The Longform Tennis Essays / Articles Thread

every7

every7

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This is a thread to collect all the great longform essays and articles that have been written about tennis with a focus on the fertile period from 2005-2011 and some of the tennis writing that has started appearing through new media platforms recently.

Please post your links.

I'm going to start with a classic: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html

Please avoid posting junk articles from places like TennisWorld or clickbait articles. Focus on longform writing of excellence about our game of tennis.
 
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Fedforever

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marc45

marc45

G.O.A.T.
has anybody subscribed to this new quarterly yet?...supposed to be good, with some long reads

http://www.racquetmag.com/

here's a recent one on Sharapova from April that was free on Longreads, courtesy of Racquet

The (Re)selling of Maria Sharapova
On the longevity of Maria Sharapova, who has built a brand beyond the bounds of her tennis stardom that has made her incredibly wealthy, but still striving for more.


https://longreads.com/2017/04/25/the-reselling-of-maria-sharapova/

p.s. good idea for a thread, I'll post my finds here
 
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Have hoisted it up a few times on the forum but this seems like the right place.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-sun-never-sets-on-roger-federer-endings-and-wimbledon/

My all time favourite article on Federer, and also, why my favourite period as a FedFan was the lean one 2012-2016.

This one article brought beautiful perspective to the aging champion going out on his terms and while I enjoy his wins, I’m also more than okay with his losses at this point in his arc.
 
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Fedforever

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Although this is from 2009 I still think this is by far the best thing written on the Fedal rivalry:

https://www.si.com/vault/2009/05/18/105813730/the-takedown

It's so rare to read anything on Fedal that isn't either overly gushing or unfair to one of the players. I love this because it gives full credit to the actual intelligence of what Nadal did - there's no clichés about fighting spirit and bulls here. And whilst the Federer that emerges is less exalted than we often get, the portrait is actually very human and sympathetic. And this is my favourite ever quote: For those inclined to deflate the self-adoring, though, Federer didn't present an easy target. His offhand tone imbued the most conceited comments—from the frequent "I was always so talented" to this reading of the crowd at his 2007 U.S. Open matches: "I have the feeling they're watching greatness"—with genial detachment Hearing Federer speak of himself was like listening to a professor describe, while paring his fingernails, the work of his most brilliant student. That's so true!
 
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