Here’s the takeaway from the $9mm USTA sex assault ruling last week — yet again someone knew about someone suspected of predatory behavior but didn’t tell players of the risk. How two sexual assault cases confront USTA’s protection of young players nytimes.com/athletic/54851…

On the surface Ben Shelton is the sort of American who has traditionally been allergic to clay. Or is he? Inside his boot camp The Athletic Ben Shelton interview: The American tennis star who wants to be different theathletic.com/5455885/2024/0…

Here we go with the men in Rome. It’s a mess. The Athletic Rome: A magical city and a wide-open men’s tennis draw at the Italian Open 2024 theathletic.com/5475422/2024/0…

This is how you make a bad situation even worse. The Athletic Federal jury orders USTA to pay $9M to player in sexual assault case theathletic.com/5475908/2024/0…

Swiatek, Sabalenka and Rybakina push each other to women’s tennis dominance theathletic.com/5475247/2024/0…

After two years of victim-shaming, the #USTA got hit with $9mm judgment for negligence in its oversight of a coach found to have likely sexual assaulted a top player. theathletic.com/5475908/2024/0…

Of shirt trades, crazy final-set tiebreaks, and a temperamental Russian turning things around. The Athletic theathletic.com/5460189/2024/0…

Challengers made me think about something other than threesomes. The Athletic Challengers: Could Zendaya’s tennis husband hack the ATP Challenger Tour? theathletic.com/5468160/2024/0…

Rafa lost a match but he's on to....something...and Rome... The Athletic theathletic.com/5462193/2024/0…

The battle for tennis is getting nasty as Tennis Australia puts the ATP on notice that it does not take the idea of breaching contracts lightly. The Athletic Tennis Australia sends ATP Tour warning over Saudi Arabia Masters tournament theathletic.com/5460730/2024/0…

Some tennis players compete for money and fame. Mirra Andreeva is playing for a puppy. @The Athletic Mirra Andreeva: Madrid Open sees many happy returns for 17-year-old tennis star theathletic.com/5458805/2024/0…

“Tomorrow is another day to keep dreaming…”

There’s tennis happening ing in Madrid, but the real first week action was the battle for the future off the court, in a sport where power can be illusory. The Athletic The Grand Slams, ATP and WTA all want to control tennis. Do they have the power? theathletic.com/5441171/2024/0…

⁦Rafa Nadal⁩ gets a step closer to dreaming. The Athletic Rafael Nadal: 12,000 fans, an inside-out forehand, and a dream in Madrid theathletic.com/5453003/2024/0…

Rafael Nadal keeps Darwin Blanch, who is supposedly the future of tennis, at arm’s length. theathletic.com/5445897/2024/0…

What Zendaya taught me about tennis: The Athletic Challengers: Zendaya and her tennis boys teach us a lesson about the sport theathletic.com/5436759/2024/0…

Rafa loves Roland Garros but what he really loves is competing and if he can’t compete he won’t play. Seriously. ⁦The Athletic⁩ Rafael Nadal starts Madrid Open by confronting never playing Roland Garros again theathletic.com/5442181/2024/0…

The Grand Slams go on the front foot in their move to control tennis. The Athletic Tennis’ Grand Slams premium tour plan: More money, equal pay, fewer tournaments theathletic.com/5437858/2024/0…

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Trying to solve the riddle this spring is going to be — complicated. For him and for us. The Athletic Rafael Nadal is solving a tennis riddle – and we’re solving it with him theathletic.com/5423827/2024/0…