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May/19

18

The ITF Junior to Pro Journey

Facing SerenaWhen a coach has total control of a player and shields this player from any outside coaching influence, no matter how valuable,  to protect his own ego, there is one way to overcome this. Offer information and advice here because the player has revealed curiosity to read this site. Continue to read full article...

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By Scoop Malinowski Jimmy Arias is always an interesting interview and TV match analyst who has shown over the years he will mix in blunt criticisms of players with his expert analysis. If a player does good things on the court, Arias will credit it. If they do bad things on or off court, Arias will question it or mildly denounce it. Continue to read full article...

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May/19

14

Biofile: Barbora Krejcikova Interview

@scoopmalinowski biofile interview with @bkrejcikova at Innisbrook ITF $80,000 tournament in Palm Harbor Florida after her singles victory. #barborakrejcikova
By Scoop Malinowski
Status:  WTA  129. Achieved world no. 1 ranking in doubles last year. After this interview in Tampa, FL after her second round win vs. Sanaz Marand, Barbora gained some good luck and she won 13 singles matches in a row and three ITF singles titles in Tampa, Pelham, Alabama and Weisbaden, Germany.
DOB:   December 18, 1995 In: Brno, Czech Republic
First Tennis Memory: Tough question...are you going to ask me all these tough questions [smiles]? First memory...well, I was little and I just started to attend the tennis courts in my city. And having a chance to start hitting on the court. Because when I was little, I only had a chance to hit on the wall.
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May/19

14

Biofile: Noah Rubin Interview

Noah Rubin poster @tallychallenger #noahrubin
By Scoop Malinowski
Status:  ATP  168.
DOB:   February 21, 1996 In: Long Island, NY
HT: 5-9   Wt:  155
First Tennis Memory: My parents hung a ball from a string off our ceiling and I was actually in a diaper. And maybe I just have a memory because I see the picture so often. I don't know if I actually remember it but that's my first memory.
Tennis Inspirations:  I would say my father is definitely one. Tough not to say James Blake and obviously Federer. Federer is Federer [smiles].
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May/19

12

Junior Drama at ITF Coral Gables

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Kiki Bertens wins Madrid with a sparkling win vs Simona Halep. I remember seeing Bertens for years, she was an introverted player, a journeywoman, who never ever smiled on the court, there was no joy at all for her playing tennis. She just played like she was a machine. Then she played IPTL in Asia three years ago with the team format and she smiled so much there in the team matches that she seemed to make up for the years of her robotic stoicism. I mentioned how I noticed her smiling so much in IPTL to her in Miami a couple of years ago and she smiled again and agreed it was a lot of fun playing with Kyrgios, Melo and Bagdhatis for the Singapore Slammers. I believe the IPTL experience changed Bertens in a small way. Now she's a top WTA player, ranked 4 in the world... Continue to read full article...

May/19

10

Loving Rome

 
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By Aaron
We have been fortunate as a family to travel to many tournaments outside of our home base of New York. We have been to the French Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Newport, Madrid,  Monte Carlo and Montreal. With that said we found Rome to be our favorite destination for a tennis expedition. I traveled there in 2018 with my brothers my son and daughter.
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May/19

9

Dunlop Product Review

  Former Federer hitting partner Yury Bettoni who has also worked with Jeff Tarango, Mary Pierce and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario discusses the new innovations of Dunlop tennis racquets and technology… Question: What Dunlop racket do you play with? Yury Bettoni: I play with a Dunlop CX 200 Tour 16/19 Question: What do you like the most […] Continue to read full article...

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May/19

6

Madrid

Reilly Opelka continues to rise almost as fast a beanstalk, straight setting Pablo Carrena Busta. Fine win for the American over the slumping Spaniard who is having a quiet year. Continue to read full article...

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By Scoop Malinowski
At this year's Miami Open I discovered a new tennis book was published, THE FUTURE OF TENNIS: A Photographic Celebration Of The Men's Tour. It contains a series of profiles about the second tier elite players like Fabio Fognini, Alez Zvever, Jack Sock, Tommy Haas Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, Bernard Tomic, etc., it was created by Peter Figura and Philip Slayton. Continue to read full article...

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May/19

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Lawyer Challenges ATP Pros in Tallahassee

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By Scoop Malinowski One of the many appeals of ATP Challenger level tennis is how accessible the players are in much smaller, more intimate venues. Any fan can strike up a conversation with any player, talk about past matches, their journeys...or even make a friendly challenge to a practice match. Tallahassee lawyer James Waczewski did just that. He offered four ATP pros a few hundred bucks to play sets with him in Tallahassee. They all obliged. Here is the exclusive story... Continue to read full article...

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