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New NCR video episode! Riyadh, Rybakina, ATP calendar torture, Kyrgios vs Sabalenka, and more | No Challenges Remaining
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The newest NCR is out as a video episode for our Patreon supporters!
Audio version out on Sunday evening!
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Audio version out on Sunday evening!
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The newest NCR is out as a video episode for our Patreon supporters!
Audio version out on Sunday evening!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-nc...
Audio version out on Sunday evening!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-nc...
New NCR video episode! Riyadh, Rybakina, ATP calendar torture, Kyrgios vs Sabalenka, and more | No Challenges Remaining
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The newest NCR is out as a video episode for our Patreon supporters!
Audio version out on Sunday evening!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-nc...
Audio version out on Sunday evening!
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Elena Rybakina finishes a dominant close to the season in style, winning 6-3, 7-6(0) over #1 Sabalenka in the WTA Finals final.
$5.2 mil, and because WTA withheld ranking points when Rybakina won the depleted Wimbledon 2022, this haul of 1500 points is the biggest of her career.
$5.2 mil, and because WTA withheld ranking points when Rybakina won the depleted Wimbledon 2022, this haul of 1500 points is the biggest of her career.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Elena Rybakina finishes a dominant close to the season in style, winning 6-3, 7-6(0) over #1 Sabalenka in the WTA Finals final.
$5.2 mil, and because WTA withheld ranking points when Rybakina won the depleted Wimbledon 2022, this haul of 1500 points is the biggest of her career.
$5.2 mil, and because WTA withheld ranking points when Rybakina won the depleted Wimbledon 2022, this haul of 1500 points is the biggest of her career.
19-year-old Californian Learner Tien caps off a remarkable 2025 season with his first career title, winning a nailbiting final over Cam Norrie to win ATP 250 Metz.
Tien, who started the year in Australian Open qualifying, will be seeded at the AO to start next season.
Tien, who started the year in Australian Open qualifying, will be seeded at the AO to start next season.
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
19-year-old Californian Learner Tien caps off a remarkable 2025 season with his first career title, winning a nailbiting final over Cam Norrie to win ATP 250 Metz.
Tien, who started the year in Australian Open qualifying, will be seeded at the AO to start next season.
Tien, who started the year in Australian Open qualifying, will be seeded at the AO to start next season.
Odds Djokovic wins in Athens and then tells Musetti he’s pulling out of Turin to let him in anyway?
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Odds Djokovic wins in Athens and then tells Musetti he’s pulling out of Turin to let him in anyway?
Annoying these three tennis finals are all simultaneous right now, I would happily watch all three of them in full.
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Annoying these three tennis finals are all simultaneous right now, I would happily watch all three of them in full.
The level has been very, very high out of the gates in this Sabalenka-Rybakina final in Riyadh.
Big, flat-hitting women’s tennis on a fastish indoor court >>>>>>>>>
Big, flat-hitting women’s tennis on a fastish indoor court >>>>>>>>>
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The level has been very, very high out of the gates in this Sabalenka-Rybakina final in Riyadh.
Big, flat-hitting women’s tennis on a fastish indoor court >>>>>>>>>
Big, flat-hitting women’s tennis on a fastish indoor court >>>>>>>>>
A somewhat under-the-radar story this week:
Vitaliy Sachko, ranked 222nd, became the first Ukrainian man into an ATP semifinal in eight years with his run in Metz.
We discussed the impact of the war on Ukrainian men’s tennis at Bounces tonight:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/vitaliy-sa...
Vitaliy Sachko, ranked 222nd, became the first Ukrainian man into an ATP semifinal in eight years with his run in Metz.
We discussed the impact of the war on Ukrainian men’s tennis at Bounces tonight:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/vitaliy-sa...
A Rare Glimpse of Ukrainian Colors in Men's Tennis
An interview with Vitaliy Sachko of Ukraine, surprise semifinalist this week in Metz.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A somewhat under-the-radar story this week:
Vitaliy Sachko, ranked 222nd, became the first Ukrainian man into an ATP semifinal in eight years with his run in Metz.
We discussed the impact of the war on Ukrainian men’s tennis at Bounces tonight:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/vitaliy-sa...
Vitaliy Sachko, ranked 222nd, became the first Ukrainian man into an ATP semifinal in eight years with his run in Metz.
We discussed the impact of the war on Ukrainian men’s tennis at Bounces tonight:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/vitaliy-sa...
Learner Tien continues a heckin’ stupendous 2025, beating Berrettini in three to reach the semifinals of ATP 250 Metz.
Tien started his year in Australian Open qualifying, and now he’s coming close to being seeded there in a couple months.
Tien started his year in Australian Open qualifying, and now he’s coming close to being seeded there in a couple months.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Learner Tien continues a heckin’ stupendous 2025, beating Berrettini in three to reach the semifinals of ATP 250 Metz.
Tien started his year in Australian Open qualifying, and now he’s coming close to being seeded there in a couple months.
Tien started his year in Australian Open qualifying, and now he’s coming close to being seeded there in a couple months.
