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Does Tomas Machac have the highest ceiling and lowest floor of any other player in the @atptour Top 100?
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Been fortunate to have some amazing experiences in this job, but caddying for Laurie Canter in India was up there with the very best.
Visa issues, storms, 4am starts, vomiting, broken bibs, shame, glory, and peacocks. We had it all. What a wild ride.
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Lots of great talking points here.
If you have listened to me drone on about ‘the product’ you will be delighted to know this is a far more entertaining way of pushing the same ideas.
I disagree with getting away from BO5 although not adverse to consider a Match Tie Break for the 5th set.
Definitely some other things I am not in agreement with but it’s a great video
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Una gran noticia para el tenis chileno (y para la región): de la mano de Horacio de la Peña se organizarán 10 torneos M25/M15 y 9 Challengers para la temporada 2027.
Se prevé que se hagan eventos en ciudades como Santiago, Requinoa, Coquimbo, Los Ángeles, Viña o Temuco.
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Jeff Blackburn’s primary focus in his first 16 months as chairman and CEO of Tennis Channel has been to remake the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming app 🎾
He has assembled a 10-person, in-house software development team to spearhead a rewrite of the app.
MORE: ow.ly/Hkwp50ZT6iA
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Anyone else already missing Laver Cup? 🥲
The Big T is recapping all of the best moments from this year's event, plus more. Listen or watch now ➡️ bit.ly/4fhgQWU
#lavercup
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The 2026 Laver Cup is just one day away‼️
Catch all the action starting Friday, Sept 25th at 8:00AM ET on the Tennis Channel App 👏
#LaverCup
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A few of Carlitos' favorite things 🥰
3 more days until he's back on court 🔥
Tune in to Laver Cup this weekend on our app 📲
#LaverCup
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Thank you @_markpetchey You and the team do a great job.
@dannyrogers2001 thank you for this lovely review. @neilsonholidays is one of my proudest accomplishments in terms of being a part of something just so right.
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I love the fact that @AlexZverev plays within the rules.
One of the very few players who walks around the net after the first game and at the changeovers in tiebreaks.
Serves within 25 seconds.
The ball bouncing isn’t the issue. It’s the 70% plus 1st serves in that’s the problem for everyone.
Overcome some absolutely brutal heartbreaking losses.
Granite mentality and work ethic.
Double Major winner in a season
Hall of Fame career incoming.
Congratulations Sascha 🏆
@usopen
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As I have been saying for three years - Benny Sheltz will be the first🇺🇸since Roddick to win a major. He will win multiple ones.
He is the only player on Tour who has the weapons, athleticism, confidence, and charisma to consistently challenge and eventually beat Sincaraz…
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The elite roster just keeps getting more STACKED! 🔥
Swipe to meet the six latest additions to the roster.
And we’re not done yet… 👀
#WorldTeamTennis
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One thing I could never make sense of is a MASSIVE disparity in "net assets" between WTA and ATP Tours.
For years WTA's reported net assets have been either negative or slightly above the water — it's $4 million in 2024. ATP Tour's net assets stand at $427 million.
4 vs 427.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The WTA Tour is in danger of running out of money next year if the current rate of losses continues
The tour presented figures showing that it is projected to hold only $15m (£11m) in cash by the end of this year.
@simonrbriggs reports⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2026/…
In the city that never sleeps and a sport that never stops. It’s a marriage made in heaven.
One of the best days tennis ever.
Unforgettable 🇺🇸
@usopen
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One of the UK’s leading tax specialists, James Quarmby, estimates that the Exchequer will lose £4 billion as a result of the new non dom legislation.
The government had budgeted for a £3 billion gain in tax revenue.
Who’s going to have to pay the difference?
You guessed it…
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There are 48 weeks of live tennis a year and only 8 of them are Bo5. There are far more pressing issues facing tennis than Bo3 vs Bo5. (Schedule, money, balls, court speed, injuries). We should focus on fixing those before destroying the part of the sport so many of us love
Honestly, feel the BO3 vs BO5 debate is even in existence because it’s brought up by people who work in tennis all year round. And yes, it does feel a lot when you are covering tennis till 2am for 10 plus consecutive nights. But for fans who only come once a year to tennis. As a majority, I don’t think it’s as big an issue.
I say this because I went to the golf the other day at the Belfry to watch @PengeMarco and I hear a lot about how slow golf is, but it simply never felt that way to me. The longer it went the more jeopardy you could feel in the outcome was possible. Short and sweet takes a lot of drama out of life and outcomes that are possible. I could have easily watched another couple of hours golf.
Appreciate it’s tough on players at time but hard is where the value is in life. And there are a lot tougher jobs in the world that pay far less.
So I think we need to consider very carefully making tennis less in order to try to make it more.