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Tennis Contrarian equipped with a wry wit, outsized ego, and at best, very shaky strokes. shaptennispod.com

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Michael Zheng of Columbia wins his second straight NCAA Division I singles title, defeating Trevor Svajda of SMU 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in today's final.
Zheng now has most men's NCAA wins in a career, 20, surpassing Somdev Devvarman of Virginia, who had 19.

(in NCAA modern era, beginning in 1977)

23.11.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jasmine Paolini's Sneakily Wonderful Season - The Second Serve Jasmine Paolini settles in to life in the WTA top 10.

Jasmine Paolini eased into life as a top 10 player, stacking solid wins week after week, claiming some nice trophies, ending as world No. 8, said @girinathan.bsky.social

www.thesecondserve.com/jasmine-paol...

22.11.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Mercedes coming to the @WTA . On the nets. Everything. Great for them. Huge deal .

14.11.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals

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ACADEMY ROMA β€” The GOLDEN TICKET

Now taking applications for the 3rd annual Rome Academy. www.goldentickettennis.com/academy-roma

10.11.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Battle Ready or Battle Weary? A conversation with Stuart Duguid, organizer of the "Battle of the Sexes" between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios, on its risks and rewards.

The latest at Bounces, which is already generating lots of conversation there:

An interview with Stuart Duguid, the agent of Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios who is organizing their controversial β€œBattle of the Sexes” next month.

On risks and rewards:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/nick-kyrgi...

06.11.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Turn The Volume Up.

Historical Speech @zohrankmamdani

Please walk it like you talk it.

05.11.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what i saw was tough to watch immediately after Sinner Felix.

02.11.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saudi Arabia’s tennis investment and ATP tournament: How it is changing the sport The kingdom's Masters 1000 event is the culmination of a slow integration into the sport, and a reduction in questions about its ethics.

Saudi Arabia and tennis become ever more intertwined with new 1,000 men’s event (the rung below the slams)

And, as is precisely the point with normalising this sort of thing, the human rights concerns around the nation seem to now make barely a ripple ⬇️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...

24.10.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Rumors swirling Todd Martin is tee’d up to be Tiafoe’s next coach.

22.10.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dan Evans Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro Podcast Episode Β· The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast Β· 10/16/2025 Β· 29m

Good Times Bad Times We Spill the Wine. Tales of pro tennis with Dan Evans. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

16.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There isn’t one great tennis website.

01.10.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1st the US Open, now Ryder Cup. Atrocious fan behavior becomes the story of the event.

29.09.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does the broadcast miss the handshake? I hate that. Please don’t let the director choke anymore @lavercup.bsky.social

21.09.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They need to change the name of @lavercup.bsky.social to ROGERMANIA. Cult-like scenes in silicon valley.

20.09.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was afraid of that.

18.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. This article rocked me. Will read this book..

18.09.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sinclair just an absolute blight on society. Normalizing amd honoring hate speech, promoting censorship.

18.09.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wow cool. The best thing about LA with the best thing.

11.09.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 US Open Mega Special With Brad Gilbert Podcast Episode Β· The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast Β· 09/05/2025 Β· 39m

Everything you need and needed to know about the US Open, including a deep dive on today’s final featuring Brad Gilbert and I podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

07.09.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man I could watch Osaka play Amanda every night.

05.09.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 US Open Mega Special With Brad Gilbert

Guide to The US Open finals weekend open.spotify.com/episode/0XPX...

05.09.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hear Hear. Insanity.

03.09.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Netflix Rafa docu series wrapped shooting Saturday and will be rolled out in 2026.

02.09.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really enjoying late night Goodall and Blake

31.08.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

haha

28.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Musetti Goffin match is going to be a long beautiful one i reckon.

28.08.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i mean. Duh.

28.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bjorn Fratangelo yelling β€œbody language β€œ is so sad to me.

25.08.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

see you later today!

25.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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