Archive for August 2023
Tommy Paul vs Carlos Alcaraz IV in Cincinnati round of 16 is the main event showdown. Paul won the last match in Toronto 63 46 63 and now leads the head to head vs the ATP world no. 1, 2-1. Here is what both combatants are saying on the eve of their big Thursday clash […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Cincy Open · Tommy Paul · Western & SouthernOpen
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Brian Gottfried Is New Tennis Director At Inspiration Academy
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Former ATP world no. 3 and 1977 Roland Garros finalist Brian Gottfried has been appointed as president of tennis operations at Inspiration Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Here is a feature story I did on IA recently Gottfried also won three Grand Slam in doubles with partner Raul Ramirez. This is one of Brian’s recent posts […] Continue to read full article...
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Vitas Heart Of Gold Story From John Rast
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Forget that Vitas Gerulaitis won a Grand Slam title (1977 Australian Open), a Wimbledon doubles title (1975 with Sandy Mayer), and was ranked no. 3 in the world. Those are enough achievements alone to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. This story alone, this profound example of incomparable […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · Harry Hopman · New York City · Queens · Studio 54 · Vitas Gerulaitis · Wimbledon
Venus Williams trailed Veronika Kudermetova 14 in both sets but managed to prevail 64 75, for her first big win in quite some time. The wildcard, now 43, doesn’t seem to have any plans for retiring soon. John Isner, on the otherhand, lost another heartbreaker 76 76 to Jordan Thompson. After a semi run in […] Continue to read full article...
Cincinnati Masters · John Isner · Novak Djokovic · Richard Gasquet · Venus Williams · Western & SouthernOpen
As all the hype and spotlights are on Carlos, Rune, Sinner, there is a young gun emerging in the shadows. Unless you are a hardcore tennis observer you likely haven’t heard of him. Yet. He’s from Croatia and he just won his first ATP Challenger title at age eighteen (birthday is August 5), beating Kimmer […] Continue to read full article...
Croatia · Dino Prizmic · Nike
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How Djokovic And Alcaraz Can Both Be No. 1 After Cincy
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There is an outside chance that both Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz could both have the same amount of total ATP rankings points after the Western & Southern Cincinnati Open. If Alcaraz loses at the Cincy Open quarterfinal round and Djokovic in the final of Cincy, they’ll both have a total of 9,395 points on […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Carlos Alcaraz · Cincinnati Masters · Novak Djokovic · Western & SouthernOpen
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Jess Pegula’s Former Coach Michael Joyce Shares Insights Of Their Journey
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By Scoop Malinowski When Jessica Pegula turned pro in 2009 at age fifteen, you didn’t hear a lot about her as a highly touted, top American prospect. But she evolved into the best American female player and currently sits at no. 3 in the world in singles and no. 2 in doubles. She has won […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · Boca Raton · Buffalo · Jessica Pegula · Michael Joyce · Montreal · WTA · Yonex
Compton · Montreal · Omnium Banque Nationale · US Open · Venus Williams · Wimbledon
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Rybakina Reveals What’s Tougher Than Winning A Major
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Elena Rybakina defeated Jennifer Brady in three sets at the Omnium Banque Nationale WTA tournament in Montreal and at her post match press conference was asked a challenging question which she complimented the reporter for… Question. Elena, just a question about contrasting the challenge of the difficulties of winning a slam versus maintaining consistency throughout a […] Continue to read full article...
Elena Rybakina · Kazakhstan · Montreal · Omnium Banque Nationale · Wilson · Wimbledon
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Monfils Intends To Play Beyond 2024
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Gael Monfils is showing this week in Toronto at the ATP National Bank Open that he has plenty of fire and fuel left in his competitive tank. Now 36 and ranked 276, Monfils has struck gold this week in Canada by defeating Wimbledon quarterfinalist Christopher Eubanks 76 67 61 and world no. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas […] Continue to read full article...
