Archive for December 2012
Dec/12
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Chilean Journalist Praises “Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew”
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Marcelo RÃÂos is an enigmatic character for we the Chileans. In one side, he's by far the most successful sportsman in Chile's history. No one before or after has reached the no. 1 in a professional sport (in Chile, only soccer, tennis, basket and boxing are professional sports) and no one helped more to bring new kids to tennis ...but RÃÂos (not even Fernando Gonzalez or Nicolas Massú) with his victories in the late 90's. I remember watching tennis on public TV, sometimes at early hours in the morning, and people celebrating every title. Continue to read full article...
Djokovic just won the first seven games vs. Ferrer in Abu Dhabi. He is making Ferrer look like a hired sparring partner
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Dec/12
26
Attila Savolt’s Best Tennis Advice
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Remember Attila Savolt? He played on the ATP Tour from 1994-2005, won seven Challenger titles, scored wins over Henman, Davydenko, J. Novak, Berdych, Ferrer, Youzhny, Gonzalez, Kiefer, Kucera, Gaudio. Schuettler, Canas, Grosjean and Srichiphan.
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Dec/12
26
La Tercera Hypes My Rios Book Today On Marcelo’s Birthday
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Los seguidores que cosechó Marcelo RÃÂos en Chile, durante su exitosa carrera en la ATP, no son nada nuevo. Sin embargo, encontrar seguidores del "Chino" fuera de las fronteras del paÃÂs es más complicado. TodavÃÂa más a uno que se dedique a escribir un libro sobre el zurdo de Vitacura.
Asàes Mark Malinowski, periodista estadounidense que desde 1995 siguió a RÃÂos por los courts en los que jugó en Estados Unidos, principalmente.
http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/12/656-500570-9-habla-el-autor-del-libro-que-revela-las-mejores-historias-de-rios-en-el-tour-era.shtml Continue to read full article...
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My friend Carlos tells me that Miguel Perez is available to coach players in N. Jersey...
As you know Miguel Perez is trying to start either teaching tennis at any level, and
specially to work with advanced players.
I don't need to tell you how good he is.
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Dec/12
7
News & Notes From Around The Tennis World
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Chile's Christian Garin won the 2012 Eddie Herr 18s final by defeating Serbia's Laslo Djere 06 64 75. Garin, the #8 seed, is the first Chilean to win the Herr title since Marcelo Rios won 19 years ago. Xavier Malisse and Brad Gilbert were in attendance to witness the exciting final which was played on Har Tru at the IMG/Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, FL.
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Dec/12
6
Coach Corner: Mini Tennis Will Improve Your Overall Game
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I used to hit with a guy named Javier Kleber Espinoza who was friends and also a hitting partner with Gilad Bloom. Bloom was once a top rated junior and also a top 75 ATP pro who played all the majors. Bloom also played some USTA Eastern and national events.
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We know what Wimbledon looks like in the glorious summer, here's a photo of the All England Club in December...
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