Archive for July 2023
Jul/23
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Sampras On His Grand Slam Record Being Broken
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I found this You Tube interview by Pat Cash with Pete Sampras from 2016 of Pistol Pete sharing his thoughts when Roger Federer won his fifteenth Grand Slam to break his record of fourteen. “When I saw Roger do it at Wimbledon, I was resigned to it,” said the seven-time champion of Wimbledon and five-time […] Continue to read full article...
Novak Djokovic · Pete Sampras · Rafael Nadal · Roger Federer · US Open · Wimbledon
Jul/23
31
Biofile Pete Sampras Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski STATUS: Winner of fourteen Grand Slam major singles titles – two Australian Opens, seven Wimbledons and five US Opens. Finished as ATP world no. 1 for six years in a row. Won 64 ATP singles titles. Competed as a professional from 1988-2002. DOB: August 12, 1971 IN: Washington DC HT: 6-2 WT: […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Pete Sampras · Rod Laver · US Open · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
Jul/23
31
Team Coco Makes Coaching Change
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Coco Gauff’s stagnated singles career may get a spark from a familiar coaching figure. Gauff, who has underperformed with mediocre results in singles this summer, is now being coached by Brad Gilbert this week at the Mubadala Citi Open in Washington DC. Gauff minimized the situation by saying Gilbert is just “helping” and he’s “not […] Continue to read full article...
Brad Gilbert · Coco Gauff · Mubadala Citi Open · New Balance
Alexei Popyrin to Stan Wawrinka, after beating him in the Umag final in three sets 67 63 64: “You’re a legend of this sport. For me to play a final against you is an honor. I grew up rooting for you. I rooted for you every single Slam final you played. Honestly man, I love […] Continue to read full article...
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Jul/23
29
Connors Calls For Vitas and Gomez To Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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Jimmy Connors strongly believes both Vitas Gerulaitis and Andres Gomez should be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Of Gerulaitis, Jimbo said on a recent “Advantage Connors” podcast: Vitas was seventeen and I was nineteen when we first met, after he joined the Bill Riordan circuit. We hung out a lot together in […] Continue to read full article...
Andres Gomez · Ecuador · Hall of Fame Newport · Jimmy Connors · Vitas Gerulaitis
Kei Nishikori has been MIA for almost two years with assorted injuries but the 33 year old’s career is finally back on track. This week in Atlanta, his first ATP main tour event since October 2021 in Indian Wells, Nishikori, wearing a striking dark green Uniqlo outfit and cap, has won two tough matches this […] Continue to read full article...
Atlanta · ATP · Japan · Kei Nishikori · Uniqlo · Wilson Ultra
Last April Arthur Fils lost in qualies at the Sarasota Open and Daniel Elahi Galan won the title vs. Steve Johnson in the final. But the two players have taken different courses over the last year. About a year later Fils and Galan met in the first round of Hamburg and it was Fils who […] Continue to read full article...
Mikael Ymer, ranked 51 in the world, faces an 18 month ban for missing his third drug test. Here is the Swedish player’s explanation for the error by himself and his team… By Mikael Ymer When we learned of the missed test, my team and I obviously tried to find out what had gone wrong. […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Mikael Ymer · Sweden
This summer the International Tennis Hall of Fame only inducted two players most people have never seen play, wheelchair super champions Rick Drainey and Esther Vergeer. The criteria for singles players to be nominated for election was recently changed. Now to enter the International Tennis Hall of Fame a singles player must have won three […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/23
23
Mannarino Masters Michelsen To Win Newport
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35 year old Adrian Mannarino performed a grass court masterpiece to defeat American newcomer Alex Michelsen 62 64 and win the Infosys Newport Hall of Fame ATP title. It is the third title for Mannarino, who lost the first six ATP finals he played in. Mannarino has won two of his last three ATP finals. […] Continue to read full article...
