Ricky Dimon

Ricky Dimon is a freelance sports writer who covers just about every sport, but his first love is tennis. He has been an avid tennis fan since he started going to the U.S. Open with his dad in 1999. He plays competitively at home in Atlanta, Ga. and also coaches the girls tennis team at his high school. Ricky joined the Tennis Majors team in July of 2020. In addition to his work with TM, he runs his own website (The Grandstand) and you may know him from his enthusiasm for posting on Twitter (@Dimonator).

Latest articles

Alexander Zverev - Gepa / Panoramic
June 6, 2024

Zverev looks to get over the hump, both at Roland-Garros and against Ruud

Alexander Zverev is one win away from a first Roland-Garros final and two...
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Jasmine Paolini - Federico Pestellini / Panoramic
June 5, 2024

Miracles no more: Roland-Garros semi-finalist Paolini has belief that she belongs

The best season of Jasmine Paolini's career has continued with a semi-final run...
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Mirra Andreeva, Roland-Garros 2024
June 5, 2024

Andreeva stuns Sabalenka, sets up surprising Roland-Garros semi-final against Paolini

Mirra Andreeva pulled off a stunning upset of Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday at...
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Elena Rybakina
June 5, 2024

Rybakina laments health issues following Roland-Garros loss

Elena Rybakina lost to Jasmine Paolini in the Roland-Garros quarter-finals on Wednesday afternoon....
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Jannik Sinner and Darren Cahill || Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic
June 4, 2024

Sinner on becoming No 1 in the world: “It represents a great result of work ethic”

Jannik Sinner clinched the No 1 ranking on Tuesday in Paris; he will...
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Coco Gauff, Roland-Garros 2024
June 4, 2024

Gauff on her chances against dominant Swiatek: “Potapova isn’t me; I’m not Vondrousova”

Iga Świątek has been absolutely dominant in her last three matches at Roland-Garros....
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Jannik Sinner, Roland-Garros, 2024
June 4, 2024

Sinner, soon-to-be No 1, rolls over Dimitrov in Roland-Garros quarter-finals

Jannik Sinner defeated Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets on Tuesday at Roland-Garros. Sinner...
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Corentin Moutet, Roland-Garros 2024
June 4, 2024

Murray, Azarenka blast use of technology at Roland-Garros

Andy Murray went to social media to express his frustration with certain Roland-Garros...
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Alexander Zverev, Roland-Garros 2024
June 4, 2024

Zverev after beating Rune in five sets : “I was fresher”

Alexander Zverev has survived back-to-back five setters in Paris. He attributed Monday's fourth-round...
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Casper Ruud - Gepa / Panoramic
June 4, 2024

Ruud expects Djokovic to be at his best, but world No 1 is unsure

Novak Djokovic is unsure about the status of his knee heading into the...
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Alexander Zverev, Roland-Garros 2024
June 4, 2024

Zverev digs deep to win another Roland-Garros five-setter, this time over Rune in round of 16

Alexander Zverev won a second consecutive match in five sets, beating Holger Rune...
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Mirra Andreeva, Rome, 2024
June 4, 2024

Facing France’s last hope, Andreeva tunes out crowd noise to advance at Roland-Garros

With a Frenchwoman on the other side of the net, the fans were...
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Novak Djokovic, Roland-Garros 2024
June 4, 2024

Djokovic upset with Roland-Garros court conditions after tweaking knee against Cerundolo

Novak Djokovic suffered an apparent knee injury during his five-set win over Francisco...
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Casper Ruud, Roland-Garros 2024
June 3, 2024

Ruud defeats Fritz, sets up Roland-Garros rematch with Djokovic

Casper Ruud scraped past Taylor Fritz in four sets on Monday at Roland-Garros....
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Novak Djokovic, Roland-Garros 2024
June 3, 2024

Djokovic comes back again for another five-set win, beats Cerundolo to reach Roland-Garros quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic outlasted Francisco Cerundolo in five sets on a record-breaking Monday at...
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Hubert Hurkacz - Inside / Panoramic
June 2, 2024

Hurkacz bizarrely asks Dimitrov if he wants to change chair umpires in the middle of the match

Hubert Hurkacz proposed changing chair umpires during his Roland-Garros match against Grigor Dimitrov...
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Grigor Dimitrov, Roland-Garros 2024
June 2, 2024

Dimitrov continues mastery of Hurkacz, reaches Roland-Garros quarter-finals

Grigor Dimitrov defeated Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets on Sunday in Paris. Dimitrov...
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Carlos Alcaraz, Roland-Garros 2024
June 2, 2024

Alcaraz on Roland-Garros matchup with Tsitsipas: “I think I have the key against him”

Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas have played their way into a quarter-final matchup...
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Eye of the coach Djokovic Musetti
June 2, 2024

Eye of the coach #91: Djokovic was ready to pounce in marathon against Musetti

In the latest episode of Eye of the Coach, Patrick Mouratoglou talks about...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas - Roland-Garros 2024
June 2, 2024

Tsitsipas overcomes slow start to beat Arnaldi in Roland-Garros fourth round

Stefanos Tsitsipas gets past Matteo Arnaldi in four sets in the Roland-Garros round...
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Alexander Zverev, Roland-Garros 2024
June 1, 2024

Zverev stays mentally tough, benefits from Griekspoor’s nerves in five-set thriller

Alexander Zverev seemed to be down and out when he trailed Tallon Griekspoor...
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