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CHANGEOVER, my tennis book about Alcaraz & Sinner, just came out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248
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· Nov 21
Rafael Nadal Found Process In Pain | Defector
Nadal was the destroyer of context, the man who played every point in vacuum, through comebacks and blowouts with the same equanimous mind and full effort.
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Over 20 years I saw Rafael Nadal so many different ways - an intruder, a sage, a way through my own pain
Farewell Rafa
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Farewell Rafa
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cleaning out a highchair multiple times a day feels deranged… crevices and surfaces… interested in feeding my offspring in a vat/trough style technology
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
cleaning out a highchair multiple times a day feels deranged… crevices and surfaces… interested in feeding my offspring in a vat/trough style technology
no better time to read CHANGEOVER than right now after that banger
it’s a love story when you really think about it
this reminds me I finally got @girinathan.bsky.social’s changeover on audiobook and I WILL be listening tomorrow on the road
this reminds me I finally got @girinathan.bsky.social’s changeover on audiobook and I WILL be listening tomorrow on the road
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
no better time to read CHANGEOVER than right now after that banger
absolutely legendary how much offense you can squeeze out of "teammate who cannot shoot vaguely interacts with steph curry"
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
absolutely legendary how much offense you can squeeze out of "teammate who cannot shoot vaguely interacts with steph curry"
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not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name
i imagine the Thibs Knicks as an uncontacted tribe and Mike Brown the one missionary who didn't get speared to death and survived to gift them the technology of Passing The Basketball
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i imagine the Thibs Knicks as an uncontacted tribe and Mike Brown the one missionary who didn't get speared to death and survived to gift them the technology of Passing The Basketball
wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals
Elena Rybakina reigned over a tour that suspended her coach for abuse:
Elena Rybakina Reigned Over A Tour That Suspended Her Coach For Abuse | Defector
After dominating a field of her most dangerous peers, and claiming $5.2 million—the largest purse in the history of pro tennis, men’s or women’s—Elena Rybakina held up the champ’s trophy at the WTA…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals
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Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum.
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum.
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
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Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...
Tennis Deserves Better Than These Worthless Metrics | Defector
Recently, I have been watching a lot of tennis, and thus trying to learn about tennis. This, as it turns out, is very difficult, because tennis is not a sport that wants to teach you about itself. If…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...
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I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...
Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve
Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...
[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out
someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid
it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣
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Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social
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An October Surprise - The Second Serve
Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala played a match in Hong Kong with genuine energy and minimal cynicism, not accepting the notion that October is a time for coasting and burnout.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social
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www.thesecondserve.com/an-october-s...
more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves
msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
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I’ve been saying this! The writing’s so damn good that you don’t have to like tennis to love this book!
now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
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October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’ve been saying this! The writing’s so damn good that you don’t have to like tennis to love this book!
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now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
bookshop.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
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Honestly @girinathan.bsky.social could blog about Medvedev every day and I would always read it
A Vibe Shift for Meddy - The Second Serve
Daniil Medvedev is back on form with a win in Almaty.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Honestly @girinathan.bsky.social could blog about Medvedev every day and I would always read it
I needed a newsy excuse to share the Kash Patel image that popped into my head unbidden a few months ago
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I needed a newsy excuse to share the Kash Patel image that popped into my head unbidden a few months ago
fun convo about my book with alphonse pierre, one of my favorite music critics
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Interview: Giri Nathan
This past summer, I hit up the US Open out in Queens for the first time in my life.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
fun convo about my book with alphonse pierre, one of my favorite music critics
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kind of on edge watching wemby.. first jumpscare superstar
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
kind of on edge watching wemby.. first jumpscare superstar
BOSTON:
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BOSTON:
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
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@girinathan.bsky.social Done. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Your “level” as a writer and observer is very, very high. To put it in that language, 9/10 or 10/10 on every page, plenty of 12/10s, and definitely no 2/10s. Congratulations!
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@girinathan.bsky.social Done. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Your “level” as a writer and observer is very, very high. To put it in that language, 9/10 or 10/10 on every page, plenty of 12/10s, and definitely no 2/10s. Congratulations!