FootSoldiersofTennis

Tennis blogger and itinerant hack - but does this for fun essentially

[Ana Mitrić @ana_mitric]

One of the rarest things in tennis journalism: a long-form investigative piece. This is a gift link to part 1 of 2 on a huge match-fixing ring in the sport. https://t.co/F9gzdSS9tC

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

Oh well that's alright then..

[The National @TheNationalNews]

Saudi investment in tennis won't lead to same woes as golf: Craig Tiley https://t.co/gOcU67oXvI

[Professor Simon Chadwick @Prof_Chadwick]

Has always been symbiosis between sport & broadcasting, but there's a growing asymmetry of power - the futures of entire sports increasingly seem to be bound-up in whether or not streaming platforms want to partner with them. This is 21st century sport...
https://t.co/QMNuUPmRyE

[John Millman @johnhmillman]

Ahhhhh… that’s why our sport’s oldest team competition now has a best of three format, no home and away matches and tie done and dusted in 5 hours.
Unfortunately haven’t seen the younger generation flock into the neutral venue just yet but it sure is seductive..! #daviscup

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

Nearly, nearly as good as being 6-0 v Evans

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

Epic Yoshi✌️

@yoshihitotennis earns his biggest career win by ranking, defeating World No.2 Casper Ruud, 6-2 3-6 6-2 in Seoul.

#KoreaOpen

[Ella Ling @EllaLing23]

Never seen anything like that in tennis 👬 and never will again.
The end of the golden era.
Goodbye Roger and well played, Sir. @rogerfederer @RafaelNadal @LaverCup @CanonUKandIE @ShutterstockNow #letsholdhands #thelastdance #RF

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

Oh hai

[ATP Challenger @ATPChallenger]

🏟️ Category simplification
💰 Record prize money
🗓️ Optimised calendar

Following an in-depth review & strategy development, significant upgrades are coming to the #ATPChallenger Tour starting January 2023

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

@ana_mitric Oh no, all my best, Ana.

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

👀

[Gaspar Ribeiro Lança @gasparlanca]

Not a fan of this from ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi to FT...

"In the Challenger Tour you should be able to break even & pay your costs. But you have to be conscious that this is sort of like a university. It's an investment. Then go & move into the pro tour where you have a job"

[Mark Kleinman @MarkKleinmanSky]

Exclusive: The men’s and women’s professional tennis tours have hired separate firms of investment bankers to help them evaluate a merger of their commercial arms that would be backed by CVC Capital Partners, a prolific investor in elite global sports. https://t.co/WzhVUdYuHG

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

Very quiet diplomacy.

[AP Sports @AP_Sports]

After five weeks of concern about the safety of tennis player Peng Shuai in China, the International Olympic Committee said it cannot give any certainties about her case.

https://t.co/PYJj9ODXNp

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

#WhereIsPengShuai

[Russell Fuller @russellcfuller]

This is the BBC’s China media analyst on one of the videos posted earlier

[Alize Cornet @alizecornet]

Watching the whole tennis community, and now the whole world, getting involved into Peng Shuai's story gives me hope somehow.
I just can't wait to know that she is safe and healthy.
We need to know.
In the meantime, let's stand together ✊
#WhereIsPengShuai

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

My expectations of corporate entities are low, so I should at least tip my hat to both the @atptour and @WTA for making public statements on Peng Shuai.

#WhereIsPengShuai

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

#WhereIsPengShuai

[Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social @FortyDeuceTwits]

This is such a bummer. Fantastic service that provided jobs for some of the best radio talent in the sport. Tennis is such a great aural sport. Hope it can be resurrected in the future.

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

Meh

[Paul McNamee @PaulFMcNamee]

It’s public.ATP board has approved key elements of its 30 year plan, including expansion of five 1000’s to 11/12 days, adding multiple ‘exclusive’ weeks to calendar. It adds some jobs at 1000’s for top 100 players but must hurt 250’s and Challengers as less access to players. Gee

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

@KlausFuglgaard @Just__Fran @atptour I may have only just recovered. Being there in person when he beat Simon at the US Open an undoubted personal highlight.

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

@GBtennis Thank you. Abuse is another category altogether, of course. But kicking around opinions is fun a lot of the time,

[FootSoldiersofTennis @FSOTennis]

While this is of course true... the counter is if people don't sit in their armchairs and watch and care and get emotionally involved to the point where they are passionate about a sport and have opinions about it, then the sport disappears.

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

Always amusing to see the armchair expert critics do what they do best: criticize. 99.99% of them having never actually done or come close to what they are critiquing others on