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Zhizhen! That “drop shot” was….!!!! 😬🎾

🚨 The Daily Theory is out! 🚨 🎾 Venus was never in 🎾 Draper’s fitness woes continue 🎾 Shelton vs. Cobolli 🎾 The WTA gives social media platforms a hard stare 🎾 Plus more tennis news! www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

🚨 The Daily Theory is out! 🚨 🎾 Venus was never in 🎾 Draper’s fitness woes continue 🎾 Shelton vs. Cobolli 🎾 The WTA gives social media platforms a hard stare 🎾 Plus more tennis news! www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

It might seem strange to say this about a teenager but it’s Mirra Andreeva’s experience in these scenarios that allowed her to completely take over this match against Clara Tauson. 🎾

Hey, tennis friends! This story shows the power of our sport and the people in it. It's been a long time since I had seen Lamont, but he absolutely 100% changed lives. I know some of the ones he changed. So, please read this story. We need to create more of them. 🎾❤️

Both of these finals are incredibly entertaining right now. 🎾❤️

Oh, did the top seed in the Golden Swing lose again? 🤭🎾

Draper Gets It Done He's had trouble staying healthy, but when Jack Draper plays... he wins. Playing just his 2nd event of 2025, the British #1 fights past Jiri Lehecka, 3-6, 7-6², 6-3, to move forward in Doha. The win sets up a championship clash between Draper and Andrey Rublev on Saturday.

During the second week of Indian Wells this year, there are *two* 175s on the ATP Challenger Tour. The entry lists on both are bonkers (although we know there will be a shake-up as IW plays on. Arizona on the left and Cap Cana on the right. 🎾

This Draper-Lehecka match might just come down to fitness for both of them. 🎾

And we here at Court Theory HQ feel completely justified in calling out this Tauson-Muchova match. 🎾 From The Daily Theory today… 👉🏻 www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

that was absolutely crazy. what a delightful match. i can't believe tauson didn't win it in straights, she deserved to. muchova threw everything at her. grabs the final break on a line-clipper.

Watching Clara Tauson just so at ease with herself right now is what’s making all the difference in recent months. She seems to trust herself more, and that’s allowed her to play her style more freely. Even when things get shaky, she’s so gets right back on track so much quicker. 🎾

This is the takeaway… 🎾

Everyone thrilled with that Muchova tweener winner…except one. 🫠🎾

It’s wild to see what Felix has to do to win a point off Rublev in this tiebreak. 🤯🎾

We deserve this Rublev-FAA third set tiebreak! 🎾❤️

Cuesta Park in Mountain View, California. 🎾 #Wallscape #ClassicMono #Scape #blackandwhite #eastcoastkin

🚨 The Daily Theory is out! 🚨 🎾 The top 10 is on the struggle bus 🎾 Iga Swiatek slams the schedule (again) 🎾 Alcaraz on his loss to Lehecka 🎾 Tauson vs. Muchova 🎾 Plus more tennis news today! www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

Andreeva just took out Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina in back-to-back matches. That doesn't just earn you the trophy right now? 🎾

Very impressive stuff from Mirra Andreeva. And the last top ten player goes down. 🫠

Andreeva going from 0-40 on her serve to then hold is a testament to the mental work she's put in. Previously, it would have more likely led to a meltdown. Not today. 🎾

Not the two-handed backhand volley. 🎾

Andreeva just ballin' right now. 😳🎾

Hey, tennis friends! This story shows the power of our sport and the people in it. It's been a long time since I had seen Lamont, but he absolutely 100% changed lives. I know some of the ones he changed. So, please read this story. We need to create more of them. 🎾❤️

🚨 The Daily Theory is out! 🚨 🎾 The top 10 is on the struggle bus 🎾 Iga Swiatek slams the schedule (again) 🎾 Alcaraz on his loss to Lehecka 🎾 Tauson vs. Muchova 🎾 Plus more tennis news today! www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

Not to toot our own horn, but did we call this Berrettini-Draper match or what?!? 🎾 From The Daily Theory today… www.courttheory.com/tennis-news-...

“Forced Alcaraz into making 41 unforced errors…” 🎾 🤔🤔🤔

Pretty wild to see the majority of the top 10 in the ATP and the WTA on the struggle bus all at the same time. 🎾

The Court Theory view tonight. 🎾

Feel like a broken record on this, but... Tallon Griekspoor is always *right there* 🎾

So! Who had Sofia Kenin as the sole surviving American into the quarterfinals in Dubai? 🎾

Indian Wells has announced wild cards, and guess who?!? (Venus Williams, that’s who.) 🎾 bnpparibasopen.com/news/grand-s...

And there goes the Tennis Channel app failing again. 🎾

Of course, the same can be said of Muchova. 🫠🎾

Tauson just knows every single Sabalenka pattern, and she's already in position before the ball gets there. 🎾

We often talk about the problem-solving skills Alex Michelsen possesses. On the women's side, McCartney Kessler might be the one who flexes that tennis IQ best. 🎾