Inside Tennis Magazine Publisher & Editor. Your digital portal for tennis with zest, imagination, insight & irreverence. Founded 1980.
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Extraordinary insights on character, history and the heart of America.
This woman is 104 years old.
She’s seen 18 presidents in her life.
Listen to what she says about Trump.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt’s epic unforced error—confusing the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes—reminds us sports geography can be treacherous. Ivan Lendl once nearly went to Auckland instead of Oakland & Bojana Jovanovski, bound for a WTA event in Carlsbad, CA, flew to Carlsbad, NM.
Look at us.
We both had our appendicitis removed in the East Bay. What Davis Cup at what Walnut Creek facility?
I can relate to @TaylorTownsend waking up with appendicitis. At a @DavisCup in @WalnutCreek, Ca way back in 1980's I woke up on 1st day and knew instantly -"That's appendicitis!" The US team doctor wasn't quite sure & told me to go to the matches. I did...but had the appendix out at 6.00pm! Good luck, Taylor -- take it easy & you'll be fine!
NOT TOO HAPPY IN HAPPY VALLEY: 111 miles from Harrisburg PA, tight end Jacob HARRIS goes for 72 yards to give Wisconsin, a 24-20 win over Penn State. First road win in almost 2 yrs. !st win over Penn State in 15 years.
LONDON PROPOSALS, 30 YEARS APART:
1996 @Wimbledon fan: “Steffi, will you marry me?”
Graf: “How much money do you have?”
2026 @LaverCup fan: “Marry my sister, Carlos!”
Alcaraz: “I’m too young still.”
Same game. Same city. Same fantasy. Same answer – more or less.
QUESTION: If there were tennis hall of fame for charm, would the delightful, fun-loving Carlos Alcaraz be the first entry?
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Owen Williams was never going to go quietly. Storms are raging around the Memorial gathering at Southampton, @LongIsland for the @SouthAfrican No 1; the man who created the idea of sponsors boxes, turning the SA Champs into the 2nd most watch tennis event in the world after just 1 yr in charge; who built the Green striped tent at @ForestHillsStdm after his only yr as @USOpen TD before running @LamarHuntJr 's WCT for 10 years. Then it was managing golfer Nick Price & Chess Master @Kasparov63 . A large man with big ideas & a wonderful personality. Owen was never afraid of a storm. RIP dear friend.
Carlos Alcaraz saves match-point to down Taylor Fritz to enable Team Europe to tie Team World 5-5 @LaverCup in London.
Elina Svitolina is one of the great sports heroes of our era/She’s done so much - ncourageous leader/Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Federer at Wimbledon in 2013/I interviewed him in 2014 during civil war After Putin invaded, he fought in brutal combat zones & became a drone warfare hero
Elena, who grew up in Moscow and now represents spends lots of time in Dubai and Slovakia, says she really doesn't have a permanent home.
Our story of her and her great U.S. Open final.
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Great piece by Pete. Here are two critiques on our great but troubled sport, I did 10 days ago.
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Changeover read (and future substack follow)...the great @ptbodo - someone from whom I've gained so much, including longtime friendship - winds up and unloads on tennis. And it's hard to disagree with much:
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ONE MOMENT IN TIME: Our best 23-year-old couldn’t break a 23-year curse. Ben Shelton fought, but Alexander Zverev was too good. So we imagined Arthur Ashe looking down from above and sighing: “Oh well – our moment will come.” insidetennis.com/2026/09/ale…
ONE MOMENT IN TIME: Our best 23-year-old couldn’t break a 23-year curse. Ben Shelton fought, but Alexander Zverev was too good. So we imagined Arthur Ashe looking down from above and sighing: “Oh well – our moment will come.” insidetennis.com/2026/09/ale…
THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TRIUMPHS:
Elena Rybakina is quiet. New York is loud. But at this year’s US Open, her results were deafening. Plus: Big Ben, Big Foe, Coco, Townsend & a final blast of US Open Buzz.
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THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TRIUMPHS: Elena Rybakina is quiet. New York is loud. But at this year’s US Open, her results were deafening. Plus: Big Ben, Big Foe, Coco, Townsend & a final blast of US Open Buzz.
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Shelton. Big Foe. Coco. Townsend. A packed Ashe Stadium. What would Arthur Ashe think?
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Now that Ben Shelton has become the first Black since Arthur Ashe in 1972 to reach the @USOpen final, we look at 28 vivid moments in the history Black tennis.
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158 MPH FROM BEN SHELTON 💨
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The claimed 158 mph for this serve was an initial stadium radar reading; Hawk-Eye and USTA confirmed the official speed as 144 mph.
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23 SKIDOO? A poignant moment in tennis history. On 9/11, Shelton downs his friend Tiafoe to become the first Black American man to reach the US Open final since Ashe in ’72. Now he can beat Zverev & say 23 skidoo to the 23-year drought that has plagued American men’s tennis?
Althea broke the barrier. Ashe changed the game. Venus & Serena revolutionized it. Coco won hearts. Now Big Foe & Big Ben make history at the US Open. Our story.
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REMEMBERING 9/11
A year after the towers fell, I returned to New York and walked through a place of unimaginable loss, uncommon heroism and enduring hope.
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