Tom LacouxTom Lacoux
Djokovic and the Turin Race: When the Last Ticket Is Held by a 20-Year-OldI stayed behind in the newsroom after Shanghai closed, opened the ATP Live Ra...
Nine Empty Columns in Tennis's Transfer SeasonOn the screen sits a spreadsheet with nine columns. The first is labelled...
Six Kings Slam 2026 Postponed to December 27-30: Middle East Security and the Money Game Behind Riyadh TennisThe organizers of the Six Kings Slam have confirmed that the exhibition tenni...
Djokovic's Shanghai Defeat: Read With Data, Not MemoryAt the Shanghai Masters, Hubert Hurkacz closed the match with a service game ...
Shanghai: Hurkacz Beats Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 in 88 Minutes, Ending 0-8 Head-to-HeadThe match ended in 1 hour 28 minutes, across two decided sets. The score read...
Djokovic lost to Hurkacz in 88 minutes: what the data says and where it stays silentI sat in front of the screen at two in the morning, Hai Phong was raining, an...
Carlos Alcaraz Reacts with Regret as Jannik Sinner Ends 2026 Season Early Due to Knee InjuryJannik Sinner, the world No. 1, has officially ended his 2026 season early du...
Djokovic now on cusp of Federer's record after Beijing titleNovak Djokovic has etched his name further into the history books by winning...
System Error or a Lesson in Emptiness: When Tennis Data VanishesWhen I sat down at my desk in Liverpool, opened my computer, and received a...
Djokovic in Beijing: The 31-0 Streak and the Cost of Being 39On an October evening in Beijing, I sat in front of a screen in Melbourne,...
Djokovic's Comeback in Beijing: The 31-0 Record and the Physical Reality of a 39-Year-OldWhen Novak Djokovic reached for his rib area at the end of the second set, th...
When the Beijing Court Falls Silent Before the Serve: A Legend, an Unknown, and a Generation's HeartbeatThe stadium falls silent, but I hear the heartbeat of a generation. At the...
Djokovic's 30th Win in Beijing: When the Serve Held an Entire SetMinute 78 of a tennis match that does not exist — tennis does not count minut...
China Open 2026 Draw: Zverev Lands in the Loaded Half, Djokovic Returns to Beijing After Nine YearsLate on September 29 in Beijing, the China Open 2026 draw board went up on th...
Djokovic Returns to Beijing: The 29-0 Streak, a Shoulder and a Back, and an Empty Data PanelOn the upper tier of the China Open's Centre Court there is a moment any...
Laver Cup 2026 Returns to London: Alcaraz Is the Flag-Bearer, but the Ledger Is the Real UmpireA September afternoon in London. Carlos Alcaraz walks onto the O2 Arena court...
A Tennis Analysis Sheet Filled Entirely With N/A: How Sports Media Keeps Fooling ItselfANALYSIS SHEET On my desk lies a report. Nine analytical dimensions. Every ce...
The Empty Report: When Tennis Demands Evidence, Not GuessworkOn the editing-room screen sits a spreadsheet with sixty-two rows and nine...
Nadal Returns to the Court at His Mallorca Academy: When a Legend Becomes an InstitutionRafael Nadal will return to the court. Not at Roland-Garros, not in Melbourne...
An Empty Spreadsheet in the Analytics Room: The 2026 Tennis Season and the Trap of CertaintyNine Empty Rows On the second monitor in my studio in Los Angeles, a...
Australian Open 2026: The Data Behind Jannik Sinner's ComebackOn the night of 28 January 2026, on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Daniil...
The Rhythm Between Points: When Machines Replace VoicesI stood in the corridor behind the main court, holding a coffee that had long...
US Open 2026: Marin Cilic wins, Big Four era shakenNEW YORK – In the US Open 2026 final last night Vietnam time, Marin Cilic...
Nine Layers of Tennis Analysis in the Annual Season: What an Analyst Says When the Data Stays SilentNine Layers of Tennis Analysis in the Annual Season: What an Analyst Says Whe...
The Smell of Marijuana over New York: When a Grand Slam Cannot Measure the AirThree-zero, first set, the match barely half an hour old. Aryna Sabalenka was...
Djokovic falls in US Open first round: Exhausted but never gave up, fought and criedWhen the clock passed the fourth hour of the match, Arthur Ashe Stadium seeme...
Medvedev starts US Open 2026 with easy win after rough tuneupWhen Daniil Medvedev stepped onto Arthur Ashe Stadium on the opening day of t...
Djokovic eliminated early at US Open: Exhausted but didn't give up, fought and criedThe Arthur Ashe night was ablaze with lights, and there, surrounded by 23,000...
Alcaraz and the Points Math: Why US Open 2026 Cannot Make Him World No.1When Carlos Alcaraz posted "Here we go" with a tennis ball emoji on Instagram...
