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US Open Qualies 2024 Starts Monday With Intriguing Duels
19 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
Plenty of intriguing first round US Open qualies matchups…. The ancient Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas somehow has earned an entry into the qualies though he hasn’t played a pro match since losing first round at AO qualies 60 61 to Giulio Zeppieri. Pablo will earn $25,000 for losing to Lucas Van Aasche. Veteran Kiki Mladenovic will […] Continue to read full article...
Iga Swiatek believes there are too many tournaments in the WTA season… “I think we have too many tournaments in the season. It’s not going to end well.. It makes tennis less fun for us.. we deserve to rest a little bit more.” The WTA world no. 1 may need a break from playing. She […] Continue to read full article...
Iga Swiatek · Poland · WTA
Shuai Zhang of China has broken a dubious record – she has lost 22 singles matches in a row. Cincy Shnaider 16 46 Wimbledon Kasatkina 36 06 Madrid Rogers 36 26 Miami Saville 46 64 46 Indian Wells Hontama 75 26 06 Dubai Pliskova 36 57 Montreal Blinkova 64 26 36 Prague Yuan 26 26 […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski (with an assist from Sander Groen) DOB: March 1, 1946 In: Prague, Czech Republic Ht: 5-9 Wt: 158 Status: French Open champion 1970, 1971; Wimbledon champion 1973. First memory of tennis: My father was working at a tennis club and he brought me there. Tennis heroes/inspirations: When I was a ball boy […] Continue to read full article...
Czech Republic · Davis Cup · French Open · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Jan Kodes · Wimbledon
The greatest analyst in tennis today is Andre Agassi. When the former world no. 1, eight-time Grand Slam title winner and 1996 Olympic gold medalist talks about tennis, you would be very wise to listen and take notes. A couple of weeks ago in Newport, Rhode Island during the Infosys Hall of Fame Championships, Agassi […] Continue to read full article...
Naomi Osaka says her biggest issue lately isn’t the constant losses and inconsistent performances, it’s the feeling that when on the court competing she feels like a stranger to herself. “In a weird way I’ve come to appreciate losses, you don’t play tennis for twenty plus years without your fair share of them. You learn […] Continue to read full article...
Naomi Osaka · Nike · WTA · Yonex
World renowned tennis coach and academy owner Patrick Mouratoglou says Novak Djokovic can still play three or four more years at the highest level on the ATP World Tour… “The only confrontation he can have now is probably Carlos and Jannik pushing him. I think Novak can still play three or four years at the […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Novak Djokovic · Olympics · Patrick Mouratoglou · Rafael Nadal
At first I viewed Flavio Cobolli as one of those random Italians in the top 100. But after yesterday’s wipe out of world no. 13 Tommy Paul 62 46 75 (with three match points saved) at Cincy Masters, my Cobolli scouting report needs to be revised. The 22 year old ranked 31 in the world […] Continue to read full article...
Flavio Cobolli · Italy · on
Former ATP top 60 player Gilad Bloom explained his analysis of the ed of John McEnroe’s tennis supremacy: “The switch from wood racquets made McEnroe better and helped his game – his serve got better, more power, his volleys improved, had more bite and so did his ground strokes, with the continental grip he was […] Continue to read full article...
Dunlop · French Open · Gilad Bloom · John McEnroe · Novak Djokovic · US Open · Wimbledon
Former Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas has announced that he will no longer be coached by his father Apostolos Tsitsipas… It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my collaboration with my father as a coach has come to an end. I prefer to keep my father in his role as a […] Continue to read full article...
