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Draper was relatively small as a junior and relied on his counterpunching and consistency to win more often. He’s made deliberate efforts to put his 6’4’’ frame to better use for the modern game in recent times, but it seems that those tentative habits can creep into his game when nerves and big points appear.

Draper vs Ruud: Madrid Final Recap

JACK NICKLAUS

David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

Brad tells the Washington Post: He’s got a 27–1 match record over the last four Grand Slams. Only Rod Laver, Don Budge, and Steffi Graf have ever done better. Even Brad doesn’t fully realize how floored I am to be mentioned in that company.

Andre Agassi • Open

I GO TO MY FIRST U.S. OPEN in the late summer of 1986, feeling eager for the step up in competition.

Andre Agassi • Open

Days after a quarterfinal loss in the 2010 French Open, Novak Djokovic told his coach, Marián Vajda, that he had decided to quit playing tennis. He was No. 3 in the world, a grand slam winner, and a favorite to win Wimbledon. After Djokovic said he was quitting, Vajda asked, “Why did you start playing this sport?” Vajda immediately sensed what the

can one learn to play “out of his mind” on purpose? How can you be consciously unconscious? It sounds like a contradiction in terms; yet this state can be achieved. Perhaps a better way to describe the player who is “unconscious” is by saying that his mind is so concentrated, so focused, that it is still.

W. Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

"Perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points did I win? 54% In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half ... See more

Dylan Jardon x.com

It was also interesting, to me at least, to note the body language and between point box-bickering that consumes much of a Musetti and Shapovalov between-point routine. Both men appear tormented, and waste so much energy and attention on things that are simply out of their control. The difference between these two, versus Alcaraz and Sinner, or eve... See more

Australian Open Update Round 2

friend J. R. Moehringer. It was J.R., before we even met, who first made me think seriously about putting my story on paper. During my final U.S. Open, in 2006, I spent all my free time reading J.R.’s staggering memoir, The Tender Bar.