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Week 34, 2024
Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
August 28, 2024
BIG content week in the Big Apple. Here’s what we found interesting this week:
The Greater Context of Clostebol
Why It’s Interesting: If you read one thing about Jannik Sinner’s case, we think it should be this one.
More: The Sinner news broke just hours after last week’s edition of The Draw was published. Here are some of the items we found most relevant since.
Darren Cahill’s Perspective: see here
Expert Richard Ings Says Rules Were Followed: see here
Jannik Sinner’s Press Conference: See here
The Rankings That REALLY Matter (just kidding)
Golden Nugget: “Alcaraz’s $42.3 million is the best total by a player not named Federer, Djokovic, Naomi Osaka or Nadal in the 17 years that Forbes has compiled a tennis earnings ranking”
More From Forbes: Tennis Player Girlfriend Influencer Making 1-3 Million Per Year
Thiem - The Lucky 1 🏆
Why It’s Interesting: This US Open was Dominic Thiem’s last grand slam. Charlie Eccleshare wrote a wide-ranging summation of his career that leaned heavily on Thiem’s own testimony. It covers the US Open title, the painstaking efforts that came before the triumph, the loss of motivation, the wrist injury, the search for old form and post-playing plans.
Sabalenka Reflects on 2024’s Hardships
Why It’s Interesting: She regrets how she handled the loss of her ex-boyfriend in March and she now considers the shoulder injury that kept her away from Wimbledon a blessing in disguise.
Badosa Summer
Why It’s Interesting: It’s impossible to not be fascinated by Paula Badosa’s US Open after reading this from David Kane. She is in the midst of an unlikely physical recovery, in prime form, grappling with conditions she has traditionally hated, in a city she has always wanted to win in.
The State Of The Kyrgios Comeback
Why It’s Interesting: He returned to the match court at UTS (Ultimate Tennis Showdown) last week. You can watch the highlights of his battle with Casper Ruud here.
The CG2s Are Here
RIP to Peter Lundgren
More: Gone too soon. Lundgren was Roger Federer’s coach when he won his first slam, and also guided Marcos Baghdatis, Marat Safin, Stan Wawrinka, and Grigor Dmitrov. Telegraph subscribers can read this obituary, Christopher Clarey’s book The Master covers Lundgren in detail, and we’ve attached this noble effort from the ATP.
🎙️ANNOUNCING:
Gill is on US Open Radio this week interviewing players, reporting from courtside positions on the grounds. Listen on the US Open app, usopen.org and night sessions streamed on the official YouTube channel.
On this week’s Monday Match Analysis & Mailbag, Gill answers your comments including: injury & mental concerns for Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Jannik Sinner, fan movement in tennis, the Borolotti Clostebol case, Alex Michelesen's near default, US Open attendee tips and more!
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