Coco Gauff's season has featured a bit of everything, says @carolebouchard.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/coco-gauff-i...

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There is a new book out by Nick Weber called “The Art of Tennis” about the intersection of the sport and high culture. Cavaggio, Shaw, Monty Python, Billy Wilder, etc. A fascinating book & an even more fascinating guy who now just lives in Ireland and Paris. My idol. For @the2ndserve.bsky.social

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As the ATP tour finals approach, we're taking a closer look at some of the participants. @owensports.bsky.social starts it off with Alex de Minaur, who is doing his very best. www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...

If Lorenzo Musetti wins the Hellenic Championship he will qualify for Turin. He faces Stan Wawrinka presently... @simoncambers.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/turin-or-bus...

"The simple fact is that the all-time greats are just much better at tennis." — @owensports.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/daniil-medve...

Adieu, Bercy, via @simoncambers.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/new-digs-for...

Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/an-october-s...

After 40 years across town, a new home for the the Paris Masters, via @simoncambers.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/new-digs-for...

on the absurd cousin vs. cousin final at the Shanghai Masters

Great to speak to Lorenzo Musetti for @the2ndserve.bsky.social about his bid to qualify for the ATP Finals www.thesecondserve.com/turin-or-bus...

"For any fan who needed a palate cleanser in this era of unbroken Sincaraz dominance, it’d be hard to ask for a better match, or storyline, than this one." — @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/rinderknech-...

The two best players on the WTA Tour should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been. www.thesecondserve.com/sabalenka-an...

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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina needs a hug. via @owensports.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/alejandro-da...

Amanda Anisimova steps into her comfort zone, www.thesecondserve.com/amanda-anisi... @the2ndserve.bsky.social

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina needs a hug. via @owensports.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/alejandro-da...

Gonna be tough for Jannik to catch Carlos now... via @simoncambers.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/finish-line/

This kid from Irvine, Calif., has accumulated more top 10 wins this season than anyone besides Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. -- @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/learner-tien...

Our postcard from Tokyo. www.thesecondserve.com/postcard-fro...

Outstanding.

Sight for sore eyes: Zheng Qinwen and Pere Riba on a practice court. Set to play her 1st tournament since Wimbledon and elbow surgery.

The two best players on the WTA Tour should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been. www.thesecondserve.com/sabalenka-an...

For @the2ndserve.bsky.social, I wrote about Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka's high-quality, high-stakes, and all-too-infrequent rivalry: www.thesecondserve.com/sabalenka-an...

Carlos to Jannik: "I'm seeing you more than my family."

Carlos Alcaraz becomes No. 1 in the world on Monday He was last in the top spot on September 10, 2023 Jannik Sinner had been No. 1 since June 10, 2024. 65 weeks.

U.S. Open final: Carlos Alcaraz defeats Jannik Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. It is Alcaraz's sixth Grand Slam title and second in New York. He has two each at the U.S. Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. Zero in Australia.

Alcaraz is one game away from a seventh golf swing

Alcaraz leads Sinner 2 sets to 1

Carlos Alcaraz DOMINATES the first set 6-2 over Jannik Sinner

Sinner vs. Alcaraz starting in the next 30 minutes if it’s anything like their 2022 U.S. Open epic, it won’t be over for at least 5 hours www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/spor...

waiting for the final to start while it’s delayed by 30 minutes? read about Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry in "The Changeover" by @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/changeover/

Aryna Sabalenka has won NINETEEN (19) tiebreakers in a row

Aryna Sabalenka: 4 Grand Slam titles (2 at the Australian Open, 2 at the U.S. Open) Naomi Osaka: 4 Grand Slam titles (2 at the Australian Open, 2 at the U.S. Open) (Sabalenka also has 3 runner-ups; Osaka has none)

U.S. Open final: Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) for her fourth Grand Slam title and second in New York

Aryna Sabalenka is 20-1 in tiebreakers this season that is UNBELIEVABLE

Sabalenka saves 3 break points and holds for 1-0 Anisimova has now lost 13 consecutive games in Grand Slam finals

Aryna Sabalenka vs. Amanda Anisimova who ya got?

it's Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz in ANOTHER Grand Slam final, this time at the U.S. Open read about their epic rivalry in "The Changeover" by @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/changeover/

Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz

Felix Auger-Aliassime takes the second set 6-3 over Jannik Sinner👀 medical TO for Sinner

Alcaraz 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2 over Djokovic he STILL hasn’t dropped set at this U.S. Open awaits either Sinner or Auger-Aliassime in the final

Alcaraz leads Djokovic two sets to love, 6-4, 7-6(4)

coming up this afternoon in New York: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic who ya got and in how many sets?

take a trip down memory lane with Joel Drucker's book review of "Carnival at Forest Hills" it's Marty Bell's recap of the 1974 U.S. Open, won by Billie Jean King and Jimmy Connors www.thesecondserve.com/no-fairy-tale/

Novak Djokovic has not won a Grand Slam title in exactly 2 years. At 38 years old, what do we think of Djokovic now -- both on and off the court -- heading into his semifinal match against Carlos Alcaraz? www.thesecondserve.com/goat-in-wint...

the two U.S. Open women's semifinals could not have been more entertaining🔥 and they set the stage for a blockbuster final matchup🍿 @girinathan.bsky.social breaks it all down👇🏼 www.thesecondserve.com/let-the-winn...

in advance of today's Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic U.S. Open semifinal, don't miss this @pjsauer.bsky.social book review of Mark Hodgkinson's biography on Alcaraz www.thesecondserve.com/good-time-ch...

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are potentially one round away from renewing their rivalry in the U.S. Open final relive their epic 2022 U.S. Open quarterfinal match with @girinathan.bsky.social 👇🏼 www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/spor...