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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Aryna Sabalenka, the world No. 1, has suffered her earliest tournament exit in 15 months after a third-round defeat to Sorana Cîrstea at the Italian Open. More from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⬇️
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Aryana Sabalenka suffers earliest tournament exit in 15 months with Italian Open loss (Gift Article)
Sorana Cîrstea beat the world No.1 despite going a set down in the third round of the tournament on Saturday.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Aryna Sabalenka, the women’s tennis world No. 1, thinks that stars will eventually boycott Grand Slams due to disputes over prize money and player representation. Free to read from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social here ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/48FKq5Q
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Eli Stephenson's leap over the net for Kentucky in a college match was incredible. But the rules should have seen it disallowed.... 📝 @mattfutterman.bsky.social and @jameskhansen.bsky.social Free to read here ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/4vkBKvx
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Marco Trungelliti, 36, will become the oldest men’s tennis top-100 debutant in 50 years on Monday. With a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset win over Corentin Moutet on Friday, Trungelliti confirmed a feat bestowed on him too early by the tennis powers that be. ✍️ @jameskhansen.bsky.social Free to read ⤵️
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Marco Trungelliti, 36, will become oldest men’s tennis top-100 debutant in 50 years (Gift Article)
The Argentine upset Corentin Moutet at the Hassan Grand Prix II in Marrakech, Morocco to confirm the first two-digit ranking of his career.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
When Andy Murray was weighing up his latest investment, he didn’t leave anything to chance. Murray, who added running-shoe brand Hylo to his portfolio, is one of many to use lessons from their sporting lives in their financial ones. 📝 @cdeccleshare.bsky.social Free to read ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/4880GMC
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Another Sunday on a hard court. Another ATP Tour title for Jannik Sinner. The 24-year-old Italian won the Miami Open Sunday with a resounding 6-4, 6-4 win over Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic that was barely in doubt after the first few minutes.
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Jannik Sinner caps Miami Open dominance with first men’s Sunshine Double in 9 years (Gift Article)
The 24-year-old Italian took down Jiří Lehečka of the Czech Republic in straight sets at Hard Rock Stadium.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A world-famous soccer stadium will host the biggest stars in tennis next month, as Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu transforms from a soccer pitch into a collection of tennis courts. ✍️ Guillermo Rai and @cdeccleshare.bsky.social FREE TO READ ⤵️
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Real Madrid will transform Bernabéu from grass soccer pitch to clay tennis court for Madrid Open (Gift Article)
The stadium will be used as a practice facility for the tournament, which starts April 20.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 26/03/2026
It doesn’t happen often. For nearly three hours at the Miami Open, Tommy Paul and Arthur Fils played 36 service games. No one broke serve. In the end, Fils came out on top, saving four consecutive match points in the process. ✍️ @mattfutterman.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4c6HHV3
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Tennis TV coverage is beginning to change - and Andy Roddick could help to accelerate it. The 2003 U.S. Open winner reveals how he plans to be a very different kind of pundit this summer. 📝 @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/7072427/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🎾 Women to play best-of-five from quarter-finals onwards? 🎾 A 10-point tiebreak if men play to two sets all? 🎾 A joint year-end event? Professional tennis is (still) broken. Here’s how to fix it, according to @mattfutterman.bsky.social and @cdeccleshare.bsky.social. theathletic.com/6899739/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Craig Tiley is the new chief executive of the U.S. Tennis Association. Tiley, the former Australian Open tournament director & Tennis Australia chief executive, has joined on a longterm contract. Tiley replaces Lew Sherr, who last summer left the USTA to join the New York Mets as chief executive.
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U.S. Tennis Association hires Craig Tiley as chief executive from Australian Open
Tiley was both tournament director and chief executive in Melbourne, but will fulfil just the latter role for the USTA.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The women’s tour has launched a new council designed to provide “actionable” changes to its tournament calendar and rules by the start of the 2027 season. It will review when events are held, the rules around which tournaments are mandatory and the penalties for players that miss those events.
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Women’s tennis tour seeks ‘meaningful improvements’ to tournament schedule by 2027
The WTA intends to make calendar changes after player complaints over the intensity of the calendar and rules on mandatory events.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The Mexican Open in Acapulco will not serve meat in its player restaurant during the 2026 edition, to assuage concerns over doping contamination. It provided guidance on how to get sufficient protein from fish, eggs and other sources that are not meat, including pulses and dairy.
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Mexican Open tennis tournament removes meat from player restaurant due to doping concerns
A document circulated ahead of the 2026 edition offered advice on getting sufficient protein from other sources like fish and eggs.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
For the 12th time in the 13 majors she has played since winning the U.S. Open in 2021, Emma Raducanu failed to reach the second week. To return to the level she reached during those crazy few weeks in New York more than four years ago, Raducanu said she needs to simplify her game. bit.ly/4sQlkJV
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Diaspora populations in tournament cities pack stands around the world, but Coco Gauff wants to see “more red, white and blue” from Americans living in them. 🔗 theathletic.com/6939486/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Holger Rune suffered one of the worst injuries in sports, but he is determined to beat the traditional nine-to-12 month recovery. After rupturing his Achilles tendon, the tennis star wants to find his sporting identity off the court. 📝 @mattfutterman.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6894745/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The tennis player association leading a lawsuit against the biggest tournaments and bodies in the sport has reached a settlement deal with one of the four Grand Slams, breaking from the positions of the other three.
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Tennis lawsuit divides Grand Slams as Australian Open reaches settlement with players
Wimbledon and the French and U.S. Opens are still seeking to have the suit thrown out.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Alcaraz-Ferrero a big shock given how successful they were together. Though there were definite red flags in the Netflix series. It's over after seven years and six slams together ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
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Carlos Alcaraz splits with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after six Grand Slams and seven years
The world No. 1 confirmed the split on social media, saying that they made the decision together.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended for 20 years after breaching the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) 27 times, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Thursday.
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French tennis player suspended for 20 years over anti-corruption breaches
Quention Folliot was charged with 30 offenses and sanctioned for 27.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
For Emma Raducanu, a year that began in trying circumstances is ending in a much happier place. The 23-year-old will enter next season with the support of Rafael Nadal's former coach Francis Roig and a clear plan, both on and off the court. 📝 @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/48MRCgU
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 01/12/2025
A year ago, Andy Murray was coaching Novak Djokovic. Now, he is playing Monopoly with his six-year-old at 6am. Speaking exclusively to The Tennis Podcast, he discusses that coaching partnership, things he would have done differently in his career and the big three. theathletic.com/6844610/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Six-time Grand Slam doubles champion Joe Salisbury said he will take a break from tennis due to anxiety which left him with physical symptoms and a “feeling of dread”.
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Former doubles world No. 1 Joe Salisbury takes break from tennis due to anxiety
Salisbury, a former doubles world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion, told BBC Sport he was not planning a return before April.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
At the end of a grueling tennis season, Carlos Alcaraz will sit at the top of the ATP Tour rankings. Alcaraz secured the second year-end No. 1 ranking of his career Thursday night, with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at the ATP Tour Finals in Turin. 🔗 theathletic.com/6804463/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The 2025 WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia enters its final round-robin matches with two very different qualification scenarios in play for the semifinals. In one group, there is a winner-takes-all shootout; in the other, permutations abound ⬇️
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WTA Tour Finals results: How semifinalists will be decided in final round-robin matches
One group has a straight shootout, while the other sees a three-way fight for two semifinal places.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The court and rules will be adjusted for the best-of-three Battle of the Sexes match, with a 10-point tiebreak played at 1-1. The court on Sabalenka’s side of the net will be shrunk by 9 percent. Both players will receive just one serve, to reduce Kyrgios’ advantage when starting the point.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Women’s world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will play men’s world No. 652 Nick Kyrgios in a tennis match labeled as the fourth Battle of the Sexes in the sport’s history. Organized by Evolve, the agency which represents both players, the match will take place December 28 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
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Aryna Sabalenka, Nick Kyrgios will play ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match organized by agency
The WTA world No. 1 will take on the ATP No. 652 in December in Dubai.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Rohan Bopanna has retired from tennis at 45, announcing the end of a 20-year career that hit its greatest heights as it neared its end. In winning the 2024 Australian Open men’s doubles title, he became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in history. 🔗 theathletic.com/6768510/?sou...
