Archive for February 2022
By Scoop Malinowski From 2013-2019 Pablo Carreno Busta won all seven matches vs Fabio Fognini. Moscow, Paris, Monte Carlo, Sao Paulo, Oeiras, Melbourne, Hamburg…Busta won every time they played. But then the one-sided rivarly suddenly took a turn in the other direction. Fognini finally beat Busta last year at ATP Cup on hard court 62 […] Continue to read full article...
Armani Exchange · ATP · Babolat · Fabio Fognini · Pablo Carreno Busta · Rio
Feb/22
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Jack Kramer Was Not Politically Correct
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If you think Novak Djokovic is politically incorrect, take a look at some of the fearless statements Jack Kramer wrote in his book “The Game”… Rod Laver: “Laver was a drab personality. In fact when he turned pro in 1963 after winning the grand slam, the interest in tennis had fallen so low there was […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/22
16
Biofile Venus Williams Interview 1997
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(Note: This Biofile was done at the WTA Finals at Madison Square Garden where Venus was invited to attend for publicity reasons but was not ranked high enough to compete yet.) By Scoop Malinowski Status: Currently ranked 467. Has won Wimbledon five times and US Open twice. Also won fourteen Grand Slam doubles titles and […] Continue to read full article...
American tennis · US Open · US Tennis · Venus Williams · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski World No. 1 Novak Djokovic continues to distance himself from the other ATP all time greats. This week marks Djokovic’s 360th week as the world’s top ranked tennis player, now 50 weeks ahead of the six years older Roger Federer. Last month Rafael Nadal won his 21st Grand Slam title, to move […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Djokernole · Djokovic · Novak · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
Feb/22
12
Great Players Most Remembered For Losses
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By Scoop Malinowski A strange quirk of tennis is how certain great players are not remembered for their finest triumphs but for an agonizing loss… Alex Corretja won 17 ATP singles titles, two Masters Series titles (Indian Wells, Rome), played in two Roland Garros finals, beat Pete Sampras in Davis Cup on grass but the […] Continue to read full article...
Alex Corretja · ATP · Guillermo Coria · Roland Garros · US Open · WTA
Feb/22
11
Facing Novak Djokovic Book Finished!
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Finally finished Facing Novak Djokovic book last week! Started this three years ago with an interview with Paolo Lorenzi at Sarasota Open and concluded with Sander Groen’s memory of seeing 17 year old Novak winning the title at 2004 Aachen Challenger. Learned a lot about this misunderstood and misportrayed super champion such as several players […] Continue to read full article...
Djokernole · Djokovic · Head tennis · Lacoste · Nolefan · Novak · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
The Italian luxury sports attire company won it’s first ATP singles title when Alexander Bublik defeated Alexander Zverev in Montpellier, France 64 63. It was also the first ATP singles title for the 24 year old from Gatchina, Russia who now lives in Monte Carlo. Yoxoi describes their only sponsored player Bublik (Tennys Sandgren has […] Continue to read full article...
Olympic Games. They are multidisciplinary sporting events (Like how EasyBet Casino has multi game tournaments) in which athletes from various parts of the world participate, in ancient Greece they were dedicated to the god Zeus. There are three types of Olympic Games: the Summer Olympic Games, the Winter Olympic Games, and the Youth Olympic Games, which were […] Continue to read full article...
Greece · IOC · Olympiad · Olympic Games · Olympic Torch · Olympics · Winter Olympics
By Scoop Malinowski Juan Martin Del Potro played what most likley was his final ATP match last night at Argentina Open vs. Federico Delbonis. The score was not in his favor but the full house stadium crowd in Buenos Aires was singing to Delpo just like it was one of his finest victories. The mightiest […] Continue to read full article...
Buenos Aires · Juan Martin Del Potro · Nike · US Open · Wilson
Feb/22
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Donskoy Finally Beats Jaziri After 14 Years
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Malek Jaziri first beat Evgeny Donskoy in a Futures tournament in Austria in 2008, 36 62 61. Seven years older Jaziri would beat Donskoy four more times in their careers… 2018 Washington DC Outdoor Hard R64 Jaziri 64 61 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Rome Outdoor Clay Q1 Jaziri 63 62 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati […] Continue to read full article...
