Open Tennis, Vol. 3

As per usual, OPEN Tennis Vol. 3 is packed with art, photography, and exceptional storytelling. With this new issue we continue our vibrant exploration of tennis through the lenses of culture, fashion, travel, and ideas.

In this issue:

Our cover for Volume 3 features a photograph by renowned French photographer, Florence Pernet, taken during the US Open’s new Mixed Doubles Invitational, and it accompanies a rumination on the same by Gerald Marzorati. As we become more and more alienated by technology and the algorithm, OPEN Tennis Vol. 3 explores themes of real-world connections. In it, Simon Cambers advocates for tennis biographies written by actual people; Andrew “Herm” Hermida is back at the Tokyo Open, this time to sketch the fans; and Courtney Nguyen goes deep on the fascinating world of Chinese fan culture; and we present the tennis-y drawings of Adam Green from New York indie folk duo, The Moldy Peaches. Also therein Jackson Frons profiles YouTuber-turned-pro-tennis-player Karue Sell and Joel Drucker explores what makes Czech players tick. There’s also an interview with Lebanese No. 1 Hady Habib and a deep dive into the tennis philosophy of Torben Ulrich by our in-house coach Simon Hegelund. Giasco Bertoli is back, this time having taken a sentimental journey to Switzerland to visit a lonely, riverside tennis court, and Vicente Muñoz made a similarly chilly journey to Providence, where he photographed an Indoor Tennis Court of great distinction. As always OPEN Tennis is the product of Artisanal Intelligence.