(L) Rohan Bopanna (R) Matthew Ebden.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
America’s top women’s tennis players have spent 2025 doing what they have done for a while: delivering when the lights shine brightest. They won the first two Grand Slams, with Madison Keys taking the Australian Open and Coco Gauff the French, and there was an American woman in all four finals.
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WTA Tour Finals offers tennis showcase for American women’s year of evolution
Half of the field in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia comes from the U.S. All four players have defined their year by evolving, on the court and off.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Cameron Norrie sent an erratic Carlos Alcaraz out of the Paris Masters in the second round, beating the world No. 1 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Alcaraz’s opening match at the event. 🔗 theathletic.com/6758031/?sou...
(L) Carlos Alcaraz (R) Cameron Norrie.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Three weeks ago, Valentin Vacherot was world No. 204. Now he is the world No. 39 and the reigning ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 champion. His is the tennis Cinderella story of the decade in the men’s game. ✍️ @mattfutterman.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6738185/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Saudi Arabia will host an ATP Masters 1000 tournament as early as 2028. It's the latest move in nearly three years of power battles, negotiation and inertia that have come to dominate the top of tennis. Story from @mattfutterman.bsky.social and @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⤵️
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Saudi Arabia gets tennis ATP Masters 1000 tournament it craved, as early as 2028
The kingdom will host a 56-player men's event, one rung below the Grand Slams, but its place in the tennis calendar is to be confirmed.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Marta Kostyuk has said that she “feels smaller” next to world No. 1 and world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, and said that some players “have a higher level of testosterone, some have lower,” when asked if she is intimidated by playing them. 🔗 theathletic.com/6736128/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Jannik Sinner will not play for Italy in this year’s Davis Cup Finals, whilst Carlos Alcaraz will compete for Spain at the event, which takes place in Bologna in November.
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Jannik Sinner out of Italy Davis Cup Finals squad, Carlos Alcaraz in for Spain
Sinner helped propel Italy to the title in 2023 and 2024.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Frances Tiafoe has ended his tennis season early after splitting with two key members of his team. Tiafoe, the world No. 29, said that 2025 “wasn’t the season I hoped for” and said that it was “time for a change”.
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Frances Tiafoe splits with coaches, ends tennis season early: ‘It wasn’t the season I hoped for’
Tiafoe's 2025 ends with his worst win-loss ratio since 2019.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Emma Raducanu has ended her tennis season, pulling out of WTA tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong over the next couple of weeks because of illness. Story from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⤵️
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Emma Raducanu ends tennis season, will continue with coach Francisco Roig into 2026
Raducanu has been hampered by illness at her past two events.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A few years ago, Sebastian Korda was tipped to lead American men's tennis. His talent has never been in question. But injuries have left him facing an uphill battle to fulfil his potential. “You just kind of have to restart. You’ve got to climb that mountain again." ✍️ @mattfutterman.bsky.social
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Sebastian Korda’s tennis talent is in no doubt. His body and brain have met plenty of them
After a series of chastening injuries and frustrated comebacks, Korda is hoping to get his body to where it can let his talent speak freely.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Jessica Pegula fell to a junk-ball masterclass from a tactically inspired Coco Gauff in the Wuhan Open final. Gauff triumphed 6-4, 7-5 for her second title of 2025 — it's also her first WTA 1000 title of the year.
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Coco Gauff produces junk-ball masterclass to win Wuhan Open against Jessica Pegula
Gauff broke Pegula's rhythm with a mix of speeds and spins to become the second player to win both the China and Wuhan Opens in her career.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Valentin Vacherot beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters. Vacherot started the tournament as world No. 204 and ends it as world No. 40. His victory earned him just under $1,125,000 (£842,800), almost double his career prize money.
