Damn

Five-star recruit Stephan Gershfeld (#54 in class of 2023 / #2 in NY at Tennis Recruiting) has verbally committed to UChicago Tennis. Won state singles championship & is 2nd 5-star recruit landed in class by the Maroons. Also won USTA National Indoor Championships in 16s singles.

A year ago today Peng Shuai took to social media with an account of sexual assault. The wta demanded “a full and fair investigation.” That never happened. The player’s health/safety remains a source of concern. And…WTA is returning to China in 2023. What a moral failure.

How it feels to coach a player that’s thinking about anything but tennis

Following his graduation from Case Western Reserve, James Hopper (UTR 12.40) will transfer and has verbally committed to Virginia Men's Tennis for fall of 2023 as a graduate transfer. The seven-time DIII All-American and 2022 NCAA doubles champ has overall records of 61-19 in singles/95-13 in doubles.

Nothing more humbling than seeing your toss go two zip codes behind you on film and you still hit it

Sports illustrated fired him for challenging their pay cuts during the pandemic. He ran to unseat FIFA’s president. He challenged human rights abuses in Qatar. RIP Grant Wahl, who’s career was as much about great reporting as it was about speaking truth to abusive power.

You can’t trust someone that doesn’t use an overgrip

The Blog would’ve made for an interesting discord

New celebration when my opponent double faults

Intrasquad Matches

“Tiebreakers for fifth sets are good for the game”

all-time men’s singles Grand Slam titles won minus Grand Slams missed due to default or deportation: Rafael Nadal - 22 Roger Federer - 20 Novak Djokovic - 20

UChicago’s Econ Majors be like

How is this a default? If Sorribes Tormo and Bouzkova actually protested to get their opponents defaulted for this, they should also be banned from playing the remainder of the tournament.🤦🏻‍♂️

This is how it feels to miss a no-ad return before a changeover

CHICAGO

Osaka vs Swiatek is a brilliant watch😍 wta need to do more to capitalise on these match ups!

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