Archive for December 2024
Novak Djokovic’s popularity and fame has skyrocketed since he broke the Grand Slam record and emerged as a heroic figure for declining the Covid drug shots which has proven to be the correct decision. His health and results have never been better since enduring the wrath of the the political agenda driven fiasco a couple […] Continue to read full article...
The biggest surprise of the new season happened yesterday. Felix Aliassime Auger suddenly utilized emotional adrenaline to snatch a very impressive victory from Taylor Fritz in United Cup. Felix was down a set and a break and was two points away from defeat at 45 30 all in the second when all the sudden the […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · Babolat · Canada · Felix Auger Aliassime · United Cup
Felix Auger Aliassime did it again. The Canadian 24 year old managed to blow 60 20 lead and lost to Borna Coric at United Cup 60 46 46. The former world no. 6 (back in 2022) is now ranked 29 and trending to journeyman status. Felix finished 2024 with a 2-4 record in his last […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · Babolat · Canada · Felix Auger Aliassime · United Cup
One of the major coaching moves for 2025 is former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina hiring former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic as her coach. Ivanisevic has come clear ideas on what he is trying to instill in Rybakina. He wants to see her finishing more points at the net and showing more emotion while in the […] Continue to read full article...
Joao Fonseca is on the cusp of stardom… or maybe he’s already surpassed that evolution point. The 18 year old teen phenom just won the ATP Next Gen tournament in Jeddah with a 24 43 40 42 win vs. 19 year old lefty American Learner Tien. The Brazilian has shown hints of being extraordinary for […] Continue to read full article...
Brazil · Joao Fonseca · on · Yonex
Former ATP no. 1 Ivan Lendl will complete in this week’s PPA Tour Daytona Beach Open in the 5.0 50 and over division. The eight time Grand Slam champion said at first “I hated pickleball at first and then I played a few times and I changed my mind… I’m a little too old to […] Continue to read full article...
Andy Murray is going to coach Novak Djokovic to start 2025 and on the surface it looks like a win-win decision for everybody but upon closer inspection, one may begin to wonder what exactly are Murray’s motives? A tennis insider once told me it’s the hardest decision of all in tennis to try to find […] Continue to read full article...
Andy Murray · Asics · Australian Open · Head · Lacoste · Novak Djokovic
What really made me admire Monica Seles most of all was not just what she did on the court. In the 1992 book Hard Courts by John Feinstein, in the chapter “Ted” about Ted Tinling, Feinstein wrote about Tinling’s adoration of Seles, who he compared to his beloved muse Suzanne Lenglen. “We’ve had the awkwardness […] Continue to read full article...
Hard Courts · John Feinstein · Monica Seles · Suzanne Lenglen
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Kafelnikov’s Most Talented Players May Surprise You
Comments off · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
By Scoop Malinowski Last week former ATP world no. 1, Grand Slam and Olympic champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov told me that the two talented players he ever saw were a pair of unique champions that most people would be surprised to learn. “Marcelo Rios and Nick Kyrgios are the two most talented players I ever saw,” […] Continue to read full article...
Nick Kyrgios told the “Nothing Major” podcast (Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, John Isner, Steve Johnson) if he played Jannik Sinner at the 2025 Australian Open, he would show the ATP world no. 1 zero respect: “Let’s be honest… I really want to go out there and I really want to play Sinner. If I played […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · Jannik Sinner · Miami Open · Nick Kyrgios · Nike
