Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

[ponchi101]

If the reason why the top players reach that status is because of the size of the entourage, that will only mean a widening gap at the top.
I am sure not every player can have a 5-member team. By Novak's logic, those players are playing at a disadvantage.

[meganfernandez]

I interviewed Ben for a friend's media podcast. Took place before the AO, fwiw.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0642871165

[3mlm]

I'm not sure this is journalism but I was on the ATP website and clicked on Hurkacz' name to pull up his page on the site and the picture on the overview page was not Hurkacz but Zverev, the same one as on the Zverev overview page.

[ashkor87]

Just checked..you are right..!

[ti-amie]

And tennis fans drag the WTA site...

[meganfernandez]

I'm not sure this is journalism but I was on the ATP website and clicked on Hurkacz' name to pull up his page on the site and the picture on the overview page was not Hurkacz but Zverev, the same one as on the Zverev overview page.

I think it's fixed now... of all people to be mistaken for. Yeesh.

[ashkor87]

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/su ... ells-miami
A puerile conversation! Which player wouldn't want to do well in the Sunshine double? Beats me that anyone even thinks it is a question...

[ashkor87]

Meanwhile, there is a story about Pegula/Kostyuk and the picture is of Boulter.
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3920217/ ... iego-final

[ponchi101]

Indeed, but Boulter is mentioned all over the article. And you have to admit Boulter is a bit of eye candy.

[Suliso]

Is she still dating de Minaur?

[ti-amie]

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/su ... ells-miami
A puerile conversation! Which player wouldn't want to do well in the Sunshine double? Beats me that anyone even thinks it is a question...

"Is Alcaraz at a career crossroads?"

I stopped right there.

[ponchi101]

Yes. After all, we know he is finished. I am just letting Nelslus start the "Carlitos is washed up" topic.
What a silly question.

[ashkor87]

Indeed, but Boulter is mentioned all over the article. And you have to admit Boulter is a bit of eye candy.

So is Kostyuk ..I actually tried the experiment..showed the article to my wife, who knows tennis but is not a junkie like me - asked her lwhose pic that must be ..shd said Kostyuk, because she does know what Pegula looks like..

[Fastbackss]

Not sure if podcasts factor into journalism, but really enjoyed this episode.
He interviews a golf coach/strategist and it's interesting how much stuff translates. He spends most of time talking about "math" and making optimal decisions.
He discusses something called "scatter pattern" - and how if you hit the same shot 100 times the range it will cover - and how that needs to factor in to where your targets are
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s ... 0651760603

[ashkor87]

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wh ... ill-stores
Lovely article by @meganfernandez
I have often wondered..but the range of solutions is interesting