Archive for February 2021
Remember the days when Naomi Osaka had no fear of playing Serena Williams, in fact, in younger days she eagerly anticipated the chance to play and beat Serena and even trash talked her. Before their first court encounter Osaka said with a mischevious smile how she was looking forward to “to make her yell CMON.” […] Continue to read full article...
Novak Djokovic was in peril of being ousted from the Australian Open by Alexander Zverev. The top seed lost the first set 76, won the second but found himself down 4-1 in the third. His instinctive reaction was to smash his Head Speed Pro racquet into the court three times to destroy the faulty equipment. […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/21
15
What is the best part of winning an AO match?
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Recently I had the pleasure of watching the chess great Bobby Fischer be interviewed by Dick Cavett on You Tube. The interview was from the 1970’s when Cavett was the king of TV interviews and Fischer was the Novak Djokovic of chess. Fischer’s demeanor even reminded me vaguely of Djokovic, the smiling, relaxed, jovial nature […] Continue to read full article...
Bobby Fischer · Chess on the tennis court · Dick Cavett · Ego
Novak Djokovic has long been a victim of unfair media coverage compared to Federer, Nadal and Williams. After beating Raonic last night, Djokovic discussed his mercurial relations with the world media… “That’s like opening Pandora’s box. If we begin to discuss that, we won’t finish this evening. Presumably there are millions of different reasons.” “Truthfully, […] Continue to read full article...
Asics · Head Speed Pro · Lacoste · Nole · Novak · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
The name Aslan Karatsev has gone from total obscurity in one week to on the step of superstardom. Karatsev crushed Felix Auger-Aliassime yesterday at AO, coming back from two sets down to shock the Canadian in five 36 16 63 63 64. The previously unknown Russian, best known maybe for beating Tennys Sandgren late last […] Continue to read full article...
“If you can bluff ’em you can beat em,” said the boxing great Bernard Hopkins, a verbal nugget of wisdom that I will never forget. Boxing champions employ fake injury trickery in boxing, so why not the other one-on-one sport, tennis? You may think Rafael Nadal’s back is really hurting him, even though he’s cruising […] Continue to read full article...
Aches and pains · Fake injuries · Injuries · Injury timeout · Physio · Trainer
By Scoop Malinowski By all evidence it appears to my senses Novak Djokovic is playing as if his tennis life is on the line. He survived Taylor Fritz 76 64 36 46 62 to advance to the fourth round and Milos Raonic. I assert Djokovic is a wounded, bloodied champion, still suffering the trauma of […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Asics · Head Speed Pro · Lacoste · Nole · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
Feliciano Lopez is 39 now but it doesn’t matter at all, he can still play and win five setters in a Grand Slam. Yesterday he beat Lorenzo Sonego in five sets to advance to the third round of his 75th consecutive Grand Slam main draw, an ATP record that will likely never be broken or […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/21
10
Hsieh is the most impressive tennis player I ever saw
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By Scoop Malinowski Su-Wei Hsieh performed another tennis masterpiece last night in the second round of the Australian Open, dominating and destroying Bianca Andreescu 63 62. The 35 year old from Chinese Taipei, was in full control throughout the match, like a matador artfully outsmarting and taming a wild bull. Hsieh established her superiority early […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Australian Open · Su-wei Hsieh · Taipei · Yonex
The Australian Open is one of the most anticipated ATP tours for sports betting sites around the globe and already there have been upsets. In the early going, No. 10 seeded Gael Monfils lost in five sets to Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori in the first round of the Aussie Open. The 34-year-old French native has endured […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Australian Open · de Minaur · Grand Slam · Monfils
