Archive for August 2024
The defending US Open champion Novak Djokovic was eliminated last night by Australian Alexei Popyrin in the third round 64 64 26 64. The newly crowned 2024 Olympic gold medalist did not sugarcoat the shock loss. “On my end, honestly, the way I felt and the way I played from the beginning of this tournament, […] Continue to read full article...
Alexei Popyrin · Dunlop · Fila · US Open
Botic van de Zandschulp lost first round at Australian Open and French Open this year but at the US Open he saved his best for last as he executed one of the biggest upsets of the year, dismissing heavy favorite Carlos Alcaraz. The 28 year old ranked 74 in the world prevailed 61 75 64. […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Former ATP champion Peter Lundgren passed away this month at age 59. The three time ATP singles titleist and 1988 Australian Open doubles finalist reached a career high ranking of 25 in the world in 1985 but he may be more known for coaching future no. 1 players Roger Federer, Marcelo Rios, […] Continue to read full article...
Marcelo Rios · Peter Lundgren · Roger Federer · Stan Wawrinka · Sweden
By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 65 DOB: September 1, 2005 In: Prostejov, Czech Republic Ht: 6-4 Wt: 184 First Tennis Memory: When I was a little kid, when I was about four years old when I started. We had two practice courts in front of our house. So when I was a little kid […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · Czech Republic · Jakub Mensik · Novak Djokovic · US Open · Wilson
The Shuai Zhang vs Ashlyn Krueger first round match at US Open today was the most unique duel by far. Zhang was on a 22-match losing streak in WTA singles. American Ashlyn Krueger was 0-6 in Slam main draw matches in her blossoming career. Of course the match proved to be a dramatic one. The […] Continue to read full article...
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Opening Day of the 2024 US Open generated the biggest single-day crowd in event history — 74,641. The day-session crowd of 42,886 was the second-highest day-session attendance in history, while the night-session crowd of 31,775 set an all-time night-session record. Further evidence Novak Djokovic is more popular than Federer and Nadal and is uplifting the […] Continue to read full article...
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Asics · Clostebol · Emma Raducanu · John McEnroe · Led Zeppelin · Novak Djokovic · US Open
There were a lot of high drama matches yesterday in the final round of US Open 2024 qualifying tournament, namely the local hero wildcard Elliott Spizzirri upset of Joao Fonseca in three spectacular sets 76 67 64 and also the Jan Choinski marathon epic survival against Maxime Cressy 60 67 76. Cressy was getting dominated […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Jan Choinski · Maxime Cressy · New Balance · UCLA
Aug/24
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Djokovic Lehecka Practice Last Night At US Open
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If you were strolling the US Open last night around 7 pm while many qualifying matches were still being played, and decided to take a gander into the Grandstand to see if anyone was hitting, you found a big surprise. Novak Djokovic was on the court with Jiri Lehecka. Grandstand is usually not used by […] Continue to read full article...
Aug/24
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Spirited Fan Wins Match For Ann Li At US Open Today
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I saw something today at US Open qualies that I’ve never seen in over two decades of attending the tournament. A fan actually altered the outcome of a match. Here’s what happened. Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand was leading American Ann Li 3-love in the third set after splitting the first two 62 46. Lanala was […] Continue to read full article...