Archive for April 2012
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP no. 3 in 2016. Currently ranked 545. Winner of eight career ATP singles titles. DOB: December 27, 1990   In: Podogorica, Montenegro  Ht: 6-5 Wt: 216 First Tennis Memory: A lot of time with the ball machine. I think that’s how I started out, mostly. That’s where I started […] Continue to read full article...
Some of you may know the name Brian Baker. A top American junior, #2 in the world, lost in finals of junior Roland Garros to Wawrinka. Beat #9 seed Gaudio at the U.S. Open, took a set off Moya on Armstrong. Has lifetime wins over Monfils, Djokovic, Murray.
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Nadal is just a machine on clay, but eventually the stunning loss to an outsider will come. Wonder who it will be?
Milos Raonic could be that man this week, but Raonic has to get by Ferrer today.
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Apr/12
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Recent Marcelo Rios Book Interview…
7 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
What inspired you to put this book together?
Marcelo Rios was one of the most inspiring and talented players I ever saw play the sport. He had a stylish, colorful way of playing that many tennis figures admired and appreciated, people like Roger Federer, Mats Wilander, Luke Jensen, Brad Gilbert, among many others, respected Rios and the way he played, when at his best. Rios was also controversial because he was different and had a rebellious atttitude. Rios should not be forgotten, he was an important player in tennis history. One worthy of some kind of book or tribute. Continue to read full article...
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Apr/12
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Grateful Nadal Accepts Gift From Djokovic
24 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
I thought Rafael Nadal played a superb match, it was a typical Nadal clay court beatdown, he seldom missed, ran down everything and even served more unreturnables than usual. He made the #1 player in the world look ordinary.
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Long day with two rain delays at the Sarasota Open. The featured 6:30 evening match between defending champ James Blake and young American Dennis Kudla gets pushed back until 8:30, after the green machine Paulo Lorenzi defeated Jan Hernych 76 63 (Lorenzi was wearing iguana green shorts and shirt).
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By Amanda H. LeMay
During the Monte Carlo Masters event this week, many fans were witness to the gut-wrenching ankle injury suffered by Juan (Pico) Monaco in his first round match against Robin Haase. Having just won his second clay event of the year in Houston and matching his all time career high of #14, he seemed on the verge of cracking the top ten for the first time. The injury, officially torn ligaments in his right ankle, will keep him out of the game for a month and thus leave very little preparation time for the French Open. Continue to read full article...
Djokovic and Dolgopolov will rematch their first meeting which took place on Armstrong Stadium at the US Open 2011, where they broke the record for longest tiebreak in US Open history. Djokovic edged it and then dominated the second and third sets but I detected a trace of respect from Djokovic toward the Ukrainian after, when he seemed to undercredit his adversary's game instead complaining about the windy conditions. It seemed Djokovic wanted to minimize giving Dolgopolov credit because he viewed him as a future threat. Continue to read full article...
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The first three matches on stadium court all went the distance - to third set tiebreaks. First Tim Smyczek defeated Marinko Matosevic, saving one MP. Then Go Soeda edged Jessie Levine. The third match on the big court showcased Vasek Pospisil outlasting Robby Ginepri. Play began at 11 and at the end of the Posipisil match it was 7:30.
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I saw Donald Young's match last week in Casablanca against Frenchman Benoit Paire and it was a devastating defeat. Young won the first set and was up 3-0 and 5-2 in the second set tiebreaker. He had a play on a Paire drop shot which he backhanded crosscourt into the netcord. Instead of 6-2 and four match points it was 5-3. Young fell apart from there and lost the second set. Continue to read full article...
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