Archive for March 2020
Last year I found Keenan Mayo’s old Head Tour racquet bag at a Goodwill store in Bradenton, a mile from IMG. I bought it for $9.99 as it looks nice and it goes with my two Head Speed Pros which I just started using last year. The bag was fairly new and even had Mayo’s […] Continue to read full article...
The Association of Tennis Professionals has announced a six-week suspension of the men’s professional tennis tour due to concerns about health and safety issues related to the international outbreak of the Corona Virus, COVID-19. All ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour events scheduled up to and inclusive of the week of April 20 will not […] Continue to read full article...
The powers that be of tennis squashed the world’s fifth major tennis tournament because of one known virus case. The tennis players, fans and media are not entirely supportive of this decision. Alternative plans must now be considered to replace the 2020 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open for later in the year. November or December […] Continue to read full article...
The 2020 edition of the BNParibas Open has been cancelled. Because the players risk concerns about the Corona virus. As of now the Miami Open is still on. Continue to read full article...
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Jack Sock has split sets at Indian Wells Challenger with Denis Kudla 76 57 and is up a break 21 in the third but he’s down triple break point. It’s one of those moments of truth. Sock saves two break points and on the third Kudla attacks the Sock backhand corner, coming forward and volleying […] Continue to read full article...
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Coco Gauff, Caty McNally, Leylah Annie Fernandez look like they are here to stay as regulars on the WTA scene, but in recent years some other young comets have burst on the scene with headline making results – and then just as quickly disappeared. Kayla Day, Whitney Osuigwe, Sam Crawford, Cici Bellis, and Marta Kostyuk […] Continue to read full article...
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Novak Djokovic has established winning head to head records vs both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. There is actually a handful of tennis pros who hold a head to head advantage over the Serbian powerhouse. Andy Roddick 5-4 Ivo Karlovic 2-1Fernando González 2-1Filippo Volandri 1-0Jiřà Veselý 1-0Taro Daniel 1-0Filip Krajinović 1-0Antony Dupuis 1-0Dennis van Scheppingen […] Continue to read full article...
The life of a professional athlete isn’t always easy, and not often very long in terms of the length of their career time. Even if it’s not cut short by some unfortunate event, and even if they are able to acquire a small fortune to get them through the retirement, former stars probably need some […] Continue to read full article...
I ran into the great Jimmy Arias at the USTA National Campus in Orlando yesterday after playing World Team Tennis national qualifiers for our 4.5 team from NJ, and Jimmy walked by, on site for his Tennis Channel broadcast of the Ohio State vs Florida State womens tennis match. “What are you doing here,” Jimmy […] Continue to read full article...
