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The Monthly Maestro

Every first Monday of the month, I share an Inside Out about tennis & personal development.

Newsletter · By Erik Faneker · English · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    The Monthly Maestro #41 - Federer’s Comeback to New York (opens the original)

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    What an entrance it was.Two weeks ago, Federer walked back onto the Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the crowd stood before he had hit a single ball. Before the tennis even started, the stadium played a hype video narrated by Matthew McConaughey, tracing his career on that same court. A strange, fitting way to open a night that I guess never really was about the score.He beat Andy Roddick 6-3 in a set of singles, then partnered John McEnroe to beat Roddick and Andre Agassi 7-5 in doubles. Same technique

  2. Issue · Aug 3, 2026

    The Monthly Maestro #40 - The Hidden Reason So Many Top Players Get Injured (opens the original)

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    Walk into an ATP locker room today, and by one estimate, close to half the players you’d find are managing some kind of arm injury. Though not always the season-ending kind, but often just the kind that lingers: wrist tape, elbow braces, and shoulder sleeves.Ask most fans why, and they’ll point to brutal scheduling or the physicality of the modern game. Both play a role. But the players themselves keep pointing at something much smaller: a felt-covered ball that changes brand almost every week o

  3. Issue · Jul 6, 2026

    The Monthly Maestro #39 - What The Player Protest Really Is About (opens the original)

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    A sold-out Wimbledon Centre Court holds 15,000 people. Every single one of them paid to watch two players. Two individuals.In football, all fans fill a stadium to watch twenty-two players, a full coaching staff, plus a bench of potential substitutes. In tennis, one player walks out alone, carries the entire show with their opponent, and takes home a fraction of what the tournament generates. To me, the numbers are genuinely hard to justify. What makes it worse is that the percentage has actually

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