Archive for September 2025
Laver Cup broke it’s own attendance records this past weekend in San Francisco. Next year it shifts back to O2 Arena in London. Founder Roger Federer said on Andy Roddick’s podcast Served that he would like to stage future Laver Cups in South America, Asia and also Grand Slam venues. American Learner Tien was down […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Coco Gauff · Laver Cup · Learner Tien · Roger Federer
Tennis press conferences and interviews used to be a lot more interesting than the current era of monotonous cliches and scripted talk. One player who didn’t hide his feelings and thoughts was Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2021… Here (USA) food is not […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · ATP · Croatia · Goran Ivanisevic · