Archive for July 2020
Status: Tennis great. World’s no. 1 ranked player. Won Wimbledon in 1947 and US Championships in 1946 and 1947. Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame. DOB: August 1, 1921 (to Sept. 12, 2009) Birthplace: Las Vegas, NV Childhood Heroes: Jimmie Foxx. Lefty Grove. George Urnshaw. Ellsworth Vines – I first saw him in 1935. Still […] Continue to read full article...
Bobby Riggs · Don Budge · Jack Kramer · US Open · Wimbledon
You don’t just see forehands, backhands, serves and volleys on professional tennis courts… I saw a Yannick Noah do the moonwalk in a live rubber Davis Cup match vs Australia. I saw a RD Ferman shank a second serve ace down the tee in the duece court in the finals of the Polonia Open doubles […] Continue to read full article...
The Polonia Open Tennis Tournament was contested this weekend at the beautiful Packanack Lake Tennis Club in Wayne, NJ. Tennis players from Illinois, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey traveled to Packanack Lake for the competition which was hosted and directed by Artur Bobko. This is the 20th year of the Polonia Open tournament which […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/20
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Marcelo Rios: The Most Talented Of All Time
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Tennis enthusiasts probably don’t remember Emilio Benfele Alvarez, from Spain. He made it to 81 in the world and the finals of Kitzbuhel 2000, losing to Alex Corretja in the final 36 16 03 (ret.). In 1996 Alvarez lucky losered into the main draw from qualies to reach Kitzbuhel semis after beating Fabrice Santoro, Francisco […] Continue to read full article...
PLANS PROGRESSING FOR 2020 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI (JULY 16, 2020) – Further details regarding the staging of the 2020 Western & Southern Open at the USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City have been revealed in advance of the joint ATP Tour and WTA event that is scheduled to […] Continue to read full article...
Former 2015 junior Wimbledon champion Sofya Zhuk, who recently quit pro tennis at age 20, revealed on Instagram some of the trials and tribulations she endured which presumably led to her prematurely ending her once prospective WTA career. TENNIS BEHIND THE SCENES by Sofya Zhuk So I was thinking for a long time to post […] Continue to read full article...
Mardy Fish of the New York Empire will not play this season (injured). Milos Raonic of the Orange County Breakers has decided not to play this season (personal). Tommy Paul has been added to the Washington Kastles replacing Frances Tiafoe, who tested positive for Covid-19 and is ineligible to play. Note: Fish and Raonic […] Continue to read full article...
Greenbrier · Sandgren · WTT
Jul/20
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Pam Shriver Involved In Trump Fake News Scandal
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The American mainstream media won’t stop attacking President Donald Trump and the latest offense involves Pam Shriver. A new alleged tell-all book about Trump by a family member named Mary Trump asserted that Donald Trump did not take his SAT test to gain admission to the University of Pennsylvania but a man named Joe Shapiro […] Continue to read full article...
Both pro tennis tours are on ice because of the virus but aternative options are emerging for the starved tennis enthusiasts who clamor to see live pro tennis. Harry Cicma’s women’s and men’s International Pro Tennis Series are being played for about two months straight in Saddlebrook in Tampa, Florida. The players are lower ranked […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/20
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When Hewitt Nearly Triple Bageled Corretja
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A forgotten tennis masterpiece was the 2000 second round clash between Lleyton Hewitt and Alex Corretja. Hewitt nearly pitched a perfect shutout, bewildering the veteran Spaniard with a perfect display of counterpunching, precision, flawless tennis. Just 18 at the time Hewitt was ranked 22 and at his feistiest, most tenacious. Thirsting to reach the top […] Continue to read full article...
