It got about as much buzz as my Facing McEnroe book but “But Seriously” is also quite a good read. I picked it up last week and finished it in days. As always, John McEnroe never fails to deliver. The larger than life historic champion and iconic American pop culture figure has lived a fairy tale life as a New Yorker turned world champion, art collector/dealer, rock ‘n roll wanna be, family man, with houses all over the US – Malibu, Long Island, NYC, Idaho.
You learn a lot of inside information from “But Seriously.”
McEnroe’s failures as a coach for Becker, Bruguera and Philippoussis, the Scud could not control his party animal lifestyle and even supposedly slept with Paris Hilton, despite Mac’s urgings to focus on tennis.
McEnroe lost his membership at Queens Club when he told the club president’s wife “to get the fuck off my court.”
Raonic’s primary motive for asking McEnroe to coach him was because Milos wanted John “to help him express himself a bit more during the course of a match and translate his undounted physical power into a more commanding presence on the court.” Mac and co coach Carlos Moya told Milos before the Wimby final vs Murray, “The only way you’re going to win this is if you can match his emotional intensity. You got it?” Milos replied, “I got it.” Raonic led Murray 3-0 in the first set but Murray reversed his fortunes in four sets.
The book also details McEnroe’s forays into TV, The ill-fated talk show and game show The Chair.
There’s also a lot of glimpses into the music world, with anecdotes about his good friends Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. Wood looks up to Richards like a big brother hero. McEnroe was also friends with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who he golfs with. Mats Wilander’s charity once auctioned off 18 holes of golf with McEnroe and Waters. Mac joked the second prize was 36 holes.
Close encounters with President Donald Trump are also included, such as the $1m offer to play Serena or Venus, winner take all in 2000. The Williams sisters wanted no part of that showdown, despite how impactful it would have been to promote the sport and raise monies for charities.
The book is a super fun read with many pleasant surprises, like an essay by daughter Eva about her love for tennis but how hard it is to play tournaments with the name McEnroe. Also wife Patty Smyth contributes her perspectives of her husband and how they first met which humorously differs largely from John’s account.
As large a figure as McEnroe is, he also reveals the times he felt star struck meeting people he held in high esteem, which is hard to believe, considering that McEnroe is as popular or infamous as Tyson, Jordan, Ali, Gretzky…did you know McEnroe is the longest running Nike athlete under contract? The book is an excellent balance of entertainment and page turning disclosures.
Andy Warhol, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Branson, Ivan Lendl, getting bullied at Stanford by a football player, Saturday Night Live with Andy Roddick, the book is a roller coaster of entertainment.
It’s the quality of read that you can’t wait to find the juicy parts, you just open it up scanning for names an events, and then later flip around all through the book to find the parts you didn’t read yet.
Dear readers of tennis-prose.com would not be disappointed by grabbing this book and the other book it overshadowed, “Facing McEnroe.”
John McEnroe acrylic painting by Sarasota, FL based artist and 1972 Olympic silver medalist in Equestrian, Karin Billings.
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« Previous 1 2 3 Next »Jon King · January 1, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Dan, Dan, Dan the man…..his son is into the semis at the USTA Winter Nationals. Took out the # 1 seed!
Looking forward to reading Dan’s summary.
jg · January 1, 2020 at 6:36 pm
And to think I saw Cal play at a 10 and under in college park ( JTCC) Awesome, Cal has probably outgrown the 14’s at 13 totally looking forward to the blow by blow from Dan, Scoop you need the Bio file for Cal.
Scoop Malinowski · January 1, 2020 at 6:44 pm
Dan and Callum blazing a new trail through US player development, play baseball and tennis. No congrats yet because there is some unfinished business. Yes Biofile on Callum in the works.
Hartt · January 1, 2020 at 7:15 pm
Wow, that is so impressive from Cal. I also can’t wait to read Dan’s account.
Jon King · January 1, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Ha, that reminds me of several well known coaches that told us through the years not to mix softball or baseball with tennis because the swing pattern from one would mess up the swing pattern from the other.
But I think Dan’s said his son is a pitcher and we have found kids that throw the hardest almost always have the best serves and forehands.
