Hard Hitting
Melissa KennyThe *only* newsletter about the frustrations & thrills of recreational tennis.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 29 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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Watching what I can’t have (a hit)
Watching can be better than doing when you find the source material is alien or repellant; like figure skating or mukbang.
Or, other times, watching is the only option when you’re sidelined against your will—maybe by virtue of injury, or N...
Pro-tour couples, "going analog", cuffing season but only if they play tennis
For years and years, we’ve been saying: phone bad. Now, we can outsource self-control to a $59 gadget called Brick if we can’t wield it the natty way. Or, we can overcorrect in performative ways like taking a morning run with a discman, or...
Hot singles (players!) in your area | NYC edition #2
The first edition of ‘Hot singles (players!) in your area’ was a test of sorts. Would we as tennis people want to flirt and philander with our own kind?! What emerged was very clearly a YES. One single was courted seven times. Another went...
Build a Player with Hard Court's Jessica Schiffer
Welcome back to Build a Player, a series in which I have ordinary tennis partisans stitch together their favorite pro-player qualities to form the ultimate player.
Many of you will be acquainted with Jessica Schiffer who writes Hard Court...
Tennis' Top 5 Rage-Bait Moments of 2025
This article originally appeared in my monthly column with Racquet, See You In Court. Consider subscribing to Racquet to receive the full breadth of my ~~armchair appraisals~~ wisdom straight to your inbox.
2025 was another year of intermi...
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Frustrated local tennis player. Racquet Mag columnist. Brand Strategist.
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