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Corentin Moutet vs Taylor Fritz, UTS4 final

“The first point is a match point”: how UTS changes the whole mindset of the tennis player

UTS4 brought in even more radical rules than the previous editions and crowned Corentin Moutet, in keeping with a style that is out of step with the ATP circuit. This raises questions about the profound changes that tennis would undergo if the UTS were to impose itself as the main format on the circuit in the long term

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Geoffrey Steines
Roger Federer at Geneva in 2021

What if winning Wimbledon started on clay? Making sense of Federer and Serena’s choice

As Roland-Garros and Wimbledon loom on the horizon, Carole Bouchard examines whether playing on clay - the slowest surface - can actually help players be successful on the faster grass

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Carole Bouchard
Aslan Karatsev, 2021

From Challenger to Top 30 – the incredible rise of Russia’s Aslan Karatsev

He is the big story of 2021 so far - and Aslan Karatsev shared his story after his wonderful runs at Melbourne and Dubai that rocketed him up to 27th place in the ATP ranking. And there could be even more to come, according to his compatriot Daniil Medvedev - who thinks he plays like a Top 5 star.

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Carrie Dunn
Novak Djokovic in 1994

The origin of the famous video: Why was Djokovic interviewed when he was only seven years old?

When he was just seven years old he went on TV and declared to the world that he wanted to be No 1. 27 years later we share the untold story of that famous footage of Novak Djokovic, which aired on Serbian television in 1994.

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Sasa Ozmo
Naomi Osaka, Melbourne 2021

“New boss” Naomi Osaka primed for next step on path to greatness

Japan's Naomi Osaka will win her fourth Grand Slam title if she beats surprise finalist Jennifer Brady in the Australian Open final on Saturday

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Simon Cambers
Tennis in 2021: Delray Beach Open
3 years ago

How the Delray Beach Open “decided to bite the bullet” and start the 2021 ATP season

The Delray Beach Open had to put its 2021 plans into overdrive when...
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Chris Oddo
Novak Djokovic - Erste Bank Open 2020
3 years ago

One for all: Inside Djokovic’s mini-camp in Belgrade

As the calendar for the 2021 tennis season is shaping up, Novak Djokovic...
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Sasa Ozmo
Andrey Rublev
3 years ago

Andrey Rublev is on the rise, and poised to climb even higher

Andrey Rublev is up to No 8 in the world rankings and would...
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Ricky Dimon
Borna Coric
3 years ago

Borna reborn – the changing faces of Coric

Once tipped to be the next Novak Djokovic, Borna Coric has experienced plenty...
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Sasa Ozmo
Sofia Kenin
3 years ago

Sofia Kenin: From Rome zero zero to Roland-Garros hero

Three weeks after being double-bagelled by Victoria Azarenka in Rome, American Sofia Kenin...
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Simon Cambers
3 years ago

All in the mind: Roland-Garros shows importance of sports psychologists

With tennis as much about mental strength as it is physical prowess, more...
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Simon Cambers
US Open 2020 behind closed doors (Tennis Majors Feature)
4 years ago

With no US Open fans, who will handle the mental battle best?

The US Open begins at Flushing Meadows on Monday, with a host of...
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Simon Cambers
US Open : Features Tennis Majors Scoring Format
4 years ago

How the US Open missed a trick not trying a shorter scoring format

After almost five months off because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the US Open...
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Simon Cambers
Althea Gibson
4 years ago

From Gibson and Ashe to Osaka – tennis’s trailblazers for racial equality

The two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka followed in a brave and powerful...
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Carrie Dunn
Tennis New Normal : Majors Analysis (Eugenie Bouchard, Prague 2020)
4 years ago

How to succeed in tennis’ new normal? Go with the flow

What will it take to thrive on the tennis court during the age...
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Chris Oddo
Top 20 post-confinement (Part 1)
4 years ago

Top 20 post-confinement matches: tears of Djokovic, Paire’s heatstroke

Since the middle of May, tennis exhibitions have been popping up around the...
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TENNIS MAJORS (IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCRINE)
4 years ago

The power of the Grand Slams is virtually limitless

Of the many things to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis in tennis, one...
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Carole Bouchard
Alizé Cornet - WTA
4 years ago

Getting back on court, sure, but how and for what?

As many players have spent two months or more without being able to...
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Carole Bouchard
Let apart by men who did not belive in themselves, women had to fight to make their own tennis tour growing.
4 years ago

The WTA: how women got their revenge and their rights

In the final episode of our trilogy about the roots of tennis' divided...
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Paul Bonnaud
ATP Major Features
4 years ago

The ATP, the union which became a Tour; how players took control of world tennis

In the second episode of our trilogy about the roots of tennis' divided...
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Paul Bonnaud