Unlearning a stock game of "hit everything hyperaggressively, even really fast balls" is going to take longer than a few months. Swiatek's floor has not dropped out, there are just going to be trapdoors until the game she and Fissette want fully beds in.

Swiatek: “Yeah, like, I didn't really, I don't know, fix the shots that I played wrong or something. I kind of knew what I'm doing wrong. I don't know, I was stuck in doing it wrong rather than actually solving it.”

The treatment of food traders in Castle Square by Southwark Council and developers in Elephant is despicable

Gassed top-10 player against peaking shotmaker is such a staple of this part of the season. Fábián Marozsán delivering against Taylor Fritz

Tennis channels need to ban commentators from discussing court speed, none of them appear to have even the slightest idea of what they are talking about

Tennis court speed analysis is stuck in the past because tours are too secretive about data and most prominent tennis voices - Federer included - don't understand what CPI actually measures (or why Sinner and Alcaraz win on all surfaces)

Linda Nosková is so often there or thereabouts in WTA 500s and 1000s that it's easy to forget she is only 20. Incredible power and touch when she is on, and after a lot of close defeats to top-10 players, beats Pegula after saving three match points in a display of pure fortitude

Alexander Zverev's defeat to Arthur Rinderknech at the Shanghai Masters means that Novak Djokovic will overtake him as No. 3 in the ATP Race to Turin if he wins his next match against Jaume Munar

If tennis fans are rightly going to acknowledge that the season is too long and too grueling for players, it's an incredible aboutface to then draw conclusions about a player's style and state from individual matches at its end

At 25, Sebby Korda isn’t young anymore. Will his body stop breaking and allow his tennis to shine before it’s too late? The Athletic Sebastian Korda’s tennis talent is in no doubt. His body and brain have met plenty of them nytimes.com/athletic/66814…

Perfect indication of why the "WhY dO tHeY CoMplAiN buT PlAY exHoS" argument is a complete strawman

Not sure if Taylor Fritz's team watched much of Valentin Vacherot in Shanghai. Peppering Vacherot's backhand wing — especially if he is at the baseline and his opponent is at the net — is asking for trouble

For a long time, the focus around a ATP Masters 1000 in Saudi Arabia was how it would affect the Australian Open. Instead, it will bring about a game of tennis continent Tetris that will challenge its status as a global sport nytimes.com/athletic/65127…

Arthur Fils said at the French Open that he has had lower-back issues since childhood. This is not going to be a straightforward rehabilitation for one of the most exciting talents in the men's game

Did ~anyone's~ team watch Vacherot in Shanghai?