It’s not quite a first serve. It’s certainly not a typical second serve. Then what is it? It’s a hybrid of the two, and Novak Djokovic has brought it out to play in 2020. The 16-time Grand Slam champion has added an eye-catching 6 mph this year to his average second serve speed. Through the […]
Since he won his first Grand Slam title in 2005, Rafael Nadal has accomplished everything tennis has to offer. The 33-year-old has dominated the French Open, winning 12 times. He’s won Wimbledon twice and the U.S. Open four times. He helped Spain to the Davis Cup title five times. He won Olympic gold in 2008 […]
If John Isner could start the year like he finishes it, he would have hundreds of thousands of dollars more in prize money, a new shelf of trophies and a better chance all year of challenging the Big Three of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. But despite his best efforts, Isner still hasn’t […]
Tennis fans are receiving a treat early at the 2020 Australian Open, in the form of a match between two of the sport’s rising stars. Naomi Osaka, the 22-year-old who won Melbourne last year, will take on 15-year-old Cori “Coco” Gauff on Friday at 3 a.m. EST. The best part? The two players couldn’t be […]
It took nearly three years, but Dominic Thiem is finally acting like a top 10 player. His reward has been his best tennis yet. For years, Thiem played far more often than his peers. In 2016, when he first cracked the top 10, he played 82 matches, 17 percent more than the average of the […]