Coco Gauff has been just below the top players on the WTA tour for some time. Well, I write “some time” though she is only 19 years old. Doesn’t it just seem like Coco Gauff has been around for a decade already? But after winning the US Open just a few weeks after winning the […] Coco Gauff gets ‘congrats’ from some very important people - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

Novak Djokovic did it again. In fact, he did many things again in the final of the US Open. He won Grand Slam 24, two more than any other male player ever. He regained the top ranking on the ATP tour. And he avenged his loss to Daniil Medvedev in the 2021 US Open final. […] Twitter goes crazy over Novak Djokovic winning US Open - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

The 2023 US Open is now finished and what an excellent tournament it was. We saw some high-level tennis (of course!) and some weirdness as well. In the end, we had a familiar face win on the men’s side and a new face be victorious on the women’s side. We learned a lot about some […] Djokovic and Gauff among winners and losers from 2023 US Open - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

Coco Gauff is now unofficially the new face of American women’s tennis. Heck, since she is only 19 years old, there is a decent chance she will become the face of women’s tennis for the next decade. She isn’t yet ranked atop the WTA, but if she continues her run of fine play, she could […] Twitter (X?) goes insane over Coco Gauff winning the US Open - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

We didn’t get the US Open 2023 men’s final that most of us expected. There will be no Novak Djokovic versus Carlos Alcaraz third act in a recent tournament final. Instead, we likely get an even better match: Djokovic versus Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev might be playing better than anyone else at the tournament right now. […] US Open: Preview and prediction for Djokovic versus Medvedev - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

Coco Gauff put the cherry on top of a sensational summer, defeating upcoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to win her first major title. In front of a vociferous US Open crowd full of tennis legends and celebrities, Gauff overcame her nerves and Sabalenka’s power to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. The biggest […] Coco Gauff announces arrival by winning 2023 US Open over Sabalenka - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

Equal pay was long-deserved in the women’s game at Wimbledon, and most other tournaments, to be honest, before 2007. Venus Williams and other key players should not have had to argue for getting paid as much as the men for playing the same sport at the same high level. But fought the players did and […] Tennis news: Venus Williams, Bernard Tomic and Eugenie Bouchard - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

We all should have seen this coming at the US Open, right? Coco Gauff has been playing the best tennis of her career over the last couple of months, while Aryna Sabalenka has been playing fantastically for a couple of years. Sabalenka will be the new number one on the WTA tour when the rankings […] US Open gets dream final as Gauff and Sabalenka win semis - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

Through nearly two weeks of the 2023 US Open, we have seen some fantastic tennis. We have seen a new wave of American players perform at a high level as well. While the world has fantastic players everywhere, of course, the sport of tennis is financially more successful if a few American players are good […] The good, the bad, and ugly from the 2023 US Open so far - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more

We have arrived at the US Open men’s semifinals and everyone who reached the semis did their job except for fourth-seed Holger Rune. This year’s semis are fascinating because we could see a finals match between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, a former US Open champion (Daniil Medvedev) breakthrough, or a young American (Ben Shelton) […] US Open 2023: Preview and predictions for the men’s semifinals - Lob and Smash - Lob and Smash - A Professional Tennis Site -- News, Blogs, Analysis and More ..read more