Archive for May 2023
By Scoop Malinowski There is a general consensus idea growing that tennis is entering a “weak era” now that Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are in the home stretch of their illustrious careers. The thinking is that because Djokovic has no apparent threats within five years of his age of 35, it must […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Holger Rune · Novak Djokovic · Rafael Nadal · Roger Federer
May/23
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Badosa wishes sports and politics to be separated
12 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Perhaps the strongest rebuke yet by a tennis player, or any pro sports figure, was said this week at Mutua Madrid by Spanish player Paula Badosa-Gibert. The 25 year old winner of three WTA singles titles stated this opinion on the messy combination of sports and politics: “They absolutely should not mix. Unfortunately, they’ve been […] Continue to read full article...
Mutua Madrid · Nike · Paula Badosa · Spain · Wilson tennis
May/23
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Jack Sock Makes Winning Pickleball Debut
6 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
All eyes were on Jack Sock today at the Carvana PPA Tour in Charlotte as he became the first ATP player to play professional pickleball. Sock prevailed in singles vs Anton Gudz 11-8 and 11-4. About his debut performance Sock rated it as “solid” but he “expected more of himself” adding that the factors of […] Continue to read full article...
Carvana PPA Tour · Charlotte · Jack SOck · PPA Tour · Wimbledon
American tennis continues to ascend into a position to establish “superpower” status again like the golden age of the 90s. Taylor Fritz is tops at no. 10 but hot on his heels is his pal at no. 11 Frances Tiafoe. The two 25 year olds are separated by 420 ranking points. The third highest ranked […] Continue to read full article...
Ben Shelton · Frances Tiafoe · Sebastian Korda · Taylor Fritz · Tommy Paul · USA Tennis
May/23
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Murray and Monfils Meet In France Challenger
2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Two of the games biggest stars of the last fifteen years met today as wildcards at the Aix-en-Provence Challenger second round. Both Andy Murray, age 35, and Gael Monfils, 36, are not ready to hang up their racquets just yet and they are still aspiring for one or two more last hurrahs on the ATP […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Status: American sports icon and TV tennis analyst. Winner of seven Grand Slam titles. DOB: February 16, 1959 In: Wiesbaden, Germany Childhood Heroes: “Joe Namath, Rod Laver, Mickey Mantle.” Early Tennis Memory: “Playing Tommy Buford – the tournament director’s son – in a 12 & under in Tennessee. I won 6-3, 6-2 in three and a half hours. After he […] Continue to read full article...
Positive reviews have been rolling in for my latest tennis book “Nick Bollettieri: Godfather Of Modern Tennis” but this one may take the cake. It came from former longtime Pittsburgh University tennis coach George Dieffenbach: “Hi Scoop. My sister and her husband spend winters in Sarasota. They knew Nick B mentored me, so they saw […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · tennis book
May/23
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Zhizhen Zhang Finally Blossoming In Madrid
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
This week has changed the career of Zhizhen Zhang. The Chinese stylist had a bad habit of blowing match points in big matches and not finishing opponents he was in control of. At US Open last year first round main draw after qualifying, Zhang blew seven or eight match points in the third set vs. […] Continue to read full article...
China · Head tennis · K Swiss · Mutua Madrid Open · Zhizhen Zhang
