VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 12 NO. 2 By JOHN MARTIN GLASS MENAGERIE: On the path to matches, fans walked beneath glass ceilings beside tilted walls. The new court drew wide acclaim.World Tennis Gazette/John Martin PARIS — Protest vanished in praise when the 2019 French Open matches began […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 12 NO. 5 By JOHN MARTIN FIRST-ROUND PHENOMENON: Zachary Svadja, 16, of Pacific Beach, CA, building 5-0 first-set lead against Paolo Lorenzi, 37, of ItalyWorld Tennis Gazette/John Martin NEW YORK —Until the last minute, it looked like Zachary Svadja, who stands 5 feet […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 12 NO. 4 (This article is adapted from the writer’s story published by The New York Times on Sept. 8, 2013) By JOHN MARTIN COMMEMORATING A CHAMPION: Issued in 2019, U.S. Postal Service stamp depicts Maureen Connolly reaching for low backhand on a […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 11 NO. 3 By JOHN MARTIN March 2019 World Tennis Gazette/John Martin Carnival at Forest Hills book cover Tennis books come in many sizes and shapes, but Carnival at Forest Hills, Marty Bell’’s book-length account of the 1974 United States Open breaks new […]
World Tennis Gazette/John Martin (L to R)Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic The Australian Open ‘s 10,000-Point Hackathon Bears Fruit, But At Least One Fan Isn’t Sure VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 11 NO. 1 By JOHN MARTIN March 2019 Melbourne was the seed bed but the […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 11 NO. 2 By JOHN MARTIN March 2019 World Tennis Gazette/John Martin Joel Blanc painting watercolor during match When the French Open begins at Roland Garros in May, a white-haired man wearing a suit and scarf and carrying a large satchel will take […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 10 NO. 4 World Tennis Gazette/John Martin Pointing out a missed shot, Umpire Pascal Maria looks down from his chair. By JOHN MARTIN March 2019 Who can forget the argument at the 2018 U.S. Open women’s final between an angry Serena Williams and […]
World Tennis Gazette/John Martin VISIONARY: Ever watchful, Lee Duck-hee eyes approaching ball in final round of qualifying at Roland Garros, where he lost in three sets to Spaniard Jaume Munar, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (1). VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 10 NO. 3 By JOHN MARTIN August 2018 […]
VIEW AND DOWNLOAD WORLD TENNIS GAZETTE VOL. 10 NO. 1 By JOHN MARTIN May 2018 World Tennis Gazette/John Martin DATA FACTORY: The new headquarters for Tennis Australia houses team of analysts who study ways to exploit data collected from electronic scoring and court camera images. MELBOURNE — In a casual […]
A MASTER REPORTER’S RIDE ACROSS JOURNALISM, SPORT, AND LIFE By JOHN MARTIN September 2017 One afternoon in late August, Richard Evans emerged from a USTA shuttle bus and walked about 100 yards to the South Gate of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. In an age […]
