Archive for August 2016
So far the standout observation from the Olympics tennis is not the myriad of upsets - for me it's the incredible intensity level Rafael Nadal is expressing in his matches - This guy is absolutely starving for a big title and he desperately wants to satisfy his insatiable appetite right now in Brazil - Nadal is flying around the court and his fists are flying - he his lips are kissing on the court Continue to read full article...
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We knew nobody would outplay and outdefend Novak Djokovic because nobody in the history of tennis plays that brand of tennis than the dominant Super Serbian. We knew it would be power tennis which would eventually slay Djokovic and now we have seen it happen twice this summer with Sam Querrey and last night Juan Delpo Del Potro smashed Djokovic 76 76 at the Olympics in Rio. Continue to read full article...
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Davis Cup final Canada vs USA - Opelka Fritz Tiafoe Kozlov def Raonic Aliassime Shapovalov and Sigouin 3-2 at the Bell Centre in Montreal with Fritz beating Raonic in five sets.
40 year old Roger Federer reaches the second week of all four majors.
Ernests Gulbis takes the year off to collaborate with Dan Markowitz and coach Vince Spadea to pn his autobiography Break Point III after the rip-roaring success of Break Point II with Donald Young. Continue to read full article...
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"If it hadn't been for Lamar Hunt and his vision for where tennis should go, the sport wouldn't be where it is today." - Arthur Ashe
'I give WCT a great deal of credit. It established what a pro circuit could be." - Ken Rosewall
Most tennis observers young and old know that professional tennis as we know it today was born out of the creation of the World Championship Tennis tour by Lamar Hunt, Al Hill Jr. and David Dixon. I recently saw the new DVD "WCT The Road To Open Tennis" and it was fascinating to learn the details of how it all began as an idea and was then executed with perseverance and struggle into a major sport. Continue to read full article...
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