Gabriel Allen
@Gabriel_E_Allen
Author of Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport
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Got to chat with the awesome @girinathan on his debut book and National Bestseller, Changeover. Go read the review and make sure to check out it out! My latest for @ServeOnSI: si.com/onsi/serve/new…
Thanks for reading and reviewing! @tennisabstract
Click for more... Aryna Sabalenka, Goddess of the Tiebreak? tennisabstract.com/blog/2025/09/1…
I wrote something(!) about Aryna Sabalenka and tiebreaks:
This is crazy: Over the course of their entire rivalry so far (15 matches), only *six* points separate Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner 🤯 Alcaraz - 1,579 points Sinner - 1,573 points (@_SportsBall_)
Happy National Buy a Book Day! Celebrate accordingly by purchasing a copy of Tennis Tensions 🎾📖🏸📕a.co/d/bWtHGwd
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Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport
is a radical reinterpretation of tennis cultural history. It is a psychoanalytic treatment of the —a white male privileged perspective and power that has controlled conversations and conventions...
Watching today's match? You should read @girinathan's new book. tinyurl.com/4yjtmpw7
When you won more points than your opponent in the 3rd set but you lost the match
When you lost 4 points on serve in the 3rd but you lost the match
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for about 100 years of tennis history no-one cared about apologising for net-cords, and in the 1980s this nonsense gradually began to be a habit, #Edberg for example was fist-pumping after a dead net-cord against #Lendl at #Wimbledon '87
for about 100 years of tennis history no-one cared about apologising for net-cords, and in the 1980s this nonsense gradually began to be a habit, #Edberg for example was fist-pumping after a dead net-cord against #Lendl at #Wimbledon '87
Apologizing for net cords definitely the most stupid unspoken rule in sports
Apologizing for net cords definitely the most stupid unspoken rule in sports
The modern 12-point TB debuted at Wimbledon in 1971. Players voiced their disdain for the sudden-death 9-point TB but the US Open used it from 1970-74 as Randy’s post says. The history of tennis scoring is among the many topics covered in Tennis Tensions. a.co/d/cVHlm3x
Did you know the 12-point tiebreaker debuted 50 years ago today on August 27, 1975 at the @USOpen? The event had the "controversial" 9-point tiebreaker (with a sudden-death point at 4-4) from 1970 to 1974.
It's Ben Shelton time. Night session at the U.S. Open.🍿 Read up on the 22-year-old American, courtesy of @girinathan thesecondserve.com/how-good-is-be…
Taylor Townsend says Jelena Ostapenko insulted her. Then no one in the media requested Ostapenko in a post-match press conference. si.com/onsi/serve/new…
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