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Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Plus: their doubles players actually got to play. And put on a show (albeit not in the final, unfortunately)
Anyway, it was actually really nice seeing both Spain and Italy without their star players.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Who would have believed that Spain & Italy would meet in the Davis cup final minus the most famous players from each country. Awesome, gritty matches from the next men up on both sides of the net. Congratulations to Italy for a great home win! 🎾
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Awww Matteo and Flavio
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Anyway, it was actually really nice seeing both Spain and Italy without their star players.
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So is Italy going to forgive Sinner now? 😅
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Now that they’re both playing well at the same time, looking forward to a third set
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Also, deciding doubles is definitely peak Davis cup.
Let’s hope it comes down to doubles again tomorrow. Gotta think Bolelli Vavassori would go into that match as heavy favorites.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My last memory of Berrettini is him sitting on the sidelines, injured, while Sinner led to the Italian team to Davis cup victory, so this week has been nice to see.
Can only imagine how wrecked Cobolli will make him today
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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We are getting a Sincaraz Final without Sincaraz! This is tennis in 2025 😅
#DavisCup 🎾
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Spain versus Italy for a Davis Cup title, sans Alcaraz and Sinner.
But actually makes the narrative more interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tennis is lucky to have Chris Eubanks, and tennis broadcasters especially so.
give chris eubanks all the jobs. because when have you heard a player talk this intentionally about broadcasting. absolute pro. he deserves the world.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVjt...
EXCLUSIVE QUICK SERVED: CHRIS EUBANKS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
YouTube video by Andy Roddick's Served Media
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November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Did not know this? For an indoor event, too?? Yikes
I’m sorry but did Brett Haber just imply that multiple people have died in the stands in Turin????
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gets the break back with a dropshot? He has been practicing it
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Carlito’s version of the boomerang break
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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King Félix
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The ATP Finals is a hard, hard tournament to care about. Everyone's exhausted, some are hurt, the serve dominates matches, even ostensibly good matchups have rarely been close in the past few editions. It always looks great on paper beforehand and then ends up as wet pulp.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ons 💚
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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A close look at the 8 singles players who competed at the WTA Finals and where they're at heading into the offseason.

www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis...
WTA Finals: Another miss for Aryna Sabalenka while Elena Rybakina emerges as major contender in 2026 | The National
Coco Gauff coming to terms with changes to serve and Iga Swiatek looks good to complete career slam in Australia
www.thenationalnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Always enjoy these lists
well, the 2025 WTA season has come to an end so I am putting out my main wants for 2026 (in no particular order of importance):

-Rybakina vs Gauff
-Mboko vs Andreeva
-return of Iga’s 🧱 aura
-my western grip sisters to get a handle on their serves & forehands, so they can have a full A game season
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There’s an interesting narrative thread for many of these top WTA players, in that they’ve struggled with specific goals but achieved others — and how do they feel about the trade-off?
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Rybakina continuing a tradition of a last minute WTA qualification leading to the trophy.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Aryna losing a tiebreak 0-7 is just a wild final set/match/tournament for the season.
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow. The mental stress is visible on the court when these two play.
Championship point.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Whoa.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM