Baby Federer Grew Up: Grigor Dimitrov Has Nothing Left to Prove
There is a version of the Grigor Dimitrov story that reads as a tragedy. A generational talent, burdened by a…
Jack Beatnik
I'm a longtime sports fan and writer who spent most of his time writing about tennis. I've been doing this for over 5 years and it's been a blast. I mostly enjoy writing longer pieces which allow me to ruminate on all things tennis. Besides tennis I'm also very interested in basketball and football or as some call it soccer.
Articles by Jack Beatnik
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Novak Djokovic: The Story Behind the All-Time Great Player
, how to queue for bread at five in the morning, Serbia. War. Poverty. Twenty-four Grand Slams. None of it…
Hailey Baptiste: The Girl From D.C. Who Just Beat the World #1
On Tuesday evening inside Manolo Santana Stadium in Madrid, a 24-year-old American named Hailey Baptiste saved six match points and…
Dino Prižmić Is a Star in the Making
On the eve of last year’s Next Gen ATP Finals, the season-ending event that gathers the world’s best young tennis…
Stefanos Tsitsipas in Madrid Was Encouraging But Not a Resurgence
There is a version of the Stefanos Tsitsipas story that the tennis world wants desperately to tell. The fallen genius,…
Is Lorenzo Musetti Slumping, or Are We Expecting Too Much?
Context is the most frequently discarded tool in sports journalism, and nowhere is that truer than in the coverage of…
Coco Gauff: Too Inconsistent to Be Truly Elite
Coco Gauff is, in many respects, the nigma code of modern tennis. Brilliant one afternoon and baffling the next, capable…
The Record That Seemed Untouchable: Can Sinner Rewrite Masters History?
When Novak Djokovic won his 31st consecutive Masters 1000 match in Cincinnati in August 2011 before retiring injured against Andy…
The Coco Gauff Box Problem: Passion, Gamesmanship, or Something in Between?
There is a pattern forming around Coco Gauff’s matches, and it is becoming difficult to ignore. It is not about…
Daniil Medvedev’s Greatest Clay Hits
There are things Daniil Medvedev is known for. They include: his serve, his return, his ability to frustrate opponents into…
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