Archive for December 2023
Dec/23
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Biofile Francisco Rocha Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 717. Played for Middle Tennessee State University. DOB: October 4, 1999 In: Porto, Portugal Ht: 6-2 Wt: 180 First Memory Of Tennis: When I was ten I was trying out different sports and my mom (Marta) and dad (Jorge) always liked tennis. They were like, Why don’t you try […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Francisco Rocha · Jannik Sinner · Middle Tennessee State University · Portugal · Rafael Nadal
Dec/23
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Norrie, Fritz, Paul To Play Delray 2024
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2023) – A third player ranked among the world’s Top 20 has committed to play the Delray Beach Open, Feb. 9-18, as organizers announced the return of No. 18 Cameron Norrie, the 2022 champion from Great Britain. He joins defending champion and world No. 10 Taylor Fritz and No. 13 […] Continue to read full article...
If you want to become the best tennis player you can be, you should always be on the lookout for how you can best prepare to make the most out of your next match. After all, each new match is an opportunity to thrive and become a better player than you were before. So, if […] Continue to read full article...
Focus · Hydration · Mentality · Relax · Strategy · Tactics · Tennis Match
By Scoop Malinowski Chris Lewis shared this wonderful story about the heart of gold side of John McEnroe’s character that is often overshadowed by his tennis artistry and ferocious will to win… (By the way, Lewis played McEnroe in the 1983 Wimbledon final, a 62 62 62 defeat.) In 2004 I was living in New […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski It’s fascinating how Novak Djokovic seems to be involved in all the most inspiring real stories in tennis lately, from smashing records, changing the system to benefit lower ranked, struggling players, to supporting a young talent aspiring pro player who is short on budget. Serbia has another prodigious young tennis talent named […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Hamad Medjedovic · Next Gen · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
Tennis Express announced that Brad Blume, Founder of Tennis Express, has re-acquired full ownership in the retail and online business. Previously, Blume had sold a majority interest in Tennis Express to Signa Sports United (SSU) but had remained President of Tennis Express and a minority shareholder. Given the recent financial challenges faced by SSU, […] Continue to read full article...
15 year old Wakana Sonobe, the lefthander from Japan, beat Teodora Kostovic 63 61 to win the Eddie Herr girls 18s. Both girls train at IMG Academy. The win earned Sonobe a qualifying wild card at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi in February. The match contested on Har-Tru green clay featured some drama as […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Eddie Herr · IMG Academy · ITF
Rick Leach and Vivek Varma did it again. They won Level 2: Longboat Key Senior Clay Courts in today’s final 67 62 63 vs Billy Harris and Steve Pittman. It’s the fourth title of 2023 for the nine-time Grand Slam title winner and former ATP world no.1 Leach and Varma, a former All-American at Division II […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · ITF · Longboat Key · Rick Leach · Vivek Varma
Rafael Nadal, currently ranked 663 in the world, will make his return to the ATP World Tour in Brisbane in the first week of January 2024. Nadal’s match record in 2023 is 1-3. He lost both matches at United Cup, both in three sets to Cam Norrie and Alex deMinaur. Then at Australian Open, Nadal […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski It’s not a good sign that the ATP World Tour has lost two of it’s finest media relations reps recently, Greg Sharko and Joshua Rey. At this time the details of the personnel changes is unknown but these two were very loyal soldiers and outstanding people, well liked by ALL the tennis […] Continue to read full article...
