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Tennis Santa’s Gift Bag: Perfect Presents for the Game’s Brightest (and Most Baffling) Stars

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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
Dec 25, 2025
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Tennis Santa has some gifts for top players

‘Tis the season of giving — and if Tennis Santa had a sleigh full of “performance‑enhancing gifts” (the wholesome, non-WADA kind), here’s what would be waiting under the racket-shaped trees of some of the game’s top stars.

Although these tongue-in-cheek gifts are ficticious fixes, the players’ issues are real.

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