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Mat Ishbia can still flop like the college scrub that he isHow do you know that Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia made being a go-hard his entire lifestyle?...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Became One Of The Few To Take Out Rafael Nadal On ClayHe’d won over Federer on fast hard court at a major, and he’d won over Djokovic on slow hard court at a masters. Saturday brought an even thornier test for Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek had lost all seven sets he’d previously played against Rafael Nadal, five of them on hard court. The last time the...

No One But Gael Monfils Could Have Pulled Off This ShotGael Monfils got wrecked in the opening set of his Madrid Open second-round match today, but he worked his way back into it. By the tail end of the second set, Monfils was feeling himself enough to test out this leaping ... forehand passing shot with all his weight hurtling in the opposite direction...

Dominic Thiem Did All The Dirty Work And Claimed None Of The Glory

Assume by default that Rafael Nadal wins any big event on clay. Take it as a given that his teeth are pressing into the trophy well before the first match gets underway. This has been true for many long swaths of the last decade, but it has maybe never been truer than right now, with Rafa still bull...

Dominic Thiem Resists Clay Colossus Rafael Nadal, Ends 50-Set Streak

Rafael Nadal’s incomprehensible streak of consecutive sets won on clay has ended at 50. And it was ended by the last person to have scraped a set off him on the surface, a full 51 weeks ago: Dominic Thiem. The upset demanded huge hitting from the world No. 7, who has had a somewhat uninspired week...

Roger Federer Pulls Out Of The French Open, And Rafael Nadal's Practically A Lock To Win It

Good news for Rafael Nadal: Roger Federer isn’t going to the French Open....

Rafael Nadal Owns The Dirt And Anyone Standing On It

Watch this guy here, the blond guy playing frantic, brilliant tennis, tracking down a lob for a whirling dervish winner....

Pablo Cuevas Hits Incredible Behind-The-Back Winner, Downs Alexander Zverev

Early in the second set of 31-year-old Pablo Cuevas’s three-set quarterfinal win over young phenom Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open, the veteran Uruguayan chased down a lob on the baseline and nailed this incredible no-look, crosscourt winner....