A new home for journalist Ben Rothenberg's reporting, insights, and opinions on the world of professional tennis.
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Does Tennis Make You Unelectable?
The 2026 U.S. midterm elections are only nine days away, which is welcome news to the millions of Americans who are weary from inundation with infinite irritating texts asking for donations. If you live in a media market with a competitive...
Why Serena Williams Still Isn’t Done
Once again, Serena Williams is not yet ready to call it a [Hall of Fame] career.
I’ve written on Bounces about the present and future of Serena Williams roughly once a month for the past 10 months. This time, the update comes in the form o...
Best of Three: Fluke No More, Cursed No More, But More Boxes
On Maja Chwalinska’s wonderful Wuhan, Davidovich Fokina cracking on in Shanghai, and the opening Boxes.
The Asian swing gets wonky quickly on the calendar, proceeding along an arrhythmic cadence which is part of what can make it tricky to...
A Sport Built on Sand
Yet again, modern tennis gets knocked around by world events.
Tennis in the 2020s will be remembered as the most disrupted and discombobulated decade of the sport since World War II.
Introducing Bounces Box: A Tennis Grid Game
I’m heckin’ delighted to bring Bounces readers and the world an idea that I’ve had for a few years now, and am finally ready to launch.
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D.C.-based journalist/author who has covered the world of professional tennis for New York Times, Slate, BBC, CNN, and more. Host of No Challenges Remaining podcast. Author of NAOMI OSAKA (2024). [email protected]
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