Tennis blogger and itinerant hack - but does this for fun essentially
Gawping at the ATP Tour
Joined January 2012
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FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
One of the rarest things in tennis journalism: a long-form investigative piece. This is a gift link to part 1 of 2 on a huge match-fixing ring in the sport. wapo.st/3LjEILf
Oh well that's alright then..
Saudi investment in tennis won't lead to same woes as golf: Craig Tiley thenationalnews.com/sport/te…
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Has always been symbiosis between sport & broadcasting, but there's a growing asymmetry of power - the futures of entire sports increasingly seem to be bound-up in whether or not streaming platforms want to partner with them. This is 21st century sport...
ft.com/content/573f7826-688b…
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Ahhhhh… that’s why our sport’s oldest team competition now has a best of three format, no home and away matches and tie done and dusted in 5 hours.
Unfortunately haven’t seen the younger generation flock into the neutral venue just yet but it sure is seductive..! #daviscup
Nearly, nearly as good as being 6-0 v Evans
Epic Yoshi✌️
@yoshihitotennis earns his biggest career win by ranking, defeating World No.2 Casper Ruud, 6-2 3-6 6-2 in Seoul.
#KoreaOpen
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Never seen anything like that in tennis 👬 and never will again.
The end of the golden era.
Goodbye Roger and well played, Sir. @rogerfederer @RafaelNadal @LaverCup @CanonUKandIE @ShutterstockNow #letsholdhands #thelastdance #RF
Oh hai
🏟️ Category simplification
💰 Record prize money
🗓️ Optimised calendar
Following an in-depth review & strategy development, significant upgrades are coming to the #ATPChallenger Tour starting January 2023
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Exclusive: The men’s and women’s professional tennis tours have hired separate firms of investment bankers to help them evaluate a merger of their commercial arms that would be backed by CVC Capital Partners, a prolific investor in elite global sports. news.sky.com/story/mens-and-…
Very quiet diplomacy.
After five weeks of concern about the safety of tennis player Peng Shuai in China, the International Olympic Committee said it cannot give any certainties about her case.
apne.ws/kvpObTV
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Watching the whole tennis community, and now the whole world, getting involved into Peng Shuai's story gives me hope somehow.
I just can't wait to know that she is safe and healthy.
We need to know.
In the meantime, let's stand together ✊
#WhereIsPengShuai
My expectations of corporate entities are low, so I should at least tip my hat to both the @atptour and @WTA for making public statements on Peng Shuai.
#WhereIsPengShuai
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
This is such a bummer. Fantastic service that provided jobs for some of the best radio talent in the sport. Tennis is such a great aural sport. Hope it can be resurrected in the future.
Thanks for the lovely message Mariana and we’re really looking forward to bring you our final events from @RolexPMasters #NextGen and #NittoATPFinals 🎧🎾📻
While this is of course true... the counter is if people don't sit in their armchairs and watch and care and get emotionally involved to the point where they are passionate about a sport and have opinions about it, then the sport disappears.
FootSoldiersofTennis retweeted
Exclusive: As this year’s French Open reaches its latter stages, a merger of the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours - funded by a $600m investment from the buyout firm CVC Capital Partners - hints at big changes in the sport’s media and marketing. news.sky.com/story/cvc-serve…
