Archive for May 2023
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Tsitsipas Feels Spirituality On Clay
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
It’s a different tennis experience to play on red clay compared to hard court, carpet and grass and world no. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas describes the process in his own original terms. “It’s a cleansing of the soul,” said the former 2021 Roland Garros finalist and semifinalist. “It’s just like a knife. You let the old […] Continue to read full article...
May/23
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Greatest Upsets Of French Open History
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Today’s shocking upset by unheralded Thiago Seyboth Wild over no. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets ranks up there with some other previous giant surprises at Roland Garros… King of Clay Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round to 23 seed Robin Soderling. Rafa had won four straight French Opens and beat Soderling on […] Continue to read full article...
Gustavo Kuerten · Iva Majoli · Kathy Horvath · Michael Chang · Roland Garros · Serena Williams
May/23
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Clothing Changes At French Open 2023
Plenty of clothing changes this week at the French Open… Belinda Bencic has joined forces with Asics after a long relationship with Nike. Grigor Dimitrov has also parted ways with Nike and teamed up with Lacoste. Elina Svitolina will no longer wear Nike but now she wears the colorful and creative Paka, a Ukrainian sports […] Continue to read full article...
Zhang Shuai lost her eighth match in a row 61 61 to Magdalena Frech of Poland and suffered a semi-meltdown at the press conference as she couldn’t stop the tears lamenting problems with Chinese tennis federation among other griefs. 34 year old Zhang was seeded 29. Ugo Humbert won his first match ever at Roland […] Continue to read full article...
Elle Mandlik · French Open · Jessica Pegula · Roland Garros · Sebastian Korda · Ugo Humbert · Zhang Shuai
John Isner was fighting for career survival at this French Open. He’s 38 now and ranked 90, which is the lowest he’s been since 2008. Today Isner had a beatable opponent to try to rejuvenate himself back into ATP relevance. Isner faced Nuno Borgues of Portugal today and the two veterans engage in an epic […] Continue to read full article...
Fila · French Open · Georgia · John Isner · Prince racquets · Roland Garros
By Scoop Malinowski Truth is stranger than fiction and dreams do come true. There is a special chemistry between Novak Djokovic and Aleks Kovacevic… Tennis is a small universe where just about everybody knows everybody. Novak Djokovic actually met his first round Roland Garros opponent Aleks Kovacevic sixteen years ago in 2007. The former ATP […] Continue to read full article...
Aleks Kovacevic · French Open · Lotto · Novak Djokovic · Roland Garros · Wilson tennis
May/23
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Analyzing Coco Gauff Coach Options
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By Scoop Malinowski It’s been over a month since Coco Gauff and her former coach Diego Moyana decided to part ways and still the American standout has not found a replacement coach, though the WTA web site says she is being coached by her father. Gauff, the world no. 6, has reunited with former coach […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Coco Gauff · Jimmy Arias · Lindsay Davenport · New Balance
May/23
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When, Why Did The Tennis Media Go Rotten?
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By Scoop Malinowski Reilly Opelka famously condemned the tennis media last year as being “the worst and awful” as this article illustrates. The bias of the tennis media can be encapsulated by this – one of the most ridiculously lousy, shameful hate articles which was penned by some idiot named Giri Nathan. Here’s a sample […] Continue to read full article...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas has decided to dismiss Mark Philippoussis as his co-coach heading into Roland Garros. Team Tsip might consider a few different options in the coming days to assist the 2023 Australian Open finalist at this year’s Roland Garros – Boris Becker… Sergi Bruguera, Jim Courier, or Albert Costa. Did you see the Michael Ymer […] Continue to read full article...
Arthur Fils · Lucas Pouille · Michael Ymer · Roland Garros · Su-wei Hsieh
May/23
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James Blake to Play SoCal Pro Series’ Rancho Santa Fe Pro Open
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American Star’s First Pro Tournament In Ten Years Former World-Ranked No. 4 Blake Will Partner With Rancho Santa Fe Teen Hudson Rivera in $15,000 ITF Doubles Event Kicking Off Seven Consecutive Weeks of Pro Tennis Competition on USTA Southern California’s SoCal Pro Series May 23, 2023 – James Blake, a 10-time ATP World Tour singles […] Continue to read full article...
