Archive for February 2022
Feb/22
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Looking Back On Djokovic’s First Win vs. Federer
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By Scoop Malinowski Novak Djokovic leads the career rivalry vs Roger Federer 27-23 and perhaps the most important, influential and overlooked of those 27 wins was the first one which came in the 2007 Montreal Masters Final. I did not realize I recorded this match on VHS tape back in 2007 and finding it had […] Continue to read full article...
The “King Richard” film about Richard Williams and his two tennis champion daughters Serena and Venus was a massive financial flop. Released last November, the tennis themed film with a $50,000,000 production budget failed to capture the imagination of the public. For it’s first weekend, King Richard generated a profit if $5.4m, not enough to […] Continue to read full article...
Hollywood · King Richard · Richard Williams · Serena Williams · Venus Williams · Warner Brothers
Feb/22
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Ash Barty Is The WTA Dominant Force and Betting Favorite
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Ashleigh Barty won her third Grand Slam title at the 2022 Australian Open and re-established, for the time being, the WTA balance of power which was thoroughly upset at the previous major tournament, the 2021 US Open where two longshot unknowns Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu surprisingly reached the final. Barty has now won Grand […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Ash Barty · Australian Open · Fila · Head tennis · Wimbledon · WTA
Jack Sock is still out there grinding in Challengers. Last week he had to default in the QF of Columbus due to a positive Covid test with no symptoms. This week he returned to play in Cleveland and beat Brayden Schnur in three sets but lost 61 21 retired to Michael Mmoh. He looked like […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/22
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Reilly Opelka: The media is awful in our sport
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By Scoop Malinowski American tennis champion Reilly Opelka obliterated the tennis media in what may be the most scathing rebuke in history by a professional athlete. Opelka said last year at the US Open the “tennis media is the worst” and then was recently requested by Bill Simons for an interview about that statement for […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/22
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Penguin Marches Into Tennis With Tomljanovic
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Heritage athleisure brand, Original Penguin is moving into Tennis apparel and has tapped Australian tennis player, Ajla Tomljanovic as their first brand ambassador. The design inspiration represents a fusion of retro heritage style with a modern “original” twist while marrying the intersection of classic silhouettes and crisp tennis whites along with colorful original prints. Fabrics include luxe […] Continue to read full article...
Ajla Tomljanovic · Australia · Penguin · WTA
By Scoop Malinowski American tennis rankings have shifted with six players in the ATP top 50, spearheaded by Taylor Fritz at 20, and each in position for a breakout 2022… 20 Taylor Fritz 24 Reilly Opelka 28 John Isner 32 Frances Tiafoe 42 Tommy Paul 43 Sebi Korda 56 Mackenzie McDonald 57 Jenson Brooksby 59 […] Continue to read full article...
