Tom LacouxTom Lacoux
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...
Australian Tennis and Data Discipline: What Remains When a Statistical Cell Is Left BlankAt Melbourne Park one night, I sat in the technical area with a stats sheet...
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...
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...
Tennis in the Rumor Season: When the Data Is Empty, a Writer Must Know When to StopOne morning in late November, I sat in the press room of an indoor tennis...
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...
Tennis's Data Blind Spots: The Matches No One Measures"Westchester practice court, silent." I wrote that line in my notebook back i...
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 ...
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...
Beijing: Behind the Zverev–Djokovic Billboard Lies the Year-End No. 1 RaceBefore the first serve, listen. At the National Tennis Center in Beijing, the...
The Empty Data Sheet and the Honest Discipline of Tennis WritingThere is a moment every sportswriter eventually meets: the spreadsheet opens,...
Nick Kyrgios Cocaine Positive Case at Mallorca: Detailed Analysis from a Tennis Referee's Perspective on Rules and ConsequencesThe moment Nick Kyrgios tested positive for cocaine in the Mallorca...
The Backhand Slice and the Space Behind: What Statistics Never Tell YouEastbourne practice courts, 7 AM Tuesday. No spectators, no cameras, only the...
Venus Williams and Seven Lost Set Points: Lessons from a Legend at the US OpenA scream pierced the Arthur Ashe Stadium air, cutting through the murmur of...
End of an Era? Djokovic, 39, Exits US Open in First Round After 20 Years of DominanceArthur Ashe Stadium fell silent for a moment of disbelief. At 39 years old,...
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...
Champions 2026 Opening Day: Paper Rex Beats Team Liquid, TYLOO Falls to G2, and One Warning Changes How We Read the TournamentThe most notable moment of Valorant Champions 2026's opening day was not on t...
