The 30-year-old’s legacy is being examined after an impressive tennis career. Plus, the state of the Premier Tour and unpacking the French Open’s Roland Garros rebrand.
. Happily, we seem to have landed softly in the hands of a responsible and ethical new steward. In tennis terms, we’ve gotten a reset.
• If you want the mailbag link sent directly to your inbox, we can make that happen. Just email your address.had a go at the tennis vs. pickleball war. Let’s start with a toast. The ghoul pool is awfully deep these days. Rafa, Andy, Stanislas, Venus. Gael … the players whose career obits are being written in advance right now, who are unlikely to finish 2024? They are sufficiently well known that no surnames are required. Then, last week, another future Hall of Famer called it a career.
Another omnibus … We’ve gotten a lot of questions/takes/quests for clarity on the great tennis rivalry of 2024: CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley versus ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi … the Premier Tour versus what I am calling “Tours Marry—and the Saudis fund the reception and honeymoon.” C. At some level, we ought to applaud the Premier Tour’s boldness. For decades everyone has complained about tennis’s verkakte structure and governance and balkanization. The Premier Tour addresses this head-on. “We are shaking this s--- up!” …. But the more one pokes, the more holes emerge. The generously compensated consultants may have helped with PowerPoints and impressive financial projections.
F. Rare tennis consensus: mixed events are the way to go. Two-week mixed events are too long. If this can be addressed in the process, great. We can refer to this event as a national title, the way two other majors do. Or we can start using the name of the obscure World War I pilot—who had nothing to do with tennis and died more than 100 years ago.Part of me feels icky being co-opted into this marketing strategy. But, ultimately, I feel about this, the way I do people who get honorary degrees and thereafter insist on being called “doctor.” That is, “Your name, your choice.
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