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The System That Breaks Its Players

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In New York, at the US Open 2025, Jack Draper didn’t even make it through the second round. After a summer plagued by pain in his left arm, the world No. 5 announced that his season is over: “I felt as if my arm was switching off. Unfortunately the injury to my arm is something I need to rest, which

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When heat becomes regulation

The ATP Heat Policy 2026, WBGT and the real problem: whole days above the threshold

2025: A Year on the Fault Line.

Two men, four Slams, and a sport up for grabs

Too Tight to Mention

As the slide above shows, no serious institution or regulator treats betting

Breaking point When Musetti levelled up, the schedule caught up

February 3, 2026

Featured·THE GAME

This is not psychology. It is physics. Your body will adapt. It needs time. In the meantime, Lorenzo, keep your head up. It is not a weakness. These are growing pains.

The banned wristband and the real match: who controls tennis data

February 2, 2026

Featured·THE GAME BEHIND THE GAME

The organisers do have one defensible argument: “coaching” is not an invented scarecrow. The International Tennis Federation approved WHOOP as Player Analysis Technology with a hard condition: the device has haptic feedback capability and use is only allowed if the player can demonstrate that the vibrations are disabled. If you

The system keeps cashing in, the bodies keep paying

January 29, 2026

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If this sounds like vibes, it is not. Peer reviewed work tracking ATP and WTA matches has found an increasing trend in retirements over time, with factors like surface, tournament type and round influencing the risk. A separate analysis and summary work has put the rise in stark terms: retirements

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