Big Ben Tolls 3:33 A champion’s long comeback falls just short. A challenger’s resolute win elevates him to a new level On Shelton and Alcaraz's fight against each other, the clock, their weariness, and for the New York crowd At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/big-ben-to...
Big Ben Tolls 3:33
A champion’s long comeback falls just short. A challenger’s resolute win elevates him to a new level
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Big Ben Tolls 3:33 A champion’s long comeback falls just short. A challenger’s resolute win elevates him to a new level On Shelton and Alcaraz's fight against each other, the clock, their weariness, and for the New York crowd At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/big-ben-to...
Big Ben Tolls 3:33
A champion’s long comeback falls just short. A challenger’s resolute win elevates him to a new level
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 11 Can we finish before 3:33 A.M.? Coco-Mirra Zheng-Rybakina Blockx-Khachanov Zverev-Van de Zandschulp At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 11
Can we finish before 3:33 A.M.? Previewing Coco-Mirra, Zheng-Rybakina, Blockx-Khachanov, Zverev-Van de Zandschulp
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 11 Can we finish before 3:33 A.M.? Coco-Mirra Zheng-Rybakina Blockx-Khachanov Zverev-Van de Zandschulp At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 11
Can we finish before 3:33 A.M.? Previewing Coco-Mirra, Zheng-Rybakina, Blockx-Khachanov, Zverev-Van de Zandschulp
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The Shelton-Alcaraz show Is Here We know Carlos's ceiling—higher than anyone else's. But we don't know Ben's yet. He'll need to find it tonight At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/the-shelto...
The Shelton-Alcaraz Show is Here
The most anticipated men’s match gets its anticipated slot: Last in Ashe. Does Ben’s ceiling approach Carlos’s? We’ll find out tonight
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Aryna Sabalenka Finds Her Eye of the Tiger "It just shows that I’m ready to fight, and I’m happy to see that" She thought her quarterfinal was lost, which freed her up to win—and avoid her first Slamless season since 2022 At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/aryna-saba...
Aryna Sabalenka Finds Her Eye of the Tiger
She thought her quarterfinal was lost, which freed her up to win—and avoid her first Slamless season since 2022
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The Shelton-Alcaraz Show is Here The most anticipated men’s match gets its anticipated slot: Last in Ashe Does Ben’s ceiling approach Carlos’s? We’ll find out more tonight stevetignor.substack.com/p/the-shelto...
The Shelton-Alcaraz Show is Here
The most anticipated men’s match gets its anticipated slot: Last in Ashe. Does Ben’s ceiling approach Carlos’s? We’ll find out tonight
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 10 The quarters begin Sabalenka and Noskova trade morning howitzers Tiafoe tries to avoid a trap match with Michelsen Pegula takes on a resurging Navarro stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 10
The quarters begin: Sabalenka-Noskova trade howitzers, Tiafoe tries to avoid a trap match with Michelsen, Pegula takes on a resurging Navarro
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“Once the new Grand Slam started, I kind of started all over as well" Linda Noskova, queen of the regroup The pearl-wearing pro-wrestling fan does things her way. That includes rebounding from mid-match disasters that would have sunk anyone else stevetignor.substack.com/p/linda-nosk...
Linda Noskova, queen of the regroup
The pearl-wearing pro-wrestling fan does things her way. That includes rebounding from mid-match disasters that would have sunk anyone else
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“Once the new Grand Slam started, I kind of started all over as well" Linda Noskova, queen of the regroup The pearl-wearing pro-wrestling fan does things her way. That includes rebounding from mid-match disasters that would have sunk anyone else stevetignor.substack.com/p/linda-nosk...
Linda Noskova, queen of the regroup
The pearl-wearing pro-wrestling fan does things her way. That includes rebounding from mid-match disasters that would have sunk anyone else
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 9 Working hard on Labor Day, with the quarterfinals on the line: Coco vs. Jovic Iga vs. Qinwen Osaka vs. Rybakina Tien vs. Khachanov stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 9
Working hard on Labor Day: Coco vs. Jovic, Iga vs. Qinwen, Osaka vs. Rybakina, Tien vs. Khachanov
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 9 Working hard on Labor Day, with the quarterfinals on the line: Coco vs. Jovic Iga vs. Qinwen Osaka vs. Rybakina Tien vs. Khachanov stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 9
Working hard on Labor Day: Coco vs. Jovic, Iga vs. Qinwen, Osaka vs. Rybakina, Tien vs. Khachanov
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Jovic-Eala is the energy we need The future looked bright under the Ashe lights, as these friendly, contrasting phenoms took turns showing us what makes them so promising At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/jovic-eala...
Jovic-Eala is the energy we need
The future looked bright under the Ashe lights, as these friendly, contrasting phenoms took turns showing us what makes them so promising
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"Our lives are flipped upside down for this sport, and we deserve to be properly paid for that" Talking to top US teen Iva Jovic about letting go of home, improving her first strike, "carrying those torches" for women's sports, more Plus a Dolly deep cut stevetignor.substack.com/p/competing-...
“Competing is what makes me feel alive, win or lose”
Talking to Iva Jovic about WTA sophomore year: Making friends, letting go of home, sleeping (slightly) better after losses, touching grass in NYC
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 8 A banner round-of-16 Sunday: Sabalenka-Townsend Alcaraz-Paul Shelton-Tsitsipas Tiafoe-Medvedev Kostyuk-Noskova At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks: Day 8
A banner round-of-16 Sunday: Sabalenka-Townsend, Alcaraz-Paul, Shelton-Tsitsipas, Tiafoe-Medvedev, Kostyuk-Noskova
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Jovic-Eala is the energy we need The future looked bright under the Ashe lights, as these friendly, contrasting phenoms took turns showing us what makes them so promising At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/jovic-eala...
