giri nathan
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CHANGEOVER, my tennis book about Alcaraz & Sinner, just came out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248
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· Nov 21
Rafael Nadal Found Process In Pain | Defector
Nadal was the destroyer of context, the man who played every point in vacuum, through comebacks and blowouts with the same equanimous mind and full effort.
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Over 20 years I saw Rafael Nadal so many different ways - an intruder, a sage, a way through my own pain
Farewell Rafa
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Farewell Rafa
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wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals
Elena Rybakina reigned over a tour that suspended her coach for abuse:
Elena Rybakina Reigned Over A Tour That Suspended Her Coach For Abuse | Defector
After dominating a field of her most dangerous peers, and claiming $5.2 million—the largest purse in the history of pro tennis, men’s or women’s—Elena Rybakina held up the champ’s trophy at the WTA…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals
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Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum.
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum.
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
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Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...
Tennis Deserves Better Than These Worthless Metrics | Defector
Recently, I have been watching a lot of tennis, and thus trying to learn about tennis. This, as it turns out, is very difficult, because tennis is not a sport that wants to teach you about itself. If…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...
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I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...
Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve
Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...
[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out
someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid
it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣
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Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social
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An October Surprise - The Second Serve
Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala played a match in Hong Kong with genuine energy and minimal cynicism, not accepting the notion that October is a time for coasting and burnout.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social
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more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves
msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
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I’ve been saying this! The writing’s so damn good that you don’t have to like tennis to love this book!
now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
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October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’ve been saying this! The writing’s so damn good that you don’t have to like tennis to love this book!
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now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
bookshop.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
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Honestly @girinathan.bsky.social could blog about Medvedev every day and I would always read it
A Vibe Shift for Meddy - The Second Serve
Daniil Medvedev is back on form with a win in Almaty.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Honestly @girinathan.bsky.social could blog about Medvedev every day and I would always read it
I needed a newsy excuse to share the Kash Patel image that popped into my head unbidden a few months ago
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I needed a newsy excuse to share the Kash Patel image that popped into my head unbidden a few months ago
fun convo about my book with alphonse pierre, one of my favorite music critics
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Interview: Giri Nathan
This past summer, I hit up the US Open out in Queens for the first time in my life.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
fun convo about my book with alphonse pierre, one of my favorite music critics
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kind of on edge watching wemby.. first jumpscare superstar
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
kind of on edge watching wemby.. first jumpscare superstar
BOSTON:
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BOSTON:
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
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@girinathan.bsky.social Done. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Your “level” as a writer and observer is very, very high. To put it in that language, 9/10 or 10/10 on every page, plenty of 12/10s, and definitely no 2/10s. Congratulations!
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@girinathan.bsky.social Done. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Your “level” as a writer and observer is very, very high. To put it in that language, 9/10 or 10/10 on every page, plenty of 12/10s, and definitely no 2/10s. Congratulations!
they said sharia creep but it’s stevia creep
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
they said sharia creep but it’s stevia creep
this was a lovely group jam defector.com/the-defector...
The Defector D'Angelo Mixtape | Defector
The music channel in Defector’s work Slack is, paradoxically or not, a fairly quiet place. People will talk about records they’re enjoying or not enjoying, Patrick will reply “type shit” to various st...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this was a lovely group jam defector.com/the-defector...
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“If you riff hard enough, you end up in the bedrock of shared humanity,” writes @girinathan.bsky.social in Defector. “At least if you’re as potent a riffer as Charles Portis.” A reader enters the hilarious and turbulent world of Portis’s 1979 gem The Dog of the South: defector.com/charles-port...
Charles Portis Can Make You Love A Loser | Defector
I am more likely to laugh at a movie than a book. I’m sure this is true of many people, and I’m sure there are a host of social-emotional reasons for this disparity, but I can think of at least one cr...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“If you riff hard enough, you end up in the bedrock of shared humanity,” writes @girinathan.bsky.social in Defector. “At least if you’re as potent a riffer as Charles Portis.” A reader enters the hilarious and turbulent world of Portis’s 1979 gem The Dog of the South: defector.com/charles-port...
wild how much my household and imagination were enlivened once i switched out the voice in my ears all day to d’angelo from—all due respect, day one subscriber—nate dunca n
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
wild how much my household and imagination were enlivened once i switched out the voice in my ears all day to d’angelo from—all due respect, day one subscriber—nate dunca n
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excellent blogs today at defector. good time to subscribe! defector.com/products
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
excellent blogs today at defector. good time to subscribe! defector.com/products