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Shanghai Masters final between two tennis cousins sees Valentin Vacherot beat Arthur Rinderknech
Vacherot defeated Rinderknech at the Shanghai Masters in three sets, to close out the most remarkable ATP Tour story of the year.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Jack Draper, the British world No. 8, has appointed Andy Murray’s former coach Jamie Delgado as his lead coach. Delgado split with Grigor Dimitrov in September, having worked with the Bulgarian for three years, during which time Dimitrov returned to the world’s top 10. ✍️ @cdeccleshare.bsky.social
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Jack Draper hires Andy Murray’s former coach Jamie Delgado as he builds to 2026 season
Draper's current lead coach, James Trotman, wants to spend less time traveling but will still be part of his team.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/10/2025
From @theathletic.com: Roger Federer's comments on whether certain tennis courts deliberately favor Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner provoked heated discussion.
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Tennis court speed: How Roger Federer started an Alcaraz and Sinner conspiracy theory
The tennis great's comments on whether slower courts benefit the two top men's players provoked heated discussion.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
French legend Gaël Monfils will retire from tennis at the end of the 2026 season, he announced in a statement on Wednesday. Monfils has 13 ATP Tour titles to date, reached a career-high ranking of world No. 6, and made two Grand Slam semifinals. ✍️ James Hansen and @cdeccleshare.bsky.social
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Gaël Monfils to retire from tennis at end of 2026 season: ‘I am tremendously at peace’
Monfils, 39, said that he felt luck and gratitude to have played during such a legendary era of men's tennis.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Coco Gauff said that her “pettiness” helped her to beat Belinda Bencic at the China Open in Beijing, after the Swiss player accused the American’s team of “mind games.” 🔗 theathletic.com/6676022/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Daniil Medvedev asked “why is every referee in the world trying to intimidate me?” during his China Open semifinal defeat to America’s Learner Tien, after being given a “best effort” warning for not moving to return a serve while suffering from debilitating cramps. 🔗 theathletic.com/6676084/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Carlos Alcaraz tightened his grip on the world No. 1 spot by beating a physically compromised Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 to win the Japan Open Tuesday in Tokyo. More from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⬇️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6675895/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Carlos Alcaraz’s ceiling has been the highest on the ATP Tour for some time; now he is raising his floor, too. How did the world number one hit something close to his peak at the Japan Open? 📝 @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6670207/?sou...
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Carlos Alcaraz said he was “scared” by the ankle injury he suffered during his Tokyo Open win over Sebástian Báez. Alcaraz went on to reach the second round, but it briefly looked as though he had suffered a serious injury in the first set. ✍️ @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4mBNzIa
Carlos Alcaraz.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A group of leading men’s and women’s tennis players have sent a second series of letters to the Grand Slams pushing for reform of the sport. The letter was sent to all four majors on July 30 but is only coming to light today, and was signed by almost all of the world’s leading players.
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Tennis players send second letters to Grand Slams pushing for reform as the sport’s internal conflict continues
The letter was sent to all four majors on July 30 and was signed by almost all of the world’s leading players.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Novak Djokovic will return to competitive tennis at the Shanghai Masters next month. Djokovic has not played a match since losing the U.S. Open semifinal to Carlos Alcaraz three weeks ago. More from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⤵️
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Novak Djokovic to play at Shanghai Masters in first tournament appearance since U.S. Open
The 38-year-old is a four-time champion at the event but has generally played a light schedule in the last few years.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
At the Laver Cup, it became apparent that Carlos Alcaraz has the world at his feet. Off the court, his silver hair was the main topic of discussion. On the court, he was playing shots that left Roger Federer blown away by their absurdity. ✍️ @mattfutterman.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3KgYtW3
Carlos Alcaraz.
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The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
At the Laver Cup this week, Roger Federer has likely spent more time courtside watching matches than he has anywhere else. What is it like to watch tennis with him? @mattfutterman.bsky.social finds out ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/48teG4y
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