Archive for October 2024
Though Wayne Ferreira lasted only four months guiding Jack Draper, it’s crystal clear the South African coach had a very positive influence on the 22 year old. Ferreira started with Draper after French Open where the Brit lost first round to Jesper De Jong in five sets. The results came quickly – Draper won his […] Continue to read full article...
Oct/24
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Quick Chat With Perricard’s Boxing Coach Leon Moore
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Rising ATP force Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has won his first two ATP singles titles this year and the 21 year old has vaulted from outside the top 200 to 31 in the world. The newly crowned champion of ATP 500 Basel has done boxing training before each of the last two US Open tournaments at […] Continue to read full article...
France · Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard · Gleason's Gym · Leon Moore · Nike
Oct/24
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Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Emerging Superstar
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Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was ranked 205 to start the year and now he’s ranked 31 after winning his first ATP 500 title in Basel. The 21 year old, six-foot-eight tennis wrecking machine beat Ben Shelton in the final yesterday 64 76. He didn’t lose serve all week. I first heard of Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard three […] Continue to read full article...
It’s not widely known that Hollywood icon Brad Pitt played high school tennis in Missouri (1977-81). The now 60 year old movie star has never been interviewed by the tennis media and except for his attendances at a US Open (Djokovic vs Medvedev) and Wimbledon final (Djokovic vs Alcaraz), the general public would not know […] Continue to read full article...
15 year old Cruz Hewitt was given a wildcard into qualies in his first ATP Challenger in Playford, Australia. In the first round he beat 27 year old Aussie Josh Sheehy, ranked 807, 64 63. Second round he was defeated by Great Britain’s 24 year old Emile Hudd, ranked 326, 76 75. Hudd advanced to […] Continue to read full article...
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Maxime Janvier and Aleksandar Vukic had a deja vu moment at the Taipei Challenger today. The French journeyman ranked 253 and the Aussie world no. 72 first played at Traralgon Challenger in 2018 and Vukic won in the round of 16 duel 62 36 76 (4). Today the rematch was contested in Taipai round of […] Continue to read full article...
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The International Tennis Hall of Fame is excited to announce the Class of 2025! Five-time singles major champion Maria Sharapova and American doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan have been elected to receive the Ultimate Honor in Tennis – induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Class of 2025 will be officially inducted into […] Continue to read full article...
Bob Bryan · Maria Sharapova · Mike Bryan · Newport Hall of Fame
Stan Wawrinka was once no. 3 in the world and has won three Grand Slam titles but he’s lost all three ATP matches vs Adrian Mannarino despite being three years older and wiser than the lefty Frenchman. Mannarino won the first match vs. Stanimal at 2015 Miami Open round of 32 by a scoreline of […] Continue to read full article...
Adrian Mannarino · Stan Wawrinka · Where are the confounding mix of players in Basel heading? Down or back up?
The USTA Australian Open wildcard challenge began this week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Challenge will run for four ATP Challenger tournaments and the leading American point accumulator will gain direct entry into the AO 2025 main draw. 20 American players compose the 32 player draw this week in South Dakota, which is hosting […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · ATP Challenger · Australian Open · Chris Eubanks · Denis Kudla · Sioux Falls · South Dakota · Stefan Kozlov
Hyeon Chung will not give up. The now 28 year old, former ATP no. 19, who was good enough to beat Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev at 2018 Australian Open, has been hampered by repeated injuries for the last five years but he keeps persevering. The Korean powerhouse returned to competition in September and lost […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · Hyeon Chung · Korea · Lacoste · Yonex
