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The award-winning Inside Tennis, now in its 35th year, is published seven times annually and is known for its creative, cutting-edge content and superb photography. Revered and read cover-to-cover in the tennis community, Inside Tennis is considered by many to be the most compelling tennis magazine in America.
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Bill Simons Richard Evans won’t be the first Englishman to enter the International Tennis Hall of Fame. But he will be the first Englishman who was born in Paris, survived Nazi bombs, dated the daughter of a British Prime minister, covered Martin Luther King’s assassination and Bobby Kennedy’s presidential campaign, was at the 1968 Democratic ..read more
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Bill Simons Tournaments, trophies and libraries are named for her. The biggest tennis center in the world bears her name. Books, biopics and a Hollywood movie sing her praises – so why shouldn’t there be an opera about Billie Jean King? Now, Opera Parallele and SF Jazz have given us the boldly-named opera “Balls” that ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells At Indian Wells there was one thing we’ve come to expect: the unexpected. We expected that Rafa’s long-awaited return would thrill fans. But Rafa broke hearts when he pulled out. We expected the greatest male player of all time, Novak Djokovic, would take over the mantle of the Big 3 and ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells GALLOWS HUMOR: After today’s 3:04 rain delay, fun-loving Indian Wells court announcer Andrew Krasny joked with the crowd, “Well, now we’re going to bring on the bees!” THE BATTLE OF TENNIS’ TWO RISING ROYALS: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner didn’t wear any clunky medieval armor today. There was no palace intrigue ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells THINK AGAIN: We thought that when a little-known Italian, the No. 123 Luca Nardi, beat No. 1 Novak Djokovic, it would undoubtedly be the shock of the tourney. Then thousands of bees invaded Indian Wells. AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH? Carlos Alcaraz said, “You can’t beat the bees.” GEAR OF CHOICE: Hefty ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells ANIMALS AND TENNIS – AN UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY: You never know what’s going to happen in sports. And today, as a fierce swarm of bees delayed the Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev match for 1:48, it dawned upon us why Indian Wells has long been called the “Bee”NP Paribas Open. Tommy Paul ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells ONE HECK OF A STREAKING SINNER: Jannik Sinner has won 18 straight matches. BIRTHDAY GIRL GAUFF – A GEM OF AN ATHLETE: There are three prime things that stand out to us about Coco Gauff, who turned 20 today. • She’s really good at tennis. Five years ago she announced herself ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells DARIA KASATKINA – A PROFILE IN COURAGE: Dasha Kasatkina isn’t big – just 5’7”. She doesn’t have monster strokes, she doesn’t blow you off the court. If you were allowed to say such things, you might note she’s kind of cute. The Russian loves to laugh and chat about this and ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells The crowd, the media and the No. 123 player in the world were in shock. Indian Wells’ lucky loser had just done the unthinkable. A 20-year-old Italian kid, Luca Nardi, who as an eight-year-old put a poster of his idol, Novak Djokovic, on his bedroom wall, posterized the GOAT 6-4, 3-6 ..read more
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Bill Simons Indian Wells It’s easy to argue that Stevie Johnson was the best college tennis player ever. The USC Trojan won two individual titles, took 72 matches in a row and led the Trojans to four team titles – incredible! But he never won Wimbledon or the Davis Cup. He didn’t crack the top ..read more