Archive for August 2018
Aug/18
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Former Boxing Champ Vaden Has Deep Respect and Admiration for Tennis
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If any ATP veteran player could be considered a #NEXTGEN Slayer, it's the Dutch veteran Robin Haase.
The 31 year old has defeated Alexander Zverev this week in Cincinnati. Last week in Toronto he beat Denis Shapovalov (and veteran Kei Nishikori). With results like that, you know Haase is at the top of his game. Continue to read full article...
The ATP's worst slumping singles player of the 2018 season continues his downward spiral into the abyss. Jack Sock got smoked once again today by Hyeon Chung 62 16 26.
Sock is now a brutal 5-15 on the season in singles - he hasn't won a singles match since he beat David Ferrer 63 64 in Rome. Continue to read full article...
A wide range of forty professional tennis players discuss memories of playing Marat Safin, one of the most intriguing champions and characters in the history of tennis. Also various tennis world figures share additional insights and anecdotes about the Russian tennis superpower who reached the ATP world no. 1 ranking in 2000 and won the 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open, as well as two Davis Cups, the first two in Russian tennis history. Continue to read full article...
Aug/18
11
My Interview with Apostolos Tsitsipas Before 2017 US Open
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Here is the second edition of our new #NEXTGEN Focus series on the 19-year-old Athens, Greece player Stefano Tsitsipas. Stefano is ranked 161 in the world right now and won his first round US Open qualifying match in three sets today against China's Wu.
Stefano's dad and coach Apostolos reveals insights into Stefano's first full ATP season after a standout ITF junior career...
"We started the year after an injury with a ranking of 210. At the first Grand Slam - Australian Open - I couldn't say he was very well prepared and he achieved a second round of qualies (Def. Gavin Van Peperzeel 62 62, lost to Bjorn Fratangelo 64 16 36). After that, we tried to reorganize ourselves," said Apostolos Tsitsipas at the US Open today. Continue to read full article...
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Aug/18
10
The New King Is Here, His Name is Stefanos
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This is the week the new king has emerged. First it was the slaying of the reigning Wimbledon champion two days ago and today he conquered the defending Cincy Open titlist and world no. 3 36 76 64.
That's enough evidence for me. Stefanos Tsitsipas is the prince who will soon be wearing the king's crown. Continue to read full article...
Aug/18
8
Nick Kyrgios: Biggest Waste of Talent in Tennis History?
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No player has dazzled the world with a combination of power, speed, huge serving and tennis magic as stunningly as Nick Kyrgios. The amazing Aussie is so formidable on the court that he managed to defeat Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic the first times he played each.
But when a talent is so massively developed in certain areas, it's natural that this talent could be extremely flawed and weak and underdeveloped in certain other areas. Continue to read full article...
Björn Borg was often described as quiet and mysterious, rarely showing any emotions at all on the courts. He also managed to turn tennis into a global popular spectacle and became one of the 1970s greatest icons, even in his home country, easily recognizable with his long hair and headband.
He won the Wimbledon junior championship in 1972 and turned professional soon after. Two years later he won his first Grand Slam title at the French Open, a feat he would go on to repeat a further four times. His first win at Wimbledon was in 1976, not dropping a set against Ilie Năstase, and he would go on to become the consecutive Men’s Singles Champion at this British Grand Slam for a further four years.
However, despite being a four-time finalist at the US Open (in 1976, 78, 80 and 81) Borg would never secure a victory in this hard court Slam. Come 1981, the world waited with baited breath as he squared off again against John McEnroe at Wimbledon, but this time the match wasn’t in his favour and the loss signaled the start of the downturn of his career. Continue to read full article...
Borg · Edberg · Super Swedes · Sweden · Wilander
Hollywood-based Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has fired tennis agent Amit Naor following an investigation he sexually harassed a junior employee named Stephanie Lopez. Continue to read full article...
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Serena and Venus are okay with competing against each other. They have done it enough times as professionals and their sisterhood is still intact. There were no public explosions or controversies.
The Melzers, Harrisons, Granollers are also still examples of family tennis dueling, brotherly love. Continue to read full article...
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