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Often hated Lleyton Hewitt to retire a legend

By Tommy Collins • On January 12, 2016 • In News • 2 min read

My dad used to tell me, ‘it’s okay if you win or if you lose – unless you lose.’ While he was mostly joking, his sentiment nicely explains an expectation, a tone that exists in competitive sports today. Winning is … Continued

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If Pro Tennis Players Had Dating Apps

By Avery Shackelford • On January 7, 2016 • In Pop Culture • 1 min read

Whether you love them or you hate them, you probably have a few dating apps on your phone. Tinder has led the charge in smartphone dating tech and allows users to swipe for matches across the globe. Yes, you have to … Continued

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Best Tennis Photos Of 2015 – Year In Review

By Tommy Collins • On December 16, 2015 • In Pop Culture • 1 min read

Following each major tournament in 2015, Sports Illustrated released the top 100 photos from throughout the tournaments. As a way to reflect on a wonderful year in the sport, we thought we’d pick our favorites for you. Here goes: Australian … Continued

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Serena Took A Taxi During Her Own 5K Charity Run

By John • On December 15, 2015 • In Pop Culture • 1 min read

SI Sportsman of the year Serena Williams has been taking it easy the past few months after jettisoning the remaining WTA season for some vacation. Looks like she is still isn’t quite ready to get back to work. At the Serena … Continued

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Still Shopping for Christmas? Check Out The MTL Amazon Gift Guide

By John • On December 11, 2015 • In Pop Culture • 3 min read

Be honest, you still have a ton of Christmas shopping to do, right? I know I’m certainly the kind of person that mulls over options until the last second. Luckily for me Amazon has two day shipping and stores are … Continued

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Bing Shares Not-So-Surprising 2015 Tennis Search Volume

By John • On December 9, 2015 • In Pop Culture • 1 min read

Every year the major search engines release data on how many people are searching particular news stories, celebrities and athletes. Usually they don’t reveal any astounding data (We get it, people search attractive women) but this year as I scrolled through Bing’s data … Continued

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Google Autocomplete Hilariously Reveals What People Think of Tennis

By John • On December 7, 2015 • In Pop Culture • 1 min read

I don’t if any of you have ever played Google Feud, but it’s downright addicting. Besides being a good way to kill time it reveals two things; how little you actually know about the world and how many weird things people … Continued

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Launch Tennis Dissects the Different Spins of Tennis

By John • On December 2, 2015 • In Instructional • 1 min read

Variety is the spice of life. When you’re first developing your game you’ve probably have a million things going through your head (“Is my grip right?”, “Am I positioned correctly?”, “Damn, I’m tired.”), but it’s the details, such as incorporating spin … Continued

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Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Highlights: Djokovic Can’t Be Stopped

By John • On November 23, 2015 • In News • 1 min read

For the fourth consecutive year Novak Djokovic is the winner of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, this time defeating a bearded Roger Federer. Evn though Federer defeated Djokovic earlier in the round robin tournament Djokovic was still the firm favorite … Continued

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Watch Maria Sharapova Lie Through Her Teeth

By MTL • On November 20, 2015 • In Uncategorized • 1 min read

An oldie but a goodie. She just can’t bring herself to say her name. Too much pain. Too much suffering. Too many losses. Maria should charge rent at this point for the amount of space Serena takes up in her head. Shout out … Continued