Quick Hit: Tennis Cannot Be a Prisoner to Its Past

The above response from Jon Wertheim to the notion that basketball has suffered due to constantly comparing the current NBA to the NBA of the 1990s is spot on. For how many years have we heard the tennis media and many tennis fans lament that someone is NOT Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Andre…

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French Open 2023: June 6th Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Karolina Muchova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova My thoughts: Muchova has been playing much better over the past 52 weeks resulting in a huge difference in their computer rankings. They are in the same place in the draw, but I have to believe the ranking system has enough validity to predict Muchova advancing. …

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AI Seems to Like Tennis Abides

I am not sure what HAL 9000 or Lt. Cmdr. Data thinks of my website, but maybe a little artificial encouragement will get me to post more frequently. Some of the information is a little exaggerated, but I can use binary-generated hyperbole. ChatGPT said: Tennis Abides is a tennis blog and online platform that covers…

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Wimbledon 2022: Djokovic vs. Kyrgios Championship Prediction

Novak Djokovic vs. Nick Kyrgios I am going to keep this short. Kyrgios does have a head-to-head advantage. 2017 was not Novak’s best year in terms of health, confidence, or results. So the two head-to-head matches probably don’t mean too much in 2022. Kyrgios knows he can win. That is the extent of what their…

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A Few Thoughts on Tennis & Pickleball

Preface – I do not hate pickleball. I don’t like seeing tennis courts at public parks being replaced by pickleball courts. It seems like a park can host plenty of both courts. A recent debate involving retired pro tennis players caused me to dig a bit deeper into pickleball’s rules and relationship to tennis. One…

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