Mahmoud Al AswadMahmoud Al Aswad
The 100m Track and the ATP Rankings: When Tennis Learns to SprintIn the last three hard-court tournaments in North America, the average time...
Shanghai Masters 2026 Final: Davidovich Fokina Faces His Narrowest Career Window While Jodar Is Only Just Opening DoorsShanghai, October 18, 2026. The Shanghai Masters 1000 final between Alejandro...
Six Kings Slam postponed to December: Saudi money, Middle East conflict, and an unfilled voidOne evening in mid-October, in a small apartment in New York, I opened the...
Zverev Reaches Shanghai Masters Quarter-Finals via Two Tiebreaks and Secures 2026 Year-End No. 1Third set, tiebreak, Alexander Zverev leads 6-1. He serves, the ball goes...
Hurkacz beats Djokovic in Shanghai Round 2: 87 minutes and the signal from a No. 10 seedThe match ended after 87 minutes. The scoreline read 6-4, 6-3 in favour of...
A Perfect Serving Day Still Lost: Zverev, Djokovic, and the Vacancy at No. 1Alexander Zverev struck 19 aces, committed zero double faults, and left Beiji...
Zverev Fires 19 Aces and Still Loses to Djokovic: Where the Match Was Really DecidedZverev fired 19 aces and zero double faults, then walked off court with a 4-6...
Alcaraz, the five-set format and the scheduling crisis: A perspective from the athletics trackThe 400m track at a small athletics meet in Liverpool back in 2026 taught me ...
Zverev vs Norrie, Alcaraz vs Michelsen: What the Data Says at the 2026 Asian Hard-Court SwingI reopened the head-to-head sheet before the match began. Alexander Zverev...
Djokovic in Beijing: The 39-Year-Old King and the 500-Point GambleI still remember the night I sat in my small apartment in Nha Trang, the TV...
Professional Wrestling, Boxing, Tennis: Three Bodies, One Injury BillLesson one: when the press room is empty, interview the silence itself. On 4...
Zverev Edges Learner Tien in a Tie-Break: Team Europe Win Their Sixth Laver Cup 13-5The Night of Those Who Never Walked On Court On the evening of 28 September,...
The Empty Data Sheet and the Honest Discipline of Tennis WritingThere is a moment every sportswriter eventually meets: the spreadsheet opens,...
Footprints on Clay: When Distance Runners Conquer Tennis CourtsThe March morning at a tennis club in Broward County, Florida, I stood watchi...
The Backhand Slice and the Space Behind: What Statistics Never Tell YouEastbourne practice courts, 7 AM Tuesday. No spectators, no cameras, only the...
Deep Tennis Analysis: What Do Analysts Do When Data Is Missing?In modern sports, data is the backbone of every decision. But what happens wh...
Romania 3-1 Turkey: The Blocking Wall in Cluj Exposes the Achilles Heel of the EfelerThe final point fell onto the floor of BT Arena, the Romanian crowd erupted,...
Chinese Table Tennis After Paris 2026: Five Gold Medals and the Cracks No One SawThe men's singles quarterfinal in table tennis at the Paris 2026 Olympics...
Lowri Hurd: Transition from Able-Bodied Table Tennis to Para, The Challenging Journey of the Young British TalentLowri Hurd, the 18-year-old British Para table tennis player, is making a...
The Blank Stats Screen in V.League and the Price of a SilenceMinute 88, the score still 0-0. On the stadium's big screen, the stats panel...