Can rarely go wrong with cross training, soccer, basketball, gymnastics.
Scoop Malinowski · January 1, 2020 at 9:53 pm
Disagree. Swing patterns need variety too to help create variety. Federer used badminton on tennis court for developing swing variety. Dolgopolov too. Just hitting tennis swings limits athletic range.
Andrew Miller · January 1, 2020 at 10:49 pm
Happy new year! Some Tennis World news (FYI: what a great site at Tennis World. They seem Aussie focused but my goodness they may “scoop” more than some more “reputable” sources of tennis news (and definitely more than TT – sorry folks, TT is…TT). This is list of stuff from Tennis World is crazy.
– Dabrowski teams with Ostapenko for dubs
– SANIA MIRZA is making a comeback and is aiming for the Olympics to play for India. WOW.
– TOMIC IS COMING BACK – had no idea he was injured (hand injury)
– Olga Danilovic hires A. Radwanska as coach. Wow.
– Dan Koepfer blames gambling on low prize money
– Britain’s former junior Jay Clarke says he faces racism “9 of 10” days (wow). Big fan of “Djoko-lite”
– Sharapova blows up my predictions, says she’ll play so long as her shoulder is good (possible a few more years). I thought it was losing, but no, the shoulder.
– JJ (Yep JERZY JANOWICZ!) to RETURN TO PRO TENNIS SOON
– Federer likes Rublev to do well in 2020 (I think that’s because Rublev wiped Federer out in Cincy)
– As said here on TP Federer wants Gold in Tokyo Olympics. One of few things not in his trophy case as a singles player (he has gold for 2008 Olympics Doubles)
– VERA ZVONAREVA IS STILL PLAYING. I had no idea. VZ to me is one of best female players to never win a slam, I consider her better than Safina. She was however an emotional basketcase and would erupt when things were going badly. She also needed better wheels. I thought she had it in her.
– Nice piece on Matt Ebden and the death of a long time coach some years back. Shows players really do face setbacks and sometimes they are playing badly because of the unexpected, not just the rigors of the tour.
– David Goffin is upset the tennis club where he learned tennis in Belgium is on the verge of being demolished and blames some greedy businessmen. Again, would never know this arcane stuff.
– Bellucci is preparing to come back strong following his doping. Hmmm.
– Ons Jabeur reveals why she hits crazy shots. It isn’t revealing. Just wants to please the crowd.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 12:52 am
Andrew – Some of this Tennis World stuff I’ve seen elsewhere actually and I imagined other people have seen it too – but one I didn’t know is Radwanska getting into coaching. I’ve got a Polish source so I can possibly find out more.
T-T is just a constant source of hilarity – seems to me snyone can send any stuff there and it’ll be published, ie Serena/Drake marriage story.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 12:58 am
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/02/tim-henman-calls-for-perspective-as-smoke-haze-threatens-tennis-inaugural-atp-cup
Good from Tim Henman. Uptick.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 1:35 am
That Hong Kong tournament I mentioned somewhere above is indeed a current event – the first WTA pro t’ment of 2020. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite so spooky in tennis. Just no spectators at all. I wonder if it is even open to the public.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 1:53 am
Catherine, I had no idea about Sania Mirza “comeback” (I get it, Sania Mirza – not quite a prime time player but she hit a big forehand) or Zvonareva still around (one of few players I thought could try on a crown, but her movement and mentality seemed to deny any possibility for same). Goes to show how much of sport I have missed. Thought TWorld has been doing a good job. And yes TTonic makes me laugh. They aren’t serious and love it !
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 2:21 am
TW seem to have a good round-up of stories overall – Mirza (great in doubles) was done on the WTA site, a place I rarely visit if I can help it, and also Ubi tennis. Sometimes I wish there was a really subversive site with lots of underground stories we could all enjoy but I don’t think it would survive very long 🙂
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 8:17 am
Tennis Australia replied to Nick’s tweet about a fundraising exho saying look for an announcement soon.
