggest star yet: sports columnist Sally Jenkins - Poynter Jenkins isn’t just a sportswriter. She’s one of the most fearless and eloquent voices in journalism, making her exit a major blow to the Post.

One of the very best. Bezos has shamed and embarrassed the Post so badly.

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Genie Bouchard's Long Goodbye - The Second Serve Eugenie Bouchard, tennis' original influencer, retires.

The move that probably soured many fans on Bouchard: becoming a hybrid professional tennis player/influencer. Perhaps the fans felt that a genuine athlete shouldn’t stoop to this stuff…. Or perhaps she was just ahead of her time. @girinathan.bsky.social

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flyer for Giri Nathan book event on 8/19/25 in Brooklyn NY, alongside comedian Michael Kosta, and writers David J. Roth and Patrick J. Sauer

nyc... come yap with us on 8/19, the day that CHANGEOVER comes out

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For Foki's Sake - The Second Serve Despite setbacks in finals—the latest being a gut-wrenching loss to Alex De Minaur in DC—Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has major goals.

Now I know how to handle losses well. I know that in tennis, you win and lose every week, and you have to manage that." —Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

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you gotta catch an Aoi Ito match

A Slice Is Life - The Second Serve Su-wei Hsieh finds a spiritual successor in Aoi Ito, a 20-year-old from Japan.

Bumping this up. @girinathan.bsky.social on #AoiIto from earlier this year...

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The Goat in Winter - The Second Serve an athlete as accomplished as Novak Djokovic winning a final big trophy by virtue of Jannik Sinner losing to somebody else would reveal less about Novak than if he retired right now.

Many thanks to @the2ndserve.bsky.social for letting me write about how Djokovic continues to escape my comprehension at 38 and to @jjvallejoa.bsky.social for making suggestions on an incoherent earlier draft!

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The Goat in Winter - The Second Serve an athlete as accomplished as Novak Djokovic winning a final big trophy by virtue of Jannik Sinner losing to somebody else would reveal less about Novak than if he retired right now.

“Despite more data on #NovakDjokovic existing than ever, I can’t quite figure him out,” says @owensports.bsky.social

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Hard Reset - The Second Serve To regain her championship form at Wimbledon, Iga Swiatek needed a hard reset. Her team gave her one.

Every champion,even the most decorated ones, sometimes needs to be given a strong talk. Swiatek needed a hard reset. Her team obliged. Read me @the2ndserve.bsky.social on how she might have won Wimbledon thanks to a team meeting after Rome, in her team’s own words: www.thesecondserve.com/hard-reset/

This post has now been updated with the official reaction I received from Roland-Garros regarding potential changes to their mixed doubles format. I already had Wimbledon’s position and the AO had already communicated theirs.

“We had a few difficult conversations within the team, and the one thing that I can tell you about Iga is that she can listen to the tough stuff, and she embraces it, » Daria Abramowicz said.

8/19 LIVE TENNIS @squawkinsports.bsky.social IN THE BIG ROOM

Launching the killer new @girinathan.bsky.social of @defector.com & @the2ndserve.bsky.social book The Changeover w/special former tennis pro/Daily Show guest @michaelkosta.bsky.social Lucky Loser.

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High Horse - The Second Serve Wimbledon, Ralph Lauren and when the All England Club faced the monster under its bed.

Electronic line calling at Wimbledon means the conspicuous absence of the best dressed lines-people in the game. From OPEN Tennis Vol. 1, Lydia Horne unpacks one of the most recognizable partnerships in tennis.

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Postcard from SW19 2025 - The Second Serve Over the years, veteran travel photographer Tom Parker has shot every corner of the All England Club. This year he again captured the Championships from his singular point of view.

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The 2025 Wimbledon Shoe Report - The Second Serve Tim Newcomb delivers the 2025 Wimbledon shoe report for The Second Serve.

The Wimbledon 2025 shoe report.

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Tennis as Death - The Second Serve Andrey Rublev seems to be suggesting that the goal of a financially sustainable tennis career should be to escape with one’s mind intact.

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The 2025 Wimbledon Shoe Report - The Second Serve Tim Newcomb delivers the 2025 Wimbledon shoe report for The Second Serve.

The Wimbledon 2025 shoe report.

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Postcard from SW19 2025 - The Second Serve Over the years, veteran travel photographer Tom Parker has shot every corner of the All England Club. This year he again captured the Championships from his singular point of view.

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Break on Through - The Second Serve For Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova a rest was as good as a change.

"Some people have an obvious destiny, and it seemed that Amanda Anisimova's was to hit backhands—angled and breaking the sideline, flat and blasting through the baseline, any trajectory seeming possible from any court position." - @girinathan.bsky.social

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Sorry US Open but if you don’t get Katerina Siniakova in your mixed doubles draw, you just don’t have the best player. She just won another Grand Slam title, and she’s moles above the rest. Also to damn good singles player. Should be a mandatory pick. Seriously, a shame really.

Bill Ackman Gets To Play Pretend In Sanctioned Tennis Farce | Defector Might as well get it out of the way: Bill Ackman’s tennis game is not humiliating in itself. If it’s Ackman’s humiliation you seek, might I direct you to: his hammy and conspiratorial screeds on Twitt...

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