Witnessing History: The 2025 Roland-Garros Final The Roland-Garros final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner was, indisputably, historic. Anyone who witnessed the spectacle, whether in person, on TV, or, in my case, on a phone screen in a hotel room, is a part of something...Continue reading
Submitted for the 2025 BTJA Mike Dickson Award, this article was highly commended by the panel. Last July, I found myself searching for pockets of shade between the seats of the FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington DC. Omnipresent storm clouds hung overhead as Sebastian Korda...Continue reading
Introduction The sports landscape will continue to evolve in the coming decades with the integration of advanced AI technologies, data analysis, and marketing. This is especially the case in Formula 1, where the difference between physical prowess and mechanical precision can be hard to distinguish...Continue reading
Embed from Getty Images This article was released prior to Jannik Sinner’s settlement with WADA, which was made public on February 15th, 2025. Sinner received a three month ban from tennis which began on February 9th, 2025. Sinner is eligible to return to professional tennis...Continue reading
ATP Dubai Open Analysis 3/8/2024 25-year-old Ugo Humbert’s record against Daniil Medvedev is, after their meeting last week in Dubai, 3-1 in favor of the Frenchman. For a player that had, before February, never been ranked higher than 20 in the world, this is a...Continue reading
ATP Qatar Open Analysis 2/25/2024 Context At 3,000 points less than 4th ranked Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, according to Tennis Channel’s stream, had little to fight for this week at Doha 250. Most would disagree with this take. Every game played by Rublev is warfare....
Personal Opinion 2/17/2024 What does “mentality” mean? Sports stars are, of course, talented and athletic individuals who have physical gifts beyond the range of normal human ability. For tennis players, these physical advantages range from being above two meters in height to crazy speed and...Continue reading
WTA Elite Trophy Semi-Final Analysis 12/28/2023 Beatriz Haddad Maia has been a contender at the top of the women’s game for the better part of the last 18 months. In August of 2022, Haddad Maia cruised to a top 20 ranking in both singles and...
Embed from Getty Images A discussion about the future of women’s football The Ballon d’Or award for the best women’s player on Tuesday evening was perhaps the most anti-climatic ceremony held this calendar year. Aitana Bonmatí was the lynchpin for a Barcelona side that won...Continue reading
Davis Cup Analysis 11/28/2023 Miomir Kecmanović should arguably be in the top 25 based on skill level, but ranks just below 50 on the charts. Tennis fans, media, and evidently Kecmanović himself were surprised by his selection as the second ranked singles competitor behind Novak...