Status: The #1 seed in the Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl Boys 12s. Won the 2014 Eddie Herr Boys 12s doubles title with his twin brother Faris.
Resides: Boca Raton, FL
First Tennis Memory: “First time I won my gold ball in North Carolina. 12s.”
Tennis Inspirations: “Novak Djokovic – he’s my favorite.”
Last Book Read: “I don’t know. I don’t read many books. I forget. It’s a long time ago.”
First Famous Player You Met or Encountered: “Andy Murray. It was at the Sony Open. It was when I was ten, two years ago.”
Greatest Tennis Moment (so far): “It was at either clay courts or hard courts, one of the two. Nationals. One was in Little Rock and one was in North Carolina.”
Most Painful Moment: “When I lost here (Eddie Herr) first round last year.”
Why Do You Love Playing Tennis: “Every time I hit the ball it feels really good. And I love playing. And when I win it’s really fun.”
Strangest Match: “There was one time where I was up 6-5 40-love in the third set and I lost.”
Funny Tennis Memory: “One time I played a kid and he was on top of the net and he whiffed on his shot, he didn’t hit the ball.”
Favorite Surface: “Clay. Har Tru. I never played on red clay before.”
Favorite Sports Outside Tennis: “I like basketball and soccer.”
Three Athletes You Like To Watch & Follow: “Novak Djokovic. Nadal. And Fed. Federer.”
Nickname: “Zano.”
Coached by Jose Antonio Fernandez @SportMind (Twitter). Fernandez is a former ATP pro and Davis Cup player for Chile.
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Dan Markowitz · December 21, 2014 at 1:25 pm
I agree with you, Scoop, but my son’s 8 and he reads a book a week. He has to for school. It’s not Tolstoy, but he’s reading. And there are kids who by 12 have read all of Harry Potter. And by 8th grade, I know this well because I was a high school English teacher, you’ve usually read Catcher In The Rye, A Separate Peace and Lord of the Rings. When a 12 year old tells you he can’t remember the last book he’s read, he’s either not going to school, has a learning disability or it’s code for, I don’t give a crap about anything but tennis.
Harold · December 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm
Did we go North Korea here? Censorship issues?
In any event, here is a little recent Johnny Mac podcast. Talks about the “young guys in tennis”
https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1p9J2jMqQY
Scoop Malinowski · December 23, 2014 at 4:06 pm
We’re not going into politics, we’re sticking to tennis Harold. Politics and religion divide, tennis brings us together. BTW Zane lost in QF at Orange Bowl, 63 61. Was told he couldn’t hurt the opponent with anything. It’s okay, QF of a 12s major is quite an accomplishment. He’s in the mix with the best in the world. Lots of time to keep improving and growing.
Scoop Malinowski · December 23, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Wrong link harold.
Harold · December 23, 2014 at 6:23 pm
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/a/1/4/a146f2cf932fa64f/Statoil_Masters_2014_Day_2.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06c98e34d6ce5aef58&c_id=7990724
Harold · December 23, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Soory about that, at least it wasn’t anythi
That other link is Frank Caliando doing impressions of sports figures..pretty funny