The latest at Bounces, which is already generating lots of conversation there:
An interview with Stuart Duguid, the agent of Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios who is organizing their controversial “Battle of the Sexes” next month.
On risks and rewards:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/nick-kyrgi...
An interview with Stuart Duguid, the agent of Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios who is organizing their controversial “Battle of the Sexes” next month.
On risks and rewards:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/nick-kyrgi...
Battle Ready or Battle Weary?
A conversation with Stuart Duguid, organizer of the "Battle of the Sexes" between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios, on its risks and rewards.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The latest at Bounces, which is already generating lots of conversation there:
An interview with Stuart Duguid, the agent of Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios who is organizing their controversial “Battle of the Sexes” next month.
On risks and rewards:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/nick-kyrgi...
An interview with Stuart Duguid, the agent of Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios who is organizing their controversial “Battle of the Sexes” next month.
On risks and rewards:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/nick-kyrgi...
lol what a quote, amazing
Iga Swiatek: “I felt good mentally, physically, and tennis-wise also it was nice, looking at the conditions and everything. So I don’t really get why I couldn’t go out of the group. Maybe I won too much in the last years and this is karma. It’s really hard for me to say (...)”
#WTAFinals
#WTAFinals
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
lol what a quote, amazing
This TC trio of Rubin-Davenport-Vandeweghe team has been doing a great job on these WTA Finals calls, and CoCo has also been great at adding value from being in the building, like just now when she explained what was unfolding with the Polish fan who was annoying Swiatek.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This TC trio of Rubin-Davenport-Vandeweghe team has been doing a great job on these WTA Finals calls, and CoCo has also been great at adding value from being in the building, like just now when she explained what was unfolding with the Polish fan who was annoying Swiatek.
Sabalenka-Pegula was very, very good.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sabalenka-Pegula was very, very good.
Made a table to illustrate this for last night’s post on Bounces:
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Made a table to illustrate this for last night’s post on Bounces:
From overnight on Bounces, a notebook on hiccups at the new-look Paris Masters, how Sinner and Alcaraz maximize their joint slay, women returning to Riyadh, and more:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/jannik-sin...
www.benrothenberg.com/p/jannik-sin...
Autumn Almanac: Across Paris, Back to Riyadh, and Beyond
Sinner a Winner in New-Look Paris, Women Return to Riyadh, and Lily Allen.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
From overnight on Bounces, a notebook on hiccups at the new-look Paris Masters, how Sinner and Alcaraz maximize their joint slay, women returning to Riyadh, and more:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/jannik-sin...
www.benrothenberg.com/p/jannik-sin...
There has not been a single tournament this year in men’s tennis that had both Sinner and Alcaraz play a match and was then won by a third person.
That’s nutty, nutty stuff.
That’s nutty, nutty stuff.
November 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There has not been a single tournament this year in men’s tennis that had both Sinner and Alcaraz play a match and was then won by a third person.
That’s nutty, nutty stuff.
That’s nutty, nutty stuff.
Israeli government ad on Tennis Channel just now was a bizarre interlude in this match…
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Israeli government ad on Tennis Channel just now was a bizarre interlude in this match…
The Gauff serve is sputtering again, and Pegula takes the first set 6-3 in their first match in the round Robin of the WTA Finals.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Gauff serve is sputtering again, and Pegula takes the first set 6-3 in their first match in the round Robin of the WTA Finals.
Was rooting for Toronto but golly that was an outrageously good World Series
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Was rooting for Toronto but golly that was an outrageously good World Series
how can you not get romantic about baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
how can you not get romantic about baseball
Holy heck that was an abrupt and wild finish in Toronto.
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Holy heck that was an abrupt and wild finish in Toronto.
Reposted by Ben Rothenberg
They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
I think the way the two WTA Finals groups shook out was pretty much perfect, I am hype. #hype
Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula, Paolini
Swiatek, Anisimova, Rybakina, Keys
Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula, Paolini
Swiatek, Anisimova, Rybakina, Keys
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I think the way the two WTA Finals groups shook out was pretty much perfect, I am hype. #hype
Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula, Paolini
Swiatek, Anisimova, Rybakina, Keys
Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula, Paolini
Swiatek, Anisimova, Rybakina, Keys
New episode of NCR with @dimonator.bsky.social!
On the impact of the newly confirmed Saudi ATP 1000 event, and handing out some awards for the Most Surprising (positive and negative) ATP players of this 2025 season.
Listen here:
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On the impact of the newly confirmed Saudi ATP 1000 event, and handing out some awards for the Most Surprising (positive and negative) ATP players of this 2025 season.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4sAt...
ATP Adds a New Saudi Masters 1000 as 2025 Season Wraps Up
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October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New episode of NCR with @dimonator.bsky.social!
On the impact of the newly confirmed Saudi ATP 1000 event, and handing out some awards for the Most Surprising (positive and negative) ATP players of this 2025 season.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4sAt...
On the impact of the newly confirmed Saudi ATP 1000 event, and handing out some awards for the Most Surprising (positive and negative) ATP players of this 2025 season.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4sAt...
*Baffled* that they are pitching to Ohtani there.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
*Baffled* that they are pitching to Ohtani there.