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Three Points

🎾 In memoriam: Tennis legend Niki Pilic has died at the age of 86.

🎾 Book drop: Bjorn Borg’s memoir, Heartbeats, drops in the U.S. today. Some of the juiciest parts have already made their way out into the media thanks to last week’s European release date. But I’m not sure that’s why you read this book. Given how little we heard from Borg over his career (and after), I'm more interested in hearing his perspective on everyday matters.

🎾 Going after slams: The Professional Tennis Players Association has added the governing bodies of the four majors — Tennis Australia, the French Tennis Federation, the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and the United States Tennis Association — as defendants in the organization’s antitrust lawsuit against the ATP and WTA.

  • What they said: “In March, we filed a landmark case challenging the status quo and demanding lasting reform,” the PTPA said in a statement. “To finalize these profound changes, implement them effectively, and ensure they are legally sound going forward, we are now including the four Grand Slams in our case. This is a necessary step to guarantee accountability from all parties and accelerate long-overdue reform across the entire professional tennis ecosystem.”

And, that’s game.

On The Radar

Matches we’re monitoring today:

Beijing - WTA 1000 (Hard)

  • McCartney Kessler vs. Han Shi (1st round)
  • Ashlyn Krueger vs. Maria Sakkari (1st round)
  • Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anna Blinkova (1st round)
  • Caroline Dolehide vs. Sorana Cirstea (1st round)
  • Laura Siegemund vs. Caty McNally (1st round)
  • Katie Boulter vs. Hailey Baptiste (1st round)
  • Sonay Kartal vs. Alycia Parks (1st round)
  • Ann Li vs. Camila Osorio (1st round)

Tokyo - ATP 500 (Hard)

  • Jaume Munar vs. Matteo Berrettini (1st round)
  • Yosuke Watanuki vs. Nuno Borges (1st round)
  • Daniel Altmaier vs. Denis Shapovalov (1st round)
  • Marton Fucsovics vs. Frances Tiafoe (1st round)

*The ATP 500 China Open begins later in the week.

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