Nick has pledged $200 for each ace he hits over the summer. De Minaur said that since he hits fewer aces than Nick he will pledge $250 per ace. Some of the other Aussie players, such as Millman, have joined in.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 8:29 am
Hartt – good to hear. Now, what are the women players planning ?
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 8:39 am
Catherine, Stosur is among those who will contribute for each ace hit, but so far she is the only woman mentioned.
Hopefully some players outside of the Aussies will pledge $ as well.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 8:48 am
Nick Kyrgios showing he’s a real leader, leading the charge to help the victims of the fires in Australia. The first top player to do so. If any media ever dares to villainize Kyrgios again they deserve a smack or two or three to the head. Any other top players showing compassion and generosity like Kyrgios yet or are they still waiting?
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 9:03 am
Scoop, see my earlier post about the other Aussie players.
Nick does deserve credit when he does something like this, and I was quick to post about his original challenge to Tennis Australia. But when he acts like a jerk his behaviour should not be ignored.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 9:23 am
Hartt, who cares how he acts when he gets upset with his play, it’s just a game right? That’s trivial WWF stuff. Where are Federer, Nadal and Serena on this? Kyrgios is leading the charge. Federer, Nadal and Serena have been silent. You would think Kyrgios would never do this and the other heroes would have acted by now. If Fed, Nadal and Serena just play an exhibition and ask the public to pay for their play and not be as generous as Kyrgios it will be a big disappointment. Federer just earned $10m for the week in South America.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 9:24 am
In defence of Nick I’d say a tennis match is an artificial environment but this kind of disaster shows more of a person’s true nature in their response.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 9:25 am
Many players talk about how much they love Australia, Laver, etc. Let’s see how much they love the regular Australian people who buy the millions of tickets and made tennis so great in Australia.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 9:29 am
Scoop – just my point. And yes, where are the other big names ? Don’t they follow the news ?
Last time I looked the WTA site has not a single mention of what is happening. And that’s bearing in mind time differences. Rather disappointing I’d say.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 9:32 am
All those players who drone on about their love of Australia never see the country outside the cities, the tennis courts and the plush hospitality venues laid on for them.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 9:39 am
Who cares if he gives up on himself in a match or two or hits a ball out of the stadium in frustration. What Nick is doing here is outclassing Federer, Nadal and Serena and far outweighs any stupid immaturity he shows on the court or press room. Priorities. If any media try to slander or demonize Kyrgios after this they deserve a bitch slap.
Jon King · January 2, 2020 at 10:16 am
I knew all I needed to know about Kyrgios when I saw him interact with the kids and staff in Boca a few summers ago. No cameras, just a dude enjoying himself and making sure everyone else did too. He is a sincere guy, with faults like anyone else.
And when he asked the lady seated behind the baseline what serve he should hit on match point…then remembered to go back and thank her after he won despite his excitement, thats a good hearted person.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 11:56 am
I appreciate one tweet makes up for one guy’s many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many abuses of the sport and its players and fans.
It’s lovely to see that even T-P is captivated by this uber-talented guy who has a way with media and fans, and knows how to be praised and booed.
Please…that’s noble Kyrgios made one tweet of a statement and may even raise some funds. Has nothing to do with the fact he will disappoint you endlessly the entire year. Thrill and disappoint. Rinse and repeat.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 12:04 pm
As if the players can save Australia from forest fires. Can’t happen, we’re talking $$Billions. They should stick with tennis.
However, if Australia keeps this up in terms of its inability to fight devastating wildfire (Australia, as in one of the world’s wealthiest countries, second highest median wealth per capita) then the Australian Open might want to change names to the Asia-Pacific Open and start rotating venues so the slam is held in different countries in different years.
Otherwise the players will be there getting sick. And that’s ON AUSTRALIA.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 12:06 pm
Catherine, the WTA site confounds me. Every since they went all lip gloss and no updates I haven’t had luck navigating it. I feel like writing them and expressing that if they can’t update consistently then they should swap in Wikipedia updates or links to Yahoo/Reuters news so that at the bare minimum someone there can find SOMETHING about a player.
Jeff · January 2, 2020 at 12:19 pm
Kyrgios is quite a puzzle, eh?
