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Tennis Longevity: What Keeps Players Going After 90-plus Years?

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394 Ball Kids & 500 Drones: Australian Open Adds Digital Novelty To Traditional Stunt

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As Controversies Faded, 2022 Australian Open Ended in Triumph And a Magical Footnote

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After 11 Days, Djokovic Gets the Boot, And the Tennis World Moves On

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In Drone-Conscious Era

In Drone-Conscious Era, Cameras Fly to Cover Tennis as Spectacle By JOHN MARTIN PARIS – On a grey afternoon, a hot air balloon advertising a French bank drifted briefly into view as spectators at Roland ...

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Living the Life

Living the Life: French Open Ball Kids By JOHN MARTIN PARIS — Spectators arriving early at Roland Garros encounter an unusual sight each morning: more than 200 children singing and chanting as they run ...

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About John Martin

In more than 45 years as a professional journalist, I’ve covered tragedy and triumph across the world. My stories have appeared in The New York Times, The San Diego Union, the Washington Monthly, and ...

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At Wimbledon, Promise, Steeled by Early Trauma for Gómez

By JOHN MARTIN WIMBLEDON, England — Lucas Gómez, the Mexican national junior tennis champion, was humbled at the French Open in early June. He was beaten, 6-1, 6-0, in the third round of the junior tournament by second-seeded Nikola Milojevic of Serbia after expressing strong belief in his ability to […]

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