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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Jun 8

The latest issue of our magazine is now in our shop, with two different beautiful covers.

Introducing: OPEN TENNIS VOL. 2

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Carole Bouchard @carolebouchard.bsky.social · 5h

Amanda Anisimova steps into her comfort zone, www.thesecondserve.com/amanda-anisi... @the2ndserve.bsky.social

Amanda Anisimova: A Force of Nature - The Second Serve

This season, Amanda Anisimova has taken the WTA Tour by storm with wins in Doha and Beijing and two Grand Slam finals appearances. // Getty

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 1d

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina needs a hug. via @owensports.bsky.social

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The Everyman - The Second Serve

Since Alex de Minaur saved three championship points to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the Citi Open, leaving Foki’s heart cracked and dripping over the court, the 26-year-old Spania...

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna be tough for Jannik to catch Carlos now... via @simoncambers.bsky.social

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Finish Line - The Second Serve

What happens in the ATP’s Asian swing is likely to decide who ends up on top of the year-end rankings, Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 5d

The Second Serve — Sign Up

Sign up for The Second Serve, a new tennis lifestyle publication. Tennis fashion, news, commentary, art, travel and entertainment. ATP, WTA and international tennis far and wide. Free, weekly tennis.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 5d

This kid from Irvine, Calif., has accumulated more top 10 wins this season than anyone besides Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. -- @girinathan.bsky.social

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Killer of Giants - The Second Serve

Learner Tien has just moved inside the top 40 after hiring as coach the greatest-ever Asian-American tennis player from Southern California: Michael Chang.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 6d

Our postcard from Tokyo.

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Postcard from Tokyo - The Second Serve

TSS ventures to Kinoshita Group Japan Open

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 9d

Outstanding.

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 16d

Sight for sore eyes: Zheng Qinwen and Pere Riba on a practice court. Set to play her 1st tournament since Wimbledon and elbow surgery.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 19d

The two best players on the WTA Tour should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been.

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Sabalenka and Swiatek: The Great Rivalry That Isn’t - The Second Serve

Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, the two best players on the WTA Tour, should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been.

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 20d

For @the2ndserve.bsky.social, I wrote about Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka's high-quality, high-stakes, and all-too-infrequent rivalry: www.thesecondserve.com/sabalenka-an...

Sabalenka and Swiatek: The Great Rivalry That Isn’t - The Second Serve

Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, the two best players on the WTA Tour, should be a matchup for the ages. So far it hasn’t been.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Carlos to Jannik: "I'm seeing you more than my family."

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Carlos Alcaraz becomes No. 1 in the world on Monday

He was last in the top spot on September 10, 2023

Jannik Sinner had been No. 1 since June 10, 2024. 65 weeks.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

U.S. Open final: Carlos Alcaraz defeats Jannik Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

It is Alcaraz's sixth Grand Slam title and second in New York. He has two each at the U.S. Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. Zero in Australia.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alcaraz is one game away from a seventh golf swing

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alcaraz leads Sinner 2 sets to 1

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Carlos Alcaraz DOMINATES the first set 6-2 over Jannik Sinner

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sinner vs. Alcaraz starting in the next 30 minutes

if it’s anything like their 2022 U.S. Open epic, it won’t be over for at least 5 hours
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner's Rivalry Truly Began at the U.S. Open

“Like all the richest rivalries before them, each prodigy possessed some virtue absent in the other one.”

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 7

waiting for the final to start while it’s delayed by 30 minutes?

read about Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry in "The Changeover" by @girinathan.bsky.social
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Changeover - The Second Serve

Excerpt from Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis by Giri Nathan.

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aryna Sabalenka has won NINETEEN (19) tiebreakers in a row

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aryna Sabalenka: 4 Grand Slam titles (2 at the Australian Open, 2 at the U.S. Open)

Naomi Osaka: 4 Grand Slam titles (2 at the Australian Open, 2 at the U.S. Open)

(Sabalenka also has 3 runner-ups; Osaka has none)

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

U.S. Open final: Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) for her fourth Grand Slam title and second in New York

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aryna Sabalenka is 20-1 in tiebreakers this season

that is UNBELIEVABLE

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

streak ends at 14

The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sabalenka saves 3 break points and holds for 1-0

Anisimova has now lost 13 consecutive games in Grand Slam finals

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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aryna Sabalenka vs. Amanda Anisimova

who ya got?

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