Archive for October 2018
Oct/18
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Why Are Seniors Dominating The ATP World Tour?
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By Scoop Malinowski
Doing research for my Facing Steffi Graf book, paging through an old 2002 Tennis Week magazine, I found an article about the Senior Tour, asking Who Will Succeed King Mac?
The article mentions how the senior tour back then consisted of a lot of players of an age that still compete on the current ATP World Tour. Continue to read full article...
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Mardy Fish just tweeted that Grigor Dimitrov is in Paris for the Bercy Masters 1000 with a new coach - Andre Agassi.
Dimitrov has struggled this year with less than impressive results, the year following his conquest of the ATP World Tour Finals in London last November. Continue to read full article...
The American prospect was once touted as a future star, but his career has went south this year after almost breaking into the top 100 last year in Indian Wells, Kozlov is now ranked 348 after losing first round this week at the Las Vegas Challenger (60 62 to Kamil Majchrzak) as the defending champion.
His last win was first round of Wimbledon qualies against Dustin Brown 61 63. Continue to read full article...
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By Scoop Malinowski
Status: 2004 Roland Garros champion. Holds career wins over Safin, Hewitt, Agassi, Albert Costa, Moya, Ferrero, Corretja and Kafelnikov. Winner of eight career titles.
Ht: 5-9 Wt: 155
Born On: December 9, 1978 In: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Childhood Heroes: Boris Becker was my hero when I was pretty young. Then when I start to play tennis professional, I don't have anyone. Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
It's very rare in tennis that a rivalry persists where both players trade back and forth wins over the span of a decade. Usually one player establishes a superiority over a player and rolls with it.
But there's at least one ATP rivalry which contradicts that systemic nature of tennis - the Adrian Mannarino vs Andreas Seppi rivalry. Continue to read full article...
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Tennys Sandgren gets back on the winning track with a quality 64 64 win vs Lucas Pouille in Sweden. It's the American's first main draw win since beating Troicki at US Open. Sandgren is holding steady at 62 in the ATP rankings down from a high of 47 in April. Pouille is at 22.
Hyeon Chung, 27 in the world, beat Taylor Fritz, 56, for the second time this year in straight sets, 62 62 today. Continue to read full article...
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By Scoop Malinowski
Researching my next book Facing Serena/Facing Steffi I came across some surprising results.
Steffi Graf once double bageled Tracy Austin, who was at the end of her career. The match was 12 years after the first match they played, which Austin won over the 14 year old Graf 64 60 in Filderstadt, Germany. The rematch was 12 years after the first match, the only two times they played. Continue to read full article...
Double bagel · Hewitt · Hingis · Maria · Serena
Oct/18
15
Johan Kriek Should Be Consulting ATP and WTA Players!
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With playing experience and coaching acumen, former two time Australian Open champion Johan Kriek should be consulting ATP and WTA players. Just read this flurry of tennis wisdom below by Kriek, who operates a junior academy in Palm Beach, FL
It is kinda rare to have a person like Roger Federer come along once in our tennis lifetime who has so many tools to draw from..... Continue to read full article...
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By Scoop Malinowski
Status: Former ATP world no. 3 won nine career ATP singles titles and reached the finals of 2004 Roland Garros. Retired in 2009 at age 27.
Ht: 5-9 Wt: 143
Born On: January 13, 1982 In: Rufino, Argentina
Childhood Heroes: Agassi.
Nicknames: El Mago - Magic. Chino - Chinese. Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
Lleyton Hewitt is a tennis Hall of Fame legend with two career highlights that stand out above the rest - winning 2002 Wimbledon and 2001 US Open. Hewitt's major titles both came in straight, three set dominations of David Nalbandian and Pete Sampras, respectively.
But an often overlooked conquest of Hewitt was his Herculean effort to clinch the 2002 ATP world no. 1 ranking at the Master's Cup in Shanghai. Continue to read full article...
