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- Does the Ad Court Favor Left-Handers?
Most of a server’s chances to win the game come on the ad side. In a large historical sample, that was the stronger serving court for left-handers, by a small margin.
- Three Points at a Time
The player who strings together more runs of three points or longer won about 92 percent of the matches in a large historical sample. One run does not decide a match. Repeating them does.
- Are Pros Using the Drop Shot More?
Carlos Alcaraz made the drop shot a weapon again. Other players have followed, but copying the shot is easier than copying the moments that make it work.
- Zverev Closes In on Year-End No. 1 as Sinner Steps Aside
Jannik Sinner is done for 2026. Alexander Zverev now leads the race for year-end No. 1, and Carlos Alcaraz has a steep climb if he wants to keep it alive.
- Still in the Game: Why Great Athletes Keep Competing Around 40
Ovechkin, Djokovic and LeBron raise questions that reach beyond sport: how long can excellence last, what keeps ambition alive, and when is it time to leave?
- The Opponent on the Phone: Tennis Players and the Weight of Online Abuse
From Coco Gauff’s recent experience to Rebecca Marino’s earlier struggles, tennis keeps confronting the human cost of a public life lived under relentless scrutiny.
- Tennis Has a Scheduling Problem and Players Are Paying the Price
Carlos Alcaraz’s warning about the tennis calendar is no longer just a sound bite. It is becoming a warning sign for the sport itself. The world No. 3 spent more than four months sidelined by a wrist injury, returned at the US Open, and immediately made the case that the modern schedule is asking players to do something close to impossible.