Archive for May 2013
May/13
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Earth vs. The Universe, Pick Earth’s Davis Cup Team
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I was reading Jack Kramer's old bio this weekend and one chapter had the former great American champion discussing the hypothetical Earth vs. The Universe Davis Cup team.
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May/13
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Richard Williams Calls Marcelo Rios “One of the greatest guys to play tennis”
14 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop
I ran into Richard Williams in the VIP parking lot at the Sony Open in Miami, about 20 minutes after his daughter Serena won the title defeating Maria Sharapova. I gave him a copy of my Rios book, which he thanked me for, and then he voluntarily shared his compliments for Rios, a player he obviously respects highly.
"Marcelo Rios, in my opinion, is one of the greatest guys to play tennis. Continue to read full article...
A lot of tennis fans are not too pleased that Jimmy Connors has went public with the story that he impregnated Chris Evert during their previous romantic relationship, early in their professional careers. Astonishingly, Jimbo also revealed details that his former lover had an abortion. Chris Evert, nicknamed The Ice Maiden and Chris America, of […] Continue to read full article...
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The Challenger Tour is in Tallahasse this week, Jack Sock lost to Christian Harrison in the first round. Christian also beat Steve Johnson last week in Savannah in the first round. Brother Ryan, who won Savannah last week, defeating Facundo Arguello, and is now ranked #81, survived a three setter in first round in Tallahassee and will play Donald Young next.
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Status: 2012 U.S. Olympian. Has career wins over Wozniacki, Bartoli, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Hantuchova and Azarenka. Trains at Gordon Uehling's Court Sense Facility in Tenafly, N.J.
DOB: May 11, 1992 In: Teaneck, N.J.
First memory of tennis: My first memory of tennis was playing with my older sister Lauren at the tennis courts at our apartment complex in Hong Kong. I was probably around six or seven years old.
Tennis inspirations: My tennis inspirations growing up were Venus and Serena.
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