Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

Writing about tennis, largely. Letters project at @atalkingletter. She/her. Views VERY much my own, please do not blame anyone else for them. Bristol, England Joined March 2009

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

a year ago

But the headline is, of course, her matrescence.

2017: Elina Svitolina loses to Simona Halep from match point up at #RolandGarros 2025: In her 150th major match, Svitolina defeats Jasmine Paolini from 3️⃣ match points down, the first time she's ever saved MP to win at a Slam 🤯 More on Svitolina: tennis.com/news/articles/…

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Stuart Fraser @stu_fraser

a year ago

This is a great opportunity for young people interested in gaining an insight into tennis journalism at two of the sport's most prestigious venues. I can personally attest to the generosity of Mike in helping younger journalists, and this is a fitting way to honour his memory.

The BTJA @theBTJA

a year ago

Calling all those aged 18-24 with an interest in journalism and tennis... The BTJA is launching the Mike Dickson Award, giving one person the chance to be a member of the media for a day at Wimbledon and the Queen's Club this summer. More details here: btja.co.uk/pressroom

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

a year ago

@TheRestHistory I'm only on episode 1 but Tom unnecessarily clarifying that the name of Peter's father's reformist minister wasn't 'Matt Veyev', and then the running pronunciation of the name as if it were, is amusing me greatly.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

a year ago

@Diego_Barbiani A free and frank exchange of ideas.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@Diego_Barbiani You have sent me down a TREMENDOUS rabbit hole with this, thank you.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

For my father, who's coming home 💔 #RIPTonyTodd

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Not saying WADA and ITIA have to agree on everything but could they maybe get the same dictionary for starters

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@CharlieRatpig @jon_mcgregor I've reread Fingersmith a couple of times recently just trying to tease it apart and see how it's done but I always end up just getting caught up in the pleasure of it. I'm ashamed to say I haven't read most of the others 🤦‍♀️ but maybe I will now they're on a list.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Instantly pre-ordered for title and cover alone. In the process discovered that 'big cat shapeshifting romance novel' is more of a genre than had previously realised.

Charlotte Tierney @CharlieRatpig

2 years ago

Please, PLEASE pre-order my nineties, folksy, feline gothic novel The Cat Bride! Described as ‘as lushly hallucinatory as it is fierce’, by lushly hallucinatory @paulGtremblay Available from the usual places!

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Literally just trying to look at the Beijing draw

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Saved two match points. What year is it. What is happening.

Did Marin Čilić Win? @DidCilicWin

2 years ago

Yes.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Epic of Gilgamesh style

Nathan @Humanstein

2 years ago

James Cameron is going to live forever because he is gonna eat a special goo he finds on the ocean floor

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@GBtennis Not at all

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

No it isn't

Sky Sports Tennis @SkySportsTennis

2 years ago

Watch the US Open Men's Final and more with NOW: bit.ly/NowTennisUSOpen

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

No, because it's a really reductive/dismissive way of talking about a disability and perpetuates a stereotypical view of what ADHD is and how it presents, which continues to contribute to wild inequalities in whose ADHD gets recognised, diagnosed and treated.

Sky Sports Tennis @SkySportsTennis

2 years ago

Watch the US Open Men's Final and more with NOW: bit.ly/NowTennisUSOpen

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

cc @NADDPod @caldy

Haydn, 🇵🇸 @bilbosfootcomb

2 years ago

If you look inside of Anakin’s head from the promotional 1990s Taco Bell Phantom Menace memorabilia there is a tiny sebulba

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

Emma Navarro describing herself as a child as 'a little bit ADHD or something', can we not.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@jaketennisnut Throw in Andrea Petkovic and I *would* pay £35 a month for that.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

I went for a walk & now feel like I should say something nice, so: Laura Robson gets better & better as broadcaster. Undemonstratively but immensely knowledgeable, infectiously interested & unlike others, brings her Tour experience without compulsively making it about herself.

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mark @TweetsByMarkT

2 years ago

@newballsplease To add to all this frustration, got up on Sunday, the morning after Evans-De Minaur, excited to watch it back. Not available on demand (Sky Stream). That day's highlights not available on demand. Even *the* type of match you'd expect a UK broadcaster to cater to, I couldn't get

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@robcollins2016 Anecdotally, I am far from the only one. Maybe we're a tiny minority. Clear from the fact that this situation exists that nobody gives a shit about whether the service is good for tennis fans or not, I'm under no illusion about that. But like I said, rip-off, egregiousness, etc.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

@robcollins2016 I have absolutely zero interest in those sports. If I did I wouldn't pay £35 a month for ONE streaming service. And if the reverse was true, their tennis platform would still be inferior, or certainly no better than, other services which I also need to pay for to follow sport.

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Hannah Wilks @newballsplease

2 years ago

And you know, it's not like Sky does anything BETTER than the other services we used to have/still have? Maybe it would be different if there were aspects of the service that were better that offset how terrible they are at making matches available on-demand.