As the unusual 2020 tennis season nears its end, which players are poised for a big breakout next year? Plus thoughts on the GOAT race, Sam Querrey, Gael Monfils, best-of-five at the majors and more.

Housekeeping:

• Our most recent podcast, longtime ATP tour manager/troubleshooter/consigliere, Weller Evans.

• This week’s guest, Thomas Gilovich, chair of the Cornell psychology department and a leading light in behavioral economics, explains why we like dominant champs—provided they are in individual sports. And Britt Collens explains this.

• Guillermo Vilas comes to Netflix.

• Vilas aside: Note the tweener he hits at the 3:30 mark. Can anyone recall a tweener before that?

• For our American audience, please vote on Tuesday. If not before.

Onward…

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