Week 31, 2024

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Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
August 06, 2024

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It’s a Golden Draw! Here’s what we found interesting this week:

  • Andy Murray, Former Tennis Player

  • More: For a textbook-like rehashing of Murray’s career arc, here is the ATP’s in-house piece.

    One More: Jon Wertheim did one of his video essays, which always hit.

    We Lied, One More: Murray’s comedic timing is unmatched, so here’s one for LOLs.

  • You’ve Gotta See These Matchpoint Saves By Korda

    Why It’s Interesting: Seb won the tournament three days later, the biggest title of his career.

  • Recapping Nole’s Golden Triumph

    Why It’s Interesting: We don’t usually include “gamer” articles in The Draw. That’s what they call an article that recaps a match in the biz. However, SI’s Michael Rosenberg did a phenomenal job with this one.

Novak Djokovic Goes From Hobbled to Heroic to Win Elusive Olympic Gold Medal

Just months after tearing his meniscus, the 37-year-old Serb dug deep to power past Carlos Alcaraz and complete a dominant run at the Paris Games

www.si.com/olympics/novak-djokovic-goes-from-hobbled-to-heroic-to-win-elusive-olympic-gold-medal-01j4fa9hrcgh

  • Neighbors, and Men’s Doubles Gold Medalists

    Why It’s Interesting: The insider opinion was that Matthew Ebden should NOT play the Paris Olympics with John Peers.

‘Miracle work’: Australia’s Ebden and Peers roar back to claim Olympic tennis gold

Australia’s Matt Ebden and John Peers won gold with victory over the USA in the men’s doubles tennis final at the Paris Olympics

www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/03/paris-olympics-tennis-men-s-doubles-gold-medal-ebden-peers-australia

  • Here’s How Clay Courts Are Made

  • First Challenger Title For Fonseca

    Why It’s Interesting: Joao Fonseca became the third 17-year old to win the Lexington Challenger after Jerry Shang and Jannik Sinner. Future stud alert.

  • Shapo to Keep Prize Money & Ranking Points Despite DQ

Following D.C. default, Denis Shapovalov retains points, prize money after appeal | Tennis.com

Shapovalov was thrown out on match point in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, having been heard swearing at a spectator.

www.tennis.com/news/articles/following-d-c-default-denis-shapovalov-retains-points-prize-money-after-appeal

  • Thank Goodness For Stats Like This

🎙️ Commentary: Gill will be on T2 Wednesday-Saturday next week for coverage of the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal.

YouTube: Programming note. Due to weekend commentary duties, Monday Match Analysis is delayed until Tuesday. If so inclined, hit the notification bell on the channel page so you don’t miss it when it comes out.

Hey everyone, Gill Gross here. While I’m grateful for any amount of success I’ve had talking tennis on the internet for the past half decade, I believe we should all be doing better in this sport as creators and as fans. The tennis content economy is far behind other sports by metrics of engagement and popularity. This newsletter is our effort to DRAW the great things we find in tennis every week- we search for content that teaches us, makes us think, makes us laugh and ultimately makes loving this sport the best possible experience. Our vision is to speed up the growth of a robust content economy in tennis, for the benefit of fans, players and creators alike.

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