Archive for August 2021

I’m not on the grounds of the 2021 US Open but my correspondent is and he said the first day crowd is about half the typical size for a US Open opening day, which he says “I love it.” Simona Halep survived a fierce fight from Canadian Open champion Camila Giorgi and escaped the tough […]
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 64. Career best ranking was 57 in April 2019. Ht: 5-10 Wt: 155 DOB: April 16, 1995 In: Piedmont, CA First Tennis Memory: At the Harbor Bay Club (in Alameda, CA), five years old, just swinging at tennis balls on court 5. Tennis Inspirations: Growing up I watched a […]
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Fila · MacKenzie McDonald · UCLA · US Open · Wilson tennis

Next week Novak Djokovic begins his conquest to make tennis history as he will attempt to win Grand Slam no. 21 at the US Open. Tennis players are always seeking to improve and look for edges and it seems Team Djokovic is complete and ready to take on the ultimate challenge, to win the fourth […]
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Jimmy Connors · Novak Djokovic · US Open

1.) A Florida newspaper tennis columnist arranged to do a participatory journalism feature about returning – or rather trying to return Mark Philippousis’s serve at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in the 1990’s when the mighty Aussie had the biggest serve in the game. Not surprisingly the reporter couldn’t even touch the serve. On the […]
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Andre Agassi · Ilie Nastase · Mark Philippoussis

By Justin Chaffee “Itβs just simple. Just keep fighting and keep believing, try not to show weakness out there.β – John Isner After a covid plagued year, John Isner has found his tennis game again. In August, he won his sixth Atlanta title, which puts him in the company with the likes of Roger […]
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Atlanta · Fila · Georgia · John Isner · Prince · US Open
In her new book “All In”, Billie Jean King claims Arthur Ashe reversed his stance on equal pay for men and women after he had a daughter (adopted daughter Camera born in 1986). Ashe was vehemently against equal pay for men and women tennis players, as he made abundantly clear in a 1980 interview on […]
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All In · Arthur Ashe · Billie Jean King · Equal pay

Reilly Opelka started off 2021 with mediocre, inconsistent results but this summer the towering American has found his form. Last week in Montreal the 23 year old defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets and reached the final of the Toronto Masters 1000 tournament where he lost to World no. 2 Daniil Medvedev 63 64. Opelka […]
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Florida · Reilly Opelka · US Open · USA Tennis
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