Scoop is correct that the stars of the sport, Roger, Novak, Nadal and Serena haven’t uttered a peep about the Australia fires. Roger especially just jetted off to South America with Zverev to make tons of $$$ with his documentary. Meanwhile, Kyrgios has spoken out.
On the other hand, Andrew is correct that Kyrgios is more chump than champ on the court and will always disappoint anyone who thinks he is a serious contender. After all, he has been passed by all his contemporaries like Medvedev, Zverev, Thiem, Tsitsipas, Khachanov while Felix and Shapovalov will no doubt soon leave him in the dust as well. Kyrgios is 1-5 against Federer but somehow still brags about his one victory.
At the end of the day, he is good for the sport because he is a complete conundrum. Good guy, underachieving tennis player, terrific at video games.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 12:24 pm
Andrew – I agree with you about the WTA site but not about Australia.
As I’ve mentioned before on this site, I lived in Australia, I’ve experienced a bushfire and the wealth of the country has nothing whatsoever to do with the ability/inability to fight fires which are an immense and intractable force of nature. But that’s something I’m not going into on T-P.
No one’s suggesting players’ contributions can save people (or wildlife) from perishing in forest fires. But if it’s a gesture, it’s not an empty one. Tennis players are human beings. Sometimes the game’s not the most important thing in the world. Compassion and generosity help too, even if it’s expressed in a few $$$.
Where would this Asia-Pacific Open be held ? China I suppose. China’s always wanted a GS. Just give it to them.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 1:04 pm
Yes, agree with Jon on Kyrgios, he’s a conundrum that on the balance is “good for the sport”. He allows for contrasts. I don’t appreciate his gamesmanship (even if he’s not trying to win points on the court by the gamesmanship) and how much his pride (e.g., denial that the sport matters to him, that the applause MATTERS to him, then he has some interest in winning big that MATTERS to him) gets in the way of his tennis.
But that’s Kyrgios. Can’t really even love him or leave him because he’s too big and he’ll be around because of his talent – he’s too good NOT to win matches, and I don’t see him going the way of Tomic, who is too good not to win matches but fails to win them anyways out of spite. Kyrgios isn’t Tomic, who is like an anti-tennis player.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 1:12 pm
Catherine, yes I understand the wildfires ravaging Australia are real, truly dangerous, and nearly impossible to combat. If someone asks me whether we’re a match for Mother Nature I’d say “no way”. I’ll leave it there.
My point was that what Kyrgios is doing is a “good natured gesture” but shaming other players over it seems to make little sense. If Spain were burning (which it does) I’d expect Nadal to step in AND IN FACT HE HAS helped people that have lost their homes to natural disasters in Mallorca/Mayorca where he is from.
Nadal’s foundation helps a lot of people. So I don’t think much about keeping score here among players – it’s not a topic that is covered all that well in tennis but it is real and players with means are doing something.
I feel like Jackson here. But invoking my inner Jackson: Nadal’s foundation won some serious awards for their work in Spain helping people and from the same body that award the Red Cross for their efforts. So go figure. Players do good work with the means, no reason to keep score.
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 1:16 pm
Andrew, I think the idea of players raising $ is to help those who have had terrible losses from the fires, family members, their homes, etc., rather than $ to fight the fires. Firemen from the US and Canada have gone there, and perhaps from other countries as well. That is the kind of aid that can assist in fighting the fires.
But if the players can help those who lost everything in the fires that will make a big difference.
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 1:26 pm
I think when Tennis Australia asks the players to take part in whatever fundraising efforts the foundation comes up with they will be happy to do so.
I suspect some players have been undertaking initiatives that we haven’t heard about. Novak said Serbia’s team is concerned about the loss of habitat for wildlife, so perhaps they are contributing to fundraising in that area.
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 1:44 pm
Tennis Australia announced one plan for fundraising.
“Every ace served at the ATP Cup, which kicks off today in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, will raise money to support people and communities across Australia affected by the devastating bushfires.
Each ace served across the 10-day tournament at all three venues will deliver $100 to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts.
