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Exploring the Tennis Mindset

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@jmgmoron Who else thinks he took a break just so he could return with a brand new head of hair?

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Just gotta tip your cap. At age 22, this particular accomplishment may stand for a long, long time.

[ATP Tour @atptour]

Career Slam: Completed it ✅

@AustralianOpen @rolandgarros @Wimbledon @usopen

[Alexander Bublik Fan @Bublik_Fan]

Félicitations à Elena Rybakina pour son 2e titre en Grand Chelem ! 🏆🇦🇺

Bravo et merci de placer le Kazakhstan si haut sur la planète tennis 🇰🇿

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So, so, so well deserved. Congrats, Elena! Next objective, reach #1.

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

Exceptional. Elite. Elena 👑

Elena Rybakina is the 2026 Australian Open CHAMPION 🏆

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@TheTennisLetter The best way to win is always by doing it the hard way. Satisfaction-maxxing.

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@Zwxsh …making Father Time nervous.

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No sport does epic like men’s tennis. Not even close. What a day.

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

WHAT DID WE WITNESS?! 🤯

We were treated to two truly epic men's singles semifinals 😲

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Silver and gold, silver and gold

[Served with Andy Roddick @Served_Podcast]

The trophies matching the hair

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Oof. Wicked.

[chao1os @swervebott]

casper shaking his head in disbelief over how unbelievable that lob was, is so me

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He stone cold dropshotted a guy who was already at the net. Ludicrous.

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

CARLOS ALCARAZ HITS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST VOLLEYS YOU’LL EVER SEE AT THE LAVER CUP

Literally, how?

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

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Sometimes what looks like a dominant performance is actually determined preparation.

[We Are Tennis @WeAreTennis]

Carlos Alcaraz had a plan to beat Jannik Sinner 🎯

"I spent two weeks before Cincinnati just practicing specific things to beat Jannik. We watched the Wimbledon final, took notes, and worked on it. And I played the game we had decided to implement, and it worked very well."

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A jacked pink flamingo.

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One of the smarter breakdowns after a tough loss you'll hear from a top-tier athlete.

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Jannik Sinner says he needs to become more unpredictable to become a better tennis player:

“I was very predictable on court today. He changed up the game. That’s also his style of how he plays. Now it’s gonna be on me if I want to make changes or not. We’re definitely gonna work on that.”

“I didn’t make one serve and volley. I didn’t use a lot of drop shots. Then you arrive at the point where you have to play Carlos, you have to go out of the comfort zone. I’m gonna aim… maybe even lose some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes. To be a bit more unpredictable as a player. That’s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player. At the end of the day that’s my main goal.”

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@josemorgado It's about rest time, not matchups.

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Argument 1: Lets rarely happen, so it won't be a big deal to get rid of them.

Argument 2: Getting rid of lets will speed up play.

If they barely happen, how much time are we going to save? 90 seconds over the course of a match? Congratulations.

An unreturnable or easily put-away-able let WILL happen at an inopportune time in a huge high-stakes match, and everyone will decry having removed them. They exist for a reason.

Leave tennis alone. Quirky is charming. Charming is lovable. Tradition is a good thing.

Also, the technology patent storyline feels contrived to engineer a desired end result to remove lets. Smells fishy.

Keep the lets. Stop untennising tennis.

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@jon_wertheim No. Can we stop untennising tennis, please?

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@hardpicstennis Batman

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@PHShriver No

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Give me all your match points. Put them in the bag. Now!

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open 👻

(via raygiubilo/IG)

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Unfair tennis.

[Gill Gross 🦣 @Gill_Gross]

Dude, what?