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Indian Wells 2026 Men’s Final Analysis – Sinner overcomes a resurgent Medvedev!
Jannik Sinner defeated Daniil Medvedev in the men’s final in the Californian desert in two tight tiebreaker sets lasting almost two hours, winning his first Indian Wells Masters 1000 title, and doing it without dropping a set. With this win, he became the youngest man ever (age – 24 years) to win every big trophy […]
Things got heated at the AO! Who is really Sinner’s greatest rival?
The weather Gods came to Jannik Sinner’s rescue today, when play was serendipitously suspended for around 10 min to close the roof on all show courts, as the Heat Rule came into effect owing to the sweltering Melbourne heat. This was right at the moment when Sinner was barely able to serve or move due to […]
Are Court Speeds Converging? Is it making the Game Boring?
Have court speeds become so homogenized over the years that match outcomes have become more predictable? Roger Federer’s recent comments on Andy Roddick’s podcast ‘Served’ during the Laver Cup got me thinking – why is tennis not embracing the variety in game styles that different courts and surfaces bring to the sport? Well, Roger laid […]
Forza! Italian Tennis takes Centre Stage
Why is Italian tennis so good right now? The Italian tennis structure for player development has become the epitome for all other top tennis nations. Since decades, tennis players in Italy have grown up on clay, slipping and sliding on the red dirt, learning to construct long points. Prior to 2023, the nation had only […]
The Davis Cup Finals: The World Cup of Tennis – Preview
The 2024 Davis Cup Finals return to Malaga again this year with the final 8 teams competing in a straight knock-out over the next few days. These 8 teams have qualified after having battled through the group stages and play-offs during the year. Each tie will be decided based on best of 3 matches – […]
The ATP World Tour Finals – still has its sheen! An analysis of the greatest champions in the event’s history
Tennis has a long and gruelling season with hardly any time for players to fit in some meaningful training blocks during the year. The men’s season lasts till the end of November, culminating with the Davis Cup finals and by the end of December, players are already travelling for the warm-up tournaments of the next […]
Sincaraz – A new decade beckons! The Sinner v Alcaraz rivalry
Check also: Sincaraz rivalry for 2026. It’s the sporting rivalries that have transcended the sport, be it Borg-McEnroe and Evert-Navratilova in the 70s and 80s or Sampras-Agassi in the 90s or Federer-Nadal in the 2000s or Federer-Djokovic/Nadal-Djokovic in the 2010s. When I was growing up in the 2000s, I got hooked on to tennis due […]
Best Servers of 2024
If you wanted to be the best in the world at a particular shot in tennis, and you could only choose one, you would choose the ‘serve’ (formally known as ‘service’) a 100 out of 100 times*. It is one of the hardest shots in tennis, especially for a beginner, but once you master the […]
Elena Rybakina v Barbora Krejcikova – Post Match Analysis
Krejcikova stuns the title favourite Rybakina Elena Rybakina came into this match as the top seed remaining in the draw and the favourite to win the title, even though she had a 0-2 head-to-head against Barbora Krejcikova. The duo had played each other only on the hard courts, the last one being in 2022 at […]
Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul – Post Match Analysis, Wimbledon 2024
Alcaraz learning to problem-solve, match by match… The current world number 3 Carlos Alcaraz came through another stern test on Tuesday against an in-form Tommy Paul. Tommy Paul who you ask? He is ranked 13 in the world (second highest ranked American man, only 1 behind Taylor Fritz) and going into this match, had an […]