Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

[ashkor87]

thanks.. that is a relief.. I looked for it, couldnt find it.

[meganfernandez]

am sad to see Wertheim banished from the SI page - always look forward to his mailbags..he is, in my opinion, the most fair and balanced of all the tennis journalists - he is out just because of one silly comment about Krejcikova's forehead. who gains by all this? not us, for sure.

I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.

Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.

[meganfernandez]

thanks.. that is a relief.. I looked for it, couldnt find it.

I live in fear for the day he hangs it up! That’s how I found TAT about 20 years ago!

[ponchi101]

am sad to see Wertheim banished from the SI page - always look forward to his mailbags..he is, in my opinion, the most fair and balanced of all the tennis journalists - he is out just because of one silly comment about Krejcikova's forehead. who gains by all this? not us, for sure.

I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.

Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.

Who hasn't made a comment like that knowing people were listening?
It is downright McCarthyistic. The slightest bit, and you are banned, punished or ex-communicated. Way too much.
It is not as if the guy is a walking insulting machine.
(Still peeved with him when he said "the poorly named" contest (meaning our SP), especially after we had changed it. But, still love his commentary).

[ti-amie]

To quote the Ojay's "They smile in your face all the time they want to take your place the backstabbers..."

[jazzyg]

Wertheim has been doing that mailbag since the late 1990s. The only time I got a letter published was at the 1999 aussie open asking him if he had ever seen a heavy favorite play better in a loss than Davenport did in the semifinals to Mauresmo.

That was 26 years ago.

[Jeff from TX]

am sad to see Wertheim banished from the SI page - always look forward to his mailbags..he is, in my opinion, the most fair and balanced of all the tennis journalists - he is out just because of one silly comment about Krejcikova's forehead. who gains by all this? not us, for sure.

I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.

Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.

I missed something. Wasn't that comment at the end of 2024? Why is he being banished now?

[nelslus]

You would know better..all I know is no mailbag

Mailbag from July 9, 2025
https://www.si.com/tennis/tennis-mailba ... ikely-runs

.....AND, now, Wertheim has a Mailbag dated July 23rd....

https://www.si.com/tennis/tennis-mailba ... ithdrawals

[FredX]

You would know better..all I know is no mailbag

Mailbag from July 9, 2025
https://www.si.com/tennis/tennis-mailba ... ikely-runs

.....AND, now, Wertheim has a Mailbag dated July 23rd....

https://www.si.com/tennis/tennis-mailba ... ithdrawals

Does anyone know how to submit to his mailbag? There used to be a submit button, but I don't see one anymore!

[skatingfan]

Does anyone know how to submit to his mailbag? There used to be a submit button, but I don't see one anymore!

My guess would be twitter - that seems to be Jon main social media.

[FredX]

Well, that's too bad. I refuse to be on that platform.

[ponchi101]

Or any platform. (Me, I meant).

[meganfernandez]

I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.

Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.

Who hasn't made a comment like that knowing people were listening?
It is downright McCarthyistic. The slightest bit, and you are banned, punished or ex-communicated. Way too much.
It is not as if the guy is a walking insulting machine.
(Still peeved with him when he said "the poorly named" contest (meaning our SP), especially after we had changed it. But, still love his commentary).

When did he say the SP is a poorly named contest?

[ponchi101]

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Who hasn't made a comment like that knowing people were listening?
It is downright McCarthyistic. The slightest bit, and you are banned, punished or ex-communicated. Way too much.
It is not as if the guy is a walking insulting machine.
(Still peeved with him when he said "the poorly named" contest (meaning our SP), especially after we had changed it. But, still love his commentary).

When did he say the SP is a poorly named contest?

He plugged the SP after you asked him for a bit of a push, but he made a comment about "the poorly named" or "the sadly named" contest. He was referring to our previous name and, perhaps, had not noticed we had moved to SURVIVORS' pool.
Water under the bridge.

[meganfernandez]

...

Who hasn't made a comment like that knowing people were listening?
It is downright McCarthyistic. The slightest bit, and you are banned, punished or ex-communicated. Way too much.
It is not as if the guy is a walking insulting machine.
(Still peeved with him when he said "the poorly named" contest (meaning our SP), especially after we had changed it. But, still love his commentary).

When did he say the SP is a poorly named contest?

He plugged the SP after you asked him for a bit of a push, but he made a comment about "the poorly named" or "the sadly named" contest. He was referring to our previous name and, perhaps, had not noticed we had moved to SURVIVORS' pool.
Water under the bridge.

I might have said something about how we needed to not call it a Suicide Pool. Who knows.