In this week’s mailbag, jon_wertheim looks at the fallout from Simona Halep’s positive doping test and Jessica Pegula’s rise to the third spot in the world rankings
. Some defenses have ben more successful than others. Halep announced that she was completely confused and betrayed.
• Three cheers for Novak Djokovic for jumping in with not a character defense of Halep but also a pledge for the PTPA to get involved. Tennis needs an independent players union. This is a vivid illustration why. The tours are not equipped—or, one could argue, even ethically positioned— to defend players in these situations.. We can argue about whether this was courageous or perhaps a bit too big a swing.
Simona Halep will be out of action for the foreseeable future. She will devote great time and spiritual bandwidth and likely funds to mounting a defense. But she will likely be back. And the reputation she has put together over the course of a decade will speed her recovery.Coco Gauff is up to No.4 in the rankings. This is incredible but she has won no titles. How do you assess her year?Coco Gauff is No. 4 in singles. She’s exceptional in doubles, where she is No.2.
2) How players relate to the crowd: In singles, some players are easily frustrated, some are stoic, some work the crowd, but it is all part of the drama. Doubles teams seem to share their emotions only with each other. Team events are the exception and it makes a difference.
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