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38 year old ATP veteran Tommy Robredo and 20 year old Rudolph Molleker have already battled four times on the ATP circuit and this week in Turkey will showcase their fifth meeting. Both the aging, former 12-time ATP singles tournament champion and the young German have similar rankings – Robredo is ranked 226, Molleker is […]
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Antalya · ATP · Molleker · Robredo
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Chinese top 30 player Qiang Wang, who beat Serena Williams at Australian Open last year, has hired former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash as her new coach. The two are currently training in Melbourne ahead of the 2021 Australian Open. Cash worked on a part-time basis last year with rising young American Brandon Nakashima. Nakashima has […]
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: WTA pro from 1993-2009. WTA no. 1 in doubles and best singles ranking was no. 8. Won three Grand Slam doubles titles, one Grand Slam mixed, six WTA singles and 37 WTA doubles titles. Held the record for playing 62 Grand Slam main draws until Federer surpassed her at Wimbledon 2015. […]
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Ai Sugiyama · Japan · Prince racquets · WTA
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP world no. 1 doubles player in 1985. Won four Grand Slam doubles titles and 1988 Olympic gold medal in doubles. Won 29 total ATP doubles titles between 1984-1991. DOB: May 1, 1963 In: Minneapolis, MN First Tennis Memory: “Maybe it was winning something important that meant a lot. Maybe […]
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Goose · Olympic gold medal · Robert Seguso · USA Tennis
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Gilad Bloom, a former top 60 ATP player, shared an interesting memory at Roland Garros, which illustrates how raging anger can assist and fuel a player to not only victory but Grand Slam title victory, if this energy source can be properly channeled and utilized. Bloom: “Anders Jarryd was a good sportsman, an overall nice […]
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Anders Jarryd · Gilad Bloom · Roland Garros

By Scoop Malinowski Katharine Hepburn never did interviews. But the fiercely private four-time Academy Award-winning “Best Actress” and star of such big screen classics as “African Queen”, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”, “The Philadephia Story”, “Bringing Up Baby” and “Woman Of The Year” suddenly broke her “no media” policy in the early 1970’s by giving […]
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Academy Award · African Queen · Hollywood · Katharine Hepburn · Oscar

The bad news is that there will be a slight delay to the start of the Australian Open 2021, with organisers pushing the tournament back to February 8th. However, the good news is that, despite all the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic, the first tennis major of the year is going ahead. Sadly, […]
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AO · Australian Open · Djokovic · Grand Slam · Nadal · Thiem
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP pro won 12 doubles titles. His best singles ranking was 74. Best major result was 3R in Wimbledon singles in 1974 and semis in Wimbledon doubles in 1976 (with brother Vijay). DOB: March 20, 1951 In: Madras, India First Tennis Memory: “When I was eight years old a racquet […]
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Anand Amritraj · ATP · Davis Cup · Ferrari · India
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