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Contributing to this issue
Matthew Cronin @tennisreporters
The author of the critically acclaimed
book,
Epic: John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg and
the Greatest Season of Men's Tennis Ever
and
contributes to a wide variety of outlets
including Tennis.com, Tennis
Channel, Reuters, USTA.com and
Tennis Business News
and is the co-owner of
the web site TennisReporters.net. He is also a
radio analyst at all the Grand Slams.
Joel Drucker @joeldrucker
A longtime tennis writer, he has written for a
variety of print and broadcast
media, including
Tennis Channel
, ESPN,
Los
Angeles Magazine
and
Cigar Aficionado
. His
book,
Jimmy Connors Saved My Life
, is
considered one of five "must-read" tennis
books by
Sports Illustrated
.
Richard Osborn @rwosborn
A former managing editor of
Inside Tennis
magazine, where he spent 15 years
covering the ATP and WTA tours. His story
"Miracle At San Quentin," in which he
shadowed lifers at California's
most infamous state prison over a three-year
stretch, was honored by the USTWA in 2008.
Douglas Robson @dougrobson
The lead tennis writer for
USA Today
since
2003 who, as his
Janowicz piece makes
apparent, vividly remembers reading
The
Painted Bird
in high school. His website is
dougrobson.com
Tom Tebbutt @tomtebbutt
Canada's leading tennis writer, he was the
correspondent for
The Globe and Mail
for 20
years and now writes the Tebbutt
Tuesday blog for Tennis Canada
(tenniscanada.com).
Kamakshi Tandon @kamakshi_tandon
A recent law school graduate and former
online editor of Tennis.com, she writes
regularly for ESPN.com.
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From the editors
Welcome to the first issue of Tennis Journal!
Looking for good tennis reads? More substantive coverage of your favorite sport?
This is the place.
In a period in which tennis magazines (and the pages in them) are getting fewer
and fewer, the in-depth reporting, interviewing and writing that used to fill them
are shrinking, too. The launch of Tennis Journal is our attempt to create a
publication designed for loyal followers of the game.
It's stocked with analysis and opinion on a variety of issues and has a strong,
independent outlook, which lets you know what's really happening in tennis. It
will have honest takes from those who have spent much of their careers devoted
to covering pro tennis in a relevant and compelling fashion.
This issue brings you a look at how Roger Federer stacks up against the rest of the
world's biggest athletes, whether former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki still has the
goods to be a Grand Slam winner, and why pro tennis is played the way it is
today. It also profiles the enigmatic Pole Jerzy Janowicz, brings you an interview
with soul-searching Marion Bartoli, a critique of the new time rule,
,
a detailed
comparison of rising Americans Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys, an
entertaining visual of Ernests Gulbis’ highs and lows, and more.
In our next issue, look out for an exclusive interview with Maria
Sharapova, Rafael Nadal’s biggest French Open challenge, and
the hidden impact of the Grand Slam prize money increases.
As a new publication that depends on our readers and is committed
to them, we also need your support. The tennis community, like any
other, benefits from quality journalism that focuses attention on
important issues and connects people with the game. Coverage
in the news media is becoming more fitful, and while websites,
blogs and social media are filling the gap for day-to-day news,
longer features and reports have suffered by comparison.
Subscribing means contributing to the kind of stories you want
to read and that the sport deserves. Please spread the word.
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Happy reading!
The Tennis Journal Team
