Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) Monfils in Ten Shots Gael Monfils spent 22 years making tennis look less like a sequence of patterns and more like something he might invent on the run. He reached No. 6, won 13 titles, and found his way into a tour final in 20 different seasons, but the numbers explain only part of his appeal. This collection of his ten...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) An Unlikely Final in Wuhan Six months after a spinal stress fracture sidelined her from tennis, Sonay Kartal arrived in Wuhan ranked No. 170 and went on an incredible run to the final, becoming the lowest-ranked WTA 1000 finalist in history. Waiting for her was Maja Chwalinska, who had her own remarkable season and was...
20 days ago • 2 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) Mannarino's Dance-Worthy Point Adrian Mannarino might have one of the most unconventional games on tour, but it was more than enough to frustrate World No. 7 Flavio Cobolli in Shanghai. On the final point of their three-set battle, the 38-year-old Frenchman sent Cobolli scrambling from corner to corner, forcing him to chase...
27 days ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) Muchova's 360° Magic Karolina Muchova produced one of the week's most creative points against Katie Boulter in Beijing. After moving forward behind her serve, Boulter's return bounced at her feet, forcing Muchova into an improvised 360-degree pickup before she recovered and finished the point with a crafty angled shot....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) Two Show-Stopping Points Sometimes the point is better than the match itself. This week in Beijing, Sinja Kraus finished an exhausting 41-shot rally with a backhand winner, while Alex de Minaur somehow survived everything Mariano Navone threw at him to close out the opening-set tiebreak. Both are the kind of points where...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) My Tennis Hall of Fame Must-Dos I recently spent some time at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI, and there’s a lot more to experience than simply stopping in for a quick photo. It’s one of those places where the details, access, and history make the visit more memorable than you might expect. I pulled together a video...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) Zverev's 12,000 Ball Bounces One of the US Open's strangest storylines happened before Alexander Zverev even hit his serves. In his first five matches, he reportedly bounced the ball more than 12,000 times, sometimes 20-plus times before serving, and spent roughly two-and-a-half hours on the routine altogether. Karen...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) 2 Points From a 3:33 am Thriller Ben Shelton's five-set upset of Carlos Alcaraz gave us one of the most compelling matches of this year's US Open, including a pair of points worth another look. The first came during an incredible opening-set tiebreak that Alcaraz eventually won, while the second showcased Shelton's...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Five Point Friday ✦ For TennisCompanion Members ✦ Hi there, Here's your roundup of the five most interesting things I'm enjoying or thinking about this week in tennis. 1.) 6 US Open Points Worth a Replay Despite plenty of rain, the US Open is off to an entertaining start with no shortage of highlight reels. Tommy Paul went around the net before taking a tumble, Gael Monfils pulled off a flying forehand winner on his 40th birthday, Carlos Alcaraz looked sharp in his return, and Alex Eala, Emma...
2 months ago • 3 min read