Archive for August 2022

By Scoop Malinowski Juncheng Shang is only seventeen years old but he just won his first ATP Challenger title in Lexington, KY and has vaulted to no. 241 in the ATP rankings. Shang’s 64 64 final win vs Emilio Gomez thrilled his new coach Marcelo Rios, the former world no. 1 for six weeks in […]
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Bradenton · China · IMG · Juncheng Shang · Marcelo Rios

By Scoop Malinowski Recently Reilly Opelka blasted the tennis media as being “awful, the worst” for it’s unprofessionalism, lack of originality and just plain lousy questions and articles. Now another notable champion has also expressed veiled disdain for the methods of the tennis media. This week at the Canadian Open, the 2021 US Open champion […]
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Emma Raducanu · Nike · US Open

Denis Shapovalov vs Alex de Minaur first round clash in Montreal Masters is an interesting duel for many reasons. The Aussie leads the match stopped by rain delay at 75 and 3-3 in the second set tiebreaker. de Minaur has won both ATP matches vs Shapo, in three sets in Davis Cup 2019 and also […]
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Al de Minaur · Denis Shapovalov · Montreal Masters

By Scoop Malinowski Game changers in tennis are rare. Most players play the same basic fundamental way – see the WTA – but men’s tennis tends to produce more originals. Roger Federer became the artist, matador, king of elegance. Rafa was the raging bull fueled by a superhuman burning desire to be the best. Novak […]
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Citi Open · Nick Kyrgios · Nike · Yonex
Former ATP renegade and now aspiring Grand Slam champion Nick Kyrgios explained his reasoning for not hiring a coach this week at the Citi Open at one of his press conferences… “I don’t tell (my box) anything, but I always hope they cheer me on. In a perfect world, I would love for them to do […]
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Citi Open · Nick Kyrgios · Wimbledon

The man who once declared his goal was to break Rafael Nadal’s Roland Garros record of 14 grand slam titles on red clay, has imploded since his 16 64 67 36 loss to Casper Ruud at the Roland Garros quarterfinal. That loss especially stung the 19 year old ranked 28 because of the public reaction […]
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Citi Open · Holger Rune · Roland Garros

Yoshihito Nishioka has been an average player for the last year but this week in Citi Open he has exploded with three excellent victories. Coming into the tournament with a ranking of 96, the Japanese lefty upset Atlanta finalist Jenson Brooksby in the first round 64 63. Then he beat Atlanta champion Alex deMinaur in […]
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Citi Open · Yonex · Yoshihito Nishioka
ATP world no. 76 John Millman had to withdraw from the ATP Mexico tournament due to the virus but based on his recent time in the United States, the Australian veteran believes it’s an injustice to forbid Djokovic from playing the 2022 US Open later this month. Millman: “I’m out with covid. I was just […]
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John Millman · Novak Djokovic · US Open
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