With more than 1500 aces expected to be served by singles and doubles players across both the group rounds and Final Eight in Sydney, the ATP Cup contribution is expected to exceed $150,000.” (ATP site)
It’s too bad Milos isn’t playing the ATP Cup, but Isner and Kyrgios should hit a lot of aces.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 2:32 pm
Some more news and non-news from Tennis World. Man, what a great site. Has some serious speculation and other journalistic malpractice in it but here goes.
Paul Jubb from UK, NCAA singles champ: “born to play”. Hey, gotta believe. Maybe UK will have a future after Murray (nope).
Tiley/Pratt in Australia: 29% increase in Australian kids taking up the sport since Barty’s French Open triumph (“Ash Effect”), including “exponential” growth for girls. Hmmm. Not sure but OK.
Jannik Sinner: Wants to be No. 1 (join the club!)
Stefano Pescolido: Acknowledges Berretini and Sinner are good players (Pescolido said nothing interesting at all. No Matts Wilander commentary from Pescolido!)
Sania Mirza is magically named to India’s Fed Cup team. Probably because most of the Fed Cup team is between high #100s and mid #500s in the WTA Ranking. Nonetheless: speaks badly for India in women’s tennis, even given how big the Mirza forehand likely still is.
Tommy Robredo, in the 200s, is still around and making another comeback. I am glad. I like Robredo.
Rebecca Peterson: Not that anyone is interested, but her coach Hogstedt says she works hard. YAWN.
Nagal of India: Wants to make Olympics and says he has to be top eight to do this. EXPECT OTHER PLAYERS TO FIGHT TO MAKE THE OLYMPICS.
Alex Galarneau of Canada: Wants to be like Felix AA. Or at least break the top 200 this year somehow.
Djokovic looks at the next generation and says what everyone is thinking: “The new guys are going to start winning Slams but we are trying to prolong that kind of a change, Djokovic said.” I love it. It’s EXACTLY what we’d expect Djokovic to say – locking everyone out of the slams for as long as possible.
Koubek on gambling in tennis and match fixing: “penalties for players found guilty in the latest betting scandal in tennis should be brutal to serve as a deterrent to other player”
Cheung: Wants to be top 30.
Fissette: Loves working with Osaka. Let’s see how long he lasts!
Kevin Anderson hires Diego Moyano.
Ivan Ljubicic as Federer’s coach and his opinion of the next generation (beautiful, this is job security right here): “But how many Grand Slam titles did the three guys win all together?” (Answer: 100 percent of them, 4/4 in 2019 yet again)
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 2:41 pm
India: “No Mirza Effect (in tennis)”. She’s an enormous figure there, but India doesn’t seem to care much for the sport. They love and hate Mirza (for no good reason). She’s important, just didn’t grow the game for India.
Throws some shade on any “effect” a player may have at home (example Roddick’s US Open didn’t bring us the next Roddick). But if Mirza had won a singles title in India, maybe there would be players better than #180 and more competition for Mirza for an Olympic role (which she seems like she’ll get).
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 2:56 pm
Andrew, have you recently discovered Tennis World? I usually go to the site after I’ve had a look at more “regular” websites because, if nothing else, they will have some new posts. I guess with Fed not playing the ATP Cup they have fewer pieces featuring Roger – maybe just 80% instead of their usual 95%! Even as a Fed fan, I find their fascination with Roger a bit over the top.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Fisette generally ‘loves’ working with a player for approximately 8 or 9 months. Exception Clijsters.
Andrew – India’s national sport is cricket. Absolutely no chance Mirza could ‘grow’ the game there.
catherine · January 2, 2020 at 3:51 pm
Venus withdraws from Brisbane, citing a ‘setback in training’.
Harold · January 2, 2020 at 5:32 pm
This is a PR win for Kyrgios, Someone on his team got him out in front of this. Good move, after all he’s coming off a 6 month kind of suspension..