Jovic-Eala is the energy we need
The future looked bright under the Ashe lights, as these friendly, contrasting phenoms took turns showing us what makes them so promising
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 8 A banner round-of-16 Sunday: Sabalenka-Townsend Alcaraz-Paul Shelton-Tsitsipas Tiafoe-Medvedev Kostyuk-Noskova At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks: Day 8
A banner round-of-16 Sunday: Sabalenka-Townsend, Alcaraz-Paul, Shelton-Tsitsipas, Tiafoe-Medvedev, Kostyuk-Noskova
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It's That Taylor Townsend Time of Year Again “I had to really say, ‘Are you doing this to prove other people wrong, or are you doing it for yourself?’” On another Court 17 takeover by the American, and another fourth-round Open run, at First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/its-that-t...
It’s That Taylor Townsend Time of Year Again
“I had to really say, ‘Are you doing this to prove other people wrong, or are you doing it for yourself?’”
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Madison Keys Saw It Coming “Tennis just feels really hard right now, so I feel like that kind of took over,” she said after losing to Zheng Qinwen from 5-0 up in the 3rd. "I mean, I got really scared, like I couldn't swing" stevetignor.substack.com/p/madison-ke...
Madison Keys Saw It Coming
“Tennis just feels really hard right now, so I feel like that kind of took over,” she said after losing to Zheng Qinwen from 5-0 up in the 3rd
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It's That Taylor Townsend Time of Year Again “I had to really say, ‘Are you doing this to prove other people wrong, or are you doing it for yourself?’” On another Court 17 takeover by the American, and another fourth-round Open run, at First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/its-that-t...
It’s That Taylor Townsend Time of Year Again
“I had to really say, ‘Are you doing this to prove other people wrong, or are you doing it for yourself?’”
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 7 More 3rd-round seed clashes: Fritz-Cerundolo Keys-Qinwen Osaka-Mertens And two fights for the future: Eala-Jovic Tien-Mensik At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 7
More 3rd round: Fritz vs. Cerundolo, Keys vs. Qinwen, Osaka vs. Mertens, and two fights for the future, Eala vs. Jovic & Tien vs. Mensik
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"Here I can feel so like at home" Memories of Gael Monfils in New York, and an appreciation of the sense of brotherhood and fun he has brought to tennis At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/here-i-can...
“Here I can feel so like at home”
Memories of Gael Monfils in New York, and an appreciation of the sense of brotherhood and fun he brought to tennis
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"Here I can feel so like at home" Memories of Gael Monfils in New York, and an appreciation of the sense of brotherhood and fun he has brought to tennis At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/here-i-can...
“Here I can feel so like at home”
Memories of Gael Monfils in New York, and an appreciation of the sense of brotherhood and fun he brought to tennis
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 6 When seeds collide: Pegula vs. Fernandez Paul vs. Bublik Tiafoe vs. Vacherot Muchova vs. Navarro Shelton vs. Shapo Plus: The return of Venus & Serena At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks, Day 6
Seeds collide: Pegula vs. Fernandez, Paul vs. Bublik, Tiafoe vs. Vacherot, Muchova vs. Navarro, Shelton vs. Shapo. Plus: Venus & Serena
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Paula Badosa Keeps Coming Back for More She’s talked about her struggles with body and mind. But the chance to step on a tennis court is worth the pain Tonight she’ll be on the sport’s biggest stevetignor.substack.com/p/paula-bado...
Paula Badosa keeps coming back for more
She’s talked about her struggles with body and mind. But the chance to step on court is worth the pain. Tonight she’ll be on the sport’s biggest
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Can 18-year-old Lilli Tagger breathe new life into an old shot? The one-handed backhand is nice to look at, tough to succeed with. The last woman to win a Slam with one: Her coach, Francesca Schiavone At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/can-18-yea...
Can 18-year-old Lilli Tagger breathe new life into an old shot?
The one-handed backhand is nice to look at, tough to succeed with. The last woman to win a Slam with one: Her coach, Francesca Schiavone
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Paula Badosa Keeps Coming Back for More She’s talked about her struggles with body and mind. But the chance to step on a tennis court is worth the pain Tonight she’ll be on the sport’s biggest stevetignor.substack.com/p/paula-bado...
Paula Badosa keeps coming back for more
She’s talked about her struggles with body and mind. But the chance to step on court is worth the pain. Tonight she’ll be on the sport’s biggest
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US Open Daily Picks, Day 5 Gauff tries to solve Badosa Tagger steps up vs. Anisimova Osaka looks for calm Monfils hopes for one more round, vs. Tien At First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks: Day 5
Gauff tries to solve Badosa, Tagger steps up vs. Anisimova, Osaka looks for calm, Monfils hopes for one more round vs. Tien
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Spare a Thought for Lorenzo Sonego He came, he saw, he enjoyed, he redlined, he lit up the stadium, he almost conquered On the 31-year-old's valiant late-night loss to Zverev, at First Ball In stevetignor.substack.com/p/spare-a-th...
Spare a thought for Lorenzo Sonego
He came, he saw, he enjoyed, he redlined, he lit up the stadium, he almost conquered
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US Open Daily Picks: Day 4 Alcaraz is back Shelton & Hurkacz go late Gorzny—ranked 731—gets Medvedev Bublik faces Mannarino Sloane tries to trip up Kostyuk stevetignor.substack.com/p/us-open-da...
US Open Daily Picks: Day 4
Alcaraz is back, Shelton & Hurkacz go late, Gorzny—ranked 731—gets Medvedev, Bublik faces Mannarino, Sloane tries to trip up Kostyuk
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