Matt Futterman

Sports journalist, occasional marathoner, skeptic

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Mirra Andreeva is growing up and into the semis at the French open. @TheAthletic
Back on the French Open court that undid her a year ago, Mirra Andreeva is growing up https://t.co/AzN3MkcCHr

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Serena's last so long was magic...more of that magic, please...@TheAthletic
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Serena! @TheAthletic
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Alcaraz and Sinner are pretty young to have tennis offspring -- and yet they already do. @TheAthletic

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Coco fought, but ended up on the wrong side of the battle in the third round in Paris. @TheAthletic
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Russia keeps pounding Ukraine. A little known Ukrainian tennis player is hitting back, joining a blue and yellow charge in Paris @TheAthletic
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Novak Djokovic didn’t want to talk about the golden opportunity that slipped through his fingers. Hard to blame him for that. @TheAthletic

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Can Jannik solve his heat problem? Can tennis? @TheAthletic. https://t.co/6uDdO6r2Pj

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Can Shelton (and Tien and Paul) get the American clay movement back on track? @TheAtheltic
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Billie Jean King went back to college. She took a class on women's sports. She had some thoughts on that and graduating 65 years after it all started. @TheAthletic https://t.co/YTpJy3c4Li

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Chances are you’ve heard of French Open wild card Akashi Uhrobo, but she might the answer to a great tennis question— can the sport be learned backwards? @TheAthletic

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Great words in a starred KIRKUS review, for THE CRUELEST GAME: "This is can’t-miss writing on one of the world’s most mentally taxing sports...Superb reporting on the mental and physical cauldron of professional tennis." Pubs 8/4
Pre-order here: https://t.co/Feno7jjaYf

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There's no way to sugarcoat it -- an injury to the wrist is the worst thing a tennis player can endure barring something catastrophic. @TheAthletic
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First Review for THE CRUELEST GAME -- a star from Publishers Weekly. They had me at "enthralling".

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Say it ain't so. Carlitos out of Wimbledon. What it means...@TheAthletic
https://t.co/YpmQZL75j8

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Coco and Iga are rounding into form at the right time. @TheAthletic
https://t.co/nJvaXpYsTt

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If the tennis coaching carousel makes you dizzy, you are not alone. @TheAthletic https://t.co/kxk97fY7MH

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No had high hoes for Alexander Blockx on red clay, especially Alexander Blockx. He was wrong. @TheAthletic
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Jannik Sinners’s winning streak hit 21 Wednesday. How high will it go? @TheAthletic https://t.co/C6vBexQcfJ

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Baptiste! @TheAthletic https://t.co/mzCFsV6MU7