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Nick Kyrgios Peoples Champion. https://www.tennis-prose.com/bios/nick-kyrgios-is-the-peoples-champion/
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 6:44 pm
Mirza is a huge figure in Indian tennis. I did a Biofile with her about ten years ago, it ran at http://www.tennisweek.com and the editor told me that the Mirza Biofile got massive hit numbers from India. Like ten times more than any other articles or features. Record breaking numbers for Mirza Biofile. Illustrates how huge she is in India.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Don’t trust the Red Cross, but hopefully the money will get to where he is intended to and not some fat cat corrupt thieves bank accounts.
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 7:04 pm
Andrew, these champions who won multiple majors in Australia and won millions down there should give back. To do nothing simply makes them look bad and inconsiderate. Huge respect for Kyrgios for leading this generous initiative. It’s one of the best, most classy moves I’ve seen off court by a champion. This is more impressive than players playing an exo to provoke fans to pay money for a cause. Rare to see a player reach into his own pocket. Not even sure if Agassi did or he raised funds by getting public to donat
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 7:10 pm
Totally agree Jon, Nick Kyrgios is hard to understand but he’s got a heart of gold. “All genius has a touch of madness. All genius is misunderstood.”
Scoop Malinowski · January 2, 2020 at 7:13 pm
Harold, I doubt Nick did this for PR accolades. I think he’s got a heart of gold. He has shown it many times with kids and even adults at Citi Open. For all the abuse he takes from the media jackals, it’s a wonder he still can summon this kind of class. The media jackals put him on a list of villains with serial killers for crying out loud. Show’s how deranged and ridiculous the fake news media can be.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Not going to question motives of players. The motive was the fire and loss of homes wrecking Australia. I’m also not questioning the good work players do whose name isn’t Nick Kyrgios, or the good will of Kyrgios himself.
Kyrgios has hurt many people. He has shamed players for no reason. He can be a humanitarian and also behave poorly and I expect he will because it’s very hard for young men to change and especially when get celebrated for it.
However this isn’t the time to beat up on Kyrgios, he’s doing a good thing and this isn’t a competition for who’s the best at being most beneficial to humanity. Nadal does fine here if anyone is keeping score and nobody is.
I expect Kyrgios will inspire wealthy Australian athletes as well, the cricket players and rugby players etc, who will now be pressured to show their good will. I’m not sure why anyone would shame Agassi, who has done more to improve the outcomes of kids in Las Vegas than almost anyone in history. But again good will is good will and Kyrgios largesse is welcome.
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 8:41 pm
In the ATP Cup match between Canada and Greece, FAA outplayed Pervolarakis, winning the match 6-1, 6-3. The Greek did raise his level in the 2nd set, but it wasn’t a very competitive match overall. Shapo vs Tsitsipas should be more entertaining.
Félix made one absolutely gorgeous pickup, and Robbie Koenig, doing commentary, couldn’t find enough superlatives for it. FAA’s powerful FH and his good smash were also on display. Unfortunately, he had a couple DFs when he was serving for the match, but he held.
Andrew Miller · January 2, 2020 at 9:28 pm
Hartt yes Tennis World is new to me – I’d seen a little of it (and a lot of TTonic) and see it’s decent! Not amazing, but very decent. Especially when other fora or sites (namely Tennis.com) are somehow fixated on a few features e.g. predictions for 2020. I’d rather read some stories about the players or players I don’t know much about or generally haven’t heard of.
My goal is to follow players beyond the big guys and ladies, where the inundation or coverage makes it easy to read about them (and where I believe I’ve missed out on a lot of good players and stories about the tour). Some writers I love and will read anything they write.
Tennis World has been enjoyable the few days I’ve looked at it. They have a LOT of filler and speculation as well as misleading articles that have a headline that doesn’t quite resemble what the player quotes are, but overall they make up for it with their extensive writing about players from top six hundred up to the favorites.
Their piece a day or two days ago on Medvedev parents and France was somewhat interesting but I don’t think their pieces on Medvedev “go deep”. It’s decent, and I’ll take decent given the larger tennis outlets appear to be on vacation or asleep!
Hartt · January 2, 2020 at 9:45 pm
Denis won the first set in a very close match with Stefanos, that went to a TB.
Both guys served well, with Denis just a bit better.