Archive for December 2022
Dec/22
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Three Footballers You Maybe Didn’t Know Played Tennis At A Professional Level
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Do you know the background of your football icon? For example, are you aware that some of the football stars played tennis at a professional level? Read on to discover three footballers you didn’t know played tennis professionally… Paulo Maldini Paulo Maldini is one of the most decorated defenders in world football. The legendary defender […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Michael Boulding · Paolo Maldini · Rangel Rangelov · World Cup
I have a friend who coached a 14s girl in the Orange Bowl. He just informed me about a shocking default of a girl after play was canceled due to rain… “Just heard a good story – the girl Victoria beat in Eddie Herr second round 6-1 6-1 was in the fourth round of Orange […] Continue to read full article...
ITF · Miami · Orange Bowl
Dec/22
18
Academy Award Winner Played US Open
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By Scoop Malinowski You learn something new every day and today I learned an interesting fact. There was an Academy Award-winning actress who was such a good tennis player that she competed in a main draw of a Grand Slam. The star and title role of the 1940 film “Kitty Foyle” – Ginger Rogers – […] Continue to read full article...
Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Grand Slam · Hollywood · Mixed doubles · US Open
Dec/22
16
Using The Head Competition For A Week
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By Scoop Malinowski In a pile of a half dozen very old, used tennis racquets on a shelf in a garage in Roser’s Church secondhand store on Anna Maria Island in Florida, I spotted one of the most recognizable pieces of tennis equipment ever made…. The Head Competition. The price was $5. For a historic […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina’s soccer legend Gabriel Batistuta recently was in Serbia and made a point to visit the Novak Djokovic Tennis Center in Belgrade. Even better, Batistuta was fortunate to meet the man himself. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers in soccer history, the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year was thrilled to meet Djokovic. […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Belgrade · FIFA World Cup · Gabriel Batistuta · Novak Djokovic · World Cup
Dec/22
12
Top Six WTA Players To Watch In 2023
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Like the ATP World Tour, there is an abundance of intriguing WTA players ready for stardom – or irrelevance. Eugenie Bouchard: The Canadian former Wimbledon finalist and top 5 player has been irrelevant on the pro circuit for years despite her strong work ethic and burning desire to bounce back to being a factor again. […] Continue to read full article...
Alycia Parks · Eugenie Bouchard · Iga Swiatek · Linda Fruhvirtova · WTA
Tennis is an exciting game to watch. Like most sports, a few players usually stand out at the end of every season because of their brilliance on the court. In this post, we’ve highlighted players you want to watch out for in 2023. You should know that the players in this post are not listed […] Continue to read full article...
Dec/22
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Justin Gimelstob Recalls His Three Decade Friendship With Nick Bollettieri
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By Scoop Malinowski Former Grand Slam mixed doubles champion and Tennis Channel analyst/commentator Justin Gimelstob recalls his long association and friendship with Nick Bollettieri, which began in the 1990s. “I used to go to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy all the time when I was a teenager. My family didn’t want me to move away […] Continue to read full article...
Justin Gimelstob · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · US Open · USA Tennis
Dec/22
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Brian Gottfried Recalls 60 Year Friendship With Nick Bollettieri
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By Scoop Malinowski Former ATP world no. 3 and 1977 Roland Garros finalist Brian Gottfried said he first met Nick Bollettieri when he was just nine years old. “1961 – that’s when I first met Nick. He had been at Victory Park in North Miami Beach. I had been introduced to tennis six months earlier […] Continue to read full article...
The Harry Hopman Cup was a successful international eight-nation invitational combined exhibition event staged in Western Australia from 1989-2019. But it was replaced on the pro tennis calendar in 2019 by ATP Cup, which was subsequently cancelled in August 2022 and replaced by a new January mixed gender team event called United Cup which will […] Continue to read full article...
Belinda Bencic · France · Hopman Cup · Nice · Roger Federer
