Ben Rothenberg
@benrothenberg.bsky.social
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Made a table to illustrate this for last night’s post on Bounces:
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Made a table to illustrate this for last night’s post on Bounces:
Betty was cool with the dress but the full Carmen Miranda head gear didn’t stay on long.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Betty was cool with the dress but the full Carmen Miranda head gear didn’t stay on long.
New from Daniel Kaplan today:
Stacey Allaster spoke today in Manhattan about how close an ATP-WTA could be, and some lingering US Open topics.
The Trump broadcast request parts, of course, caught my eye.
awfulannouncing.com/tennis/atp-w...
Stacey Allaster spoke today in Manhattan about how close an ATP-WTA could be, and some lingering US Open topics.
The Trump broadcast request parts, of course, caught my eye.
awfulannouncing.com/tennis/atp-w...
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New from Daniel Kaplan today:
Stacey Allaster spoke today in Manhattan about how close an ATP-WTA could be, and some lingering US Open topics.
The Trump broadcast request parts, of course, caught my eye.
awfulannouncing.com/tennis/atp-w...
Stacey Allaster spoke today in Manhattan about how close an ATP-WTA could be, and some lingering US Open topics.
The Trump broadcast request parts, of course, caught my eye.
awfulannouncing.com/tennis/atp-w...
Excited to be here for @stefanfatsis.bsky.social’s event for his neato new book, Unabridged!
Costarring @joshuablevin.bsky.social!
Costarring @joshuablevin.bsky.social!
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Excited to be here for @stefanfatsis.bsky.social’s event for his neato new book, Unabridged!
Costarring @joshuablevin.bsky.social!
Costarring @joshuablevin.bsky.social!
ATP #11 Holger Rune has a 3-5 record this year against guys outside the Top 100, that’s pretty wild.
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ATP #11 Holger Rune has a 3-5 record this year against guys outside the Top 100, that’s pretty wild.
One of the items in the latest at Bounces was looking at the contrast between how the comedy green room reacted to lucrative Saudi invitations compared to the flaccid response from tennis locker rooms to the same phenomenon.
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
September 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One of the items in the latest at Bounces was looking at the contrast between how the comedy green room reacted to lucrative Saudi invitations compared to the flaccid response from tennis locker rooms to the same phenomenon.
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
Taylor Fritz’s Tokyo celebration, I am told by my resident Fritz whisperer, is a Jujutsu Kaisen domain expansion.
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Taylor Fritz’s Tokyo celebration, I am told by my resident Fritz whisperer, is a Jujutsu Kaisen domain expansion.
Easily the most exciting usage I’ve ever seen of a photo I’ve taken. 🤩
www.benrothenberg.com/p/victor-bar...
www.benrothenberg.com/p/victor-bar...
September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Easily the most exciting usage I’ve ever seen of a photo I’ve taken. 🤩
www.benrothenberg.com/p/victor-bar...
www.benrothenberg.com/p/victor-bar...
Wondering if this could be a record:
Has anyone else ever beaten an opponent six times in a row while being ranked below that opponent all six times?
Has anyone else ever beaten an opponent six times in a row while being ranked below that opponent all six times?
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wondering if this could be a record:
Has anyone else ever beaten an opponent six times in a row while being ranked below that opponent all six times?
Has anyone else ever beaten an opponent six times in a row while being ranked below that opponent all six times?
Oh man, RIP Bernie Parent. 🧡
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh man, RIP Bernie Parent. 🧡
This by @irathethird.bsky.social is the most elucidating paragraph I’ve read so far on the parallel-universeness of Charlie Kirk reactions.
open.substack.com/pub/iramadis...
open.substack.com/pub/iramadis...
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This by @irathethird.bsky.social is the most elucidating paragraph I’ve read so far on the parallel-universeness of Charlie Kirk reactions.
open.substack.com/pub/iramadis...
open.substack.com/pub/iramadis...
Welcome back, Karolina Pliskova.
September 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Welcome back, Karolina Pliskova.
Tennis Canada is conspicuously not mentioning the opponent (Israel) in any of their Davis Cup posts today.
Read the latest Bounces for more on the circumstances around this contentious tie.
Read the latest Bounces for more on the circumstances around this contentious tie.
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Tennis Canada is conspicuously not mentioning the opponent (Israel) in any of their Davis Cup posts today.
Read the latest Bounces for more on the circumstances around this contentious tie.
Read the latest Bounces for more on the circumstances around this contentious tie.
September 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Guy in front of me in Ashe is actually eating the infamous $100 chicken-nuggets-with-caviar, which I thought was more of a parody than an actual menu item which people bought.
We could almost certainly be taxing the rich more.
#USOpen
We could almost certainly be taxing the rich more.
#USOpen
September 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Guy in front of me in Ashe is actually eating the infamous $100 chicken-nuggets-with-caviar, which I thought was more of a parody than an actual menu item which people bought.
We could almost certainly be taxing the rich more.
#USOpen
We could almost certainly be taxing the rich more.
#USOpen
Trump draws some boos, and a few claps, when shown saluting during the anthem. (No one else was saluting the anthem).
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
September 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump draws some boos, and a few claps, when shown saluting during the anthem. (No one else was saluting the anthem).
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
The #USOpen has moved the trophy to inside the Rolex suite, which is where Trump is, but surely not where the trophy has ever belonged before during a final.
September 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The #USOpen has moved the trophy to inside the Rolex suite, which is where Trump is, but surely not where the trophy has ever belonged before during a final.
US Open media were sent instructions for how to deal with the enhanced security on site for Trump's expected first visit to the #USOpen in ten years...
September 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
US Open media were sent instructions for how to deal with the enhanced security on site for Trump's expected first visit to the #USOpen in ten years...
A comprehensive win for Naomi Osaka, imperious on serve as she routs Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2.
Osaka is into her first major quarterfinal since the 2021 Australian Open; she’s never lost a match at a major once she reached the quarterfinals.
#USOpen
Osaka is into her first major quarterfinal since the 2021 Australian Open; she’s never lost a match at a major once she reached the quarterfinals.
#USOpen
September 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A comprehensive win for Naomi Osaka, imperious on serve as she routs Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2.
Osaka is into her first major quarterfinal since the 2021 Australian Open; she’s never lost a match at a major once she reached the quarterfinals.
#USOpen
Osaka is into her first major quarterfinal since the 2021 Australian Open; she’s never lost a match at a major once she reached the quarterfinals.
#USOpen
Really liked this from @girinathan.bsky.social about how unfocused Ashe crowds are, especially in the first week.
www.thesecondserve.com/coco-vs-coco/
www.thesecondserve.com/coco-vs-coco/
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Really liked this from @girinathan.bsky.social about how unfocused Ashe crowds are, especially in the first week.
www.thesecondserve.com/coco-vs-coco/
www.thesecondserve.com/coco-vs-coco/
As Bounces subscribers already read this morning, the US Open mixed doubles was ultimately a runaway hit with fans, but there was nervousness from organizers:
USTA invited staff and ball crew to act as seat fillers in case it was going to look empty on TV, as seen in this email:
USTA invited staff and ball crew to act as seat fillers in case it was going to look empty on TV, as seen in this email:
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As Bounces subscribers already read this morning, the US Open mixed doubles was ultimately a runaway hit with fans, but there was nervousness from organizers:
USTA invited staff and ball crew to act as seat fillers in case it was going to look empty on TV, as seen in this email:
USTA invited staff and ball crew to act as seat fillers in case it was going to look empty on TV, as seen in this email: