Archive for March 2022
Sebastian Korda served for the match twice vs Rafael Nadal from 2-6 6-1 5-2 up in the third but was thwarted by arguably the most fierce and ferocious fighter in the history of tennis combat. Or was Korda’s one and only shortcoming exposed – an ordinary killer instinct to slay dragons compared to his superhuman […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Benoit Paire may be mired in the worst slump in ATP history. The volatile and talented French 32 year old suffered through a dreadful 2021, sporting a 14-32 overall record including first round losses in his last five tournaments. Paire lost first roune 21 times total in 2021. “It was a shit […] Continue to read full article...
After ATP champion and world no. 16 Reilly Opelka declared last year that the tennis media is “the worst” and “awful”, tennis journalists and their methods have come under scrutiny. Take a look at this famous or infamous quote about the dishonesty of the media… Scottish American journalist and publisher John Swinton’s press dinner speech […] Continue to read full article...
Mar/22
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Kenin Collapse Continues in Indian Wells
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Just a couple of years ago, Sofia Kenin looked poised to become the next big American superstar. She won the 2020 Australian Open (beat Muguruza) and reached the final of Roland Garros (lost to Swiatek). But the career of Kenin has crashed since then. She’s gone from the brink of superstardom to irrelevance. Fila dropped […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Six ATP careers are hanging by a thread at the Monterrey Challenger in Mexico this week… Fernando Verdasco, age 38 and ranked 150, is the top seed and will play China’s Zhe Li. Bernard Tomic, age 29 and ranked 320, hopes to return to his best ranking of no. 17 and he […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Bernard Tomic · Fernando Verdasco · Monterrey · Ryan Harrison
By Scoop Malinowski Patrick Mouratoglou has been defending and speaking high praises for Novak Djokovic lately. It’s very interesting because he’s the only major tennis figure to take the risk of saying positive things about the controversial Djokovic who seems to be the target of the tennis establishment for cancellation. This combined with the big […] Continue to read full article...
Asics · ATP · Head tennis · Lacoste · Novak Djokovic · Patrick Mouratoglou · Serbia
By Scoop Malinowski Serena Williams came out of retirement or semi retirement, or wherever she is now, to make some irresponsible and false statement in a CNN interview. Williams, who last played at the 2021 Italian Open in June (retired at 3-3 to Aliaksandra Sasnovich), told Christine Amanpour that if she did what Alexander Zverev […] Continue to read full article...
Mar/22
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Should I Do A Bollettieri Academy Book?
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By Scoop Malinowski I have considered it for years because so many various people associated with Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy have told me so many stories which I find fascinating and colorful. The “Love Means Zero” doumentary film was very good but it didn’t capture the essence of this historic landmark world renowned chunk of […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bjorn Borg · IMG · Jim Courier · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri
By Scoop Malinowski American top tennis gun Reilly Opelka says one of his biggest inspiration figures is not Federer, Agassi, Nadal or Laver, but Venus Williams. In a recent Inside Tennis interview, the 24 year old American currently ranked no. 17 (best of all American players) expressed high respect for his personal friend Venus. “She’s […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Reilly Opelka · US Open · Venus Williams · Wimbledon · WTA
Mar/22
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Mouratoglou Wants More Emotion And Drama In Tennis
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By Scoop Malinowski Patrick Mouratoglou said in his cover interview in the debut issue of FINAL MAGAZINE that the modern tennis era is flat, lacking vibrancy, color and charisma… “The governing bodies of tennis have the predominant responsibility for the lack of passion in today’s game. I know because I’m in constant dialogue with fans […] Continue to read full article...
