Archive for May 2023
By Scoop Malinowski The installed “ATP World No. 1” who has been lauded as superior to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic by the tennis establishment, has fallen in Rome, beaten in the second round by the 135th ranked player in the world Fabian Marozsan. The score of this shocking upset was 63 76 for the unknown […] Continue to read full article...
Budapest · Carlos Alcaraz · Fabian Marozsan · Foro Italico · Hungary · Lotto · Rome
Monica Seles may have been the greatest female tennis player of all time. Her eight Grand Slams as a teenager is an untouchable record that could have added one, two or even three to the total as she missed he last three major tournaments as a teen due to being stabbed on court in Hamburg, […] Continue to read full article...
Facing Monica Seles · Monica · Monica Seles · Roland Garros · Yonex
The career of Felix Auger-Aliassime has hit a stretch of stagnation. The 22 year old ranked 10 in the world hasn’t been hot lately. He lost his first matches in Rome this week – to qualifier Alexei Popyrin 64 46 75 and in Madrid to world no. 40 Dusan Lajovic 67 in the third. Felix […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Felix Auger-Aliassime · Roma · Rome
May/23
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Roland Garros Rivalries: When the World’s Best Collide on the Parisian Clay
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The clay courts in Paris are where the world’s best tennis players will come together for one of the year’s most highly anticipated events — Roland Garros (also known as The French Open). Unlike the other grand slam tournaments, the playing surface presents an extremely stiff challenge for those looking to add a major title […] Continue to read full article...
French Open · Monica Seles · Novak Djokovic · Rafael Nadal · Roland Garros · Steffi Graf
May/23
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Facing Monica Seles book cover artist interview
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A few years ago I discovered the stunning artwork of Miki DeGoodaboom on Instagram. It just so happened that the European artist had painted portraits of Serena and Steffi so we made a deal and her artwork was the cover of my Facing Serena Williams/Steffi Graf. Later I found she also did a Monica Seles […] Continue to read full article...
Artist · Marc Chagall · Miki DeGoodaboom · Monica Seles · Spain · Van Gogh
Richard Gasquet turned pro in 2002 and I have watched probably well over 50, maybe nearly 100 of his ATP matches on TV and live at Miami Open, US Open and Washington DC. Today the veteran Frenchman did something I have never seen him do before – he smashed his Head racquet at Internazionali d’Italia […] Continue to read full article...
France · Head tennis · Richard Gasquet · Rome · Yibing Wu
May/23
10
At 38 Wawrinka Keeps On Trucking
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Champions like Becker, McEnroe, Borg, Chang, Rios, Hewitt, Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Muster, Goran, Rafter were all finished by age 38 but Stan Wawrinka isn’t showing any signs of wrapping up his ATP career any time soon. Today Wawrinka proved again he is still a force on the ATP World Tour as he dismissed Ilya Ivashka […] Continue to read full article...
Rome · Rome Masters · Stan Wawrinka · Switzerland · Yonex
MAY 9, 2023, NEWPORT, R.I, U.S.A., – Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Infosys Hall of Fame Open, to be held July 16-23 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Single-session and weekly series tickets for the ATP Tour’s only grass court tournament played outside of Europe are now available at infosyshalloffameopen.com. Options include individual […] Continue to read full article...
Infosys Hall of Fame Championships · Newport · Tennis Hall of Fame
By Scoop Malinowski Andy Murray and Fabio Fognini are both 35 years old and ATP Tour titans but that’s about all they have in common. The two veterans are far from fond of each other. Their rivalry is a very good one, the head to head stands even at 4-4. Fognini won their last match […] Continue to read full article...
May/23
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Facing Monica Seles Book Is Finished
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Monica Seles won eight Grand Slam titles as a teenager and if the stabbing in Hamburg, Germany in April 1993 didn’t happen, she could have won three more before turning age 20 on December 2, 1993. Her career is rarely talked about now by the tennis media but she was a giant in the history […] Continue to read full article...
Fila · Monica Seles · USA · WTA · Yonex
