54+ min ago  (198+ words) PARIS, France " For more than two decades now, men's tennis has been hyperfocused on greatness. Specifically, greatness as quantified by statistical measures. Sampras' 13 to Emerson's 12 was hardly useful as an apples-to-apples comparison, though. The rhythms of the tour in prior…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago  (100+ words) Bounces | Ben Rothenberg French Open Day 1 Matches to Watch Four matches to circle for the opening day's play at Roland Garros. PARIS, France " Usually previews of the next day's action go at the bottom of posts during majors at Bounces,…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (688+ words) PARIS, France " I first started covering tennis tournaments in 2008 as a self-starting blogger, with no formal training in journalism or sports reporting. So I learned the craft by watching the more experienced reporters around me, trying to distill the qualities…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (144+ words) Bounces | Ben Rothenberg Taylor Fritz, Coming Back Stronger After two hard months away, Fritz arrives to Roland Garros as a leaner version of the American No. 2. PARIS, France " When Bounces readers last heard from Taylor Fritz after his loss at…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (92+ words) Bounces | Ben Rothenberg Get 15% off Bounces during the French Open! The first-ever discount on paid Bounces subscriptions'grab it while you can! To echo player complaints about only receiving an alleged ~15 percent of tournament revenues at Roland Garros, Bounces is giving…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (94+ words) Bounces | Ben Rothenberg How Players Will Put the French Open on the Clock Exclusive details of how the top players plan to send a Media Day message at Roland Garros. PARIS, France " After a day of confusing and conflicting information…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (123+ words) Bounces | Ben Rothenberg Tennis Players Seek 15 Minutes of Fame (for Protest Purposes) Players agitating for more money floated a plan to walk off stage; it might not have legs. PARIS, France " I'd heard rumblings overnight that the group of top…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1858+ words) VIENNA, Austria " On a long spring-summer sojourn across Europe, my first stop has been a tennis arena currently being used for something else entirely. The Wiener Stadthalle, home of ATP 500 Vienna each October, is the fourth ATP venue in the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (359+ words) As I await my transatlantic flight, I'm delighted to be able to share with Bounces readers a recent interview I did with a woman who is currently shining brighter than she ever has in her decades-long career. Sorana Cirstea, who…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1945+ words) The scenes after match point of the women's final in Madrid last weekend were deeply strange, even if tennis fans knew to expect them. Such scenes are not normal in sports, but they've become protocol as the Russian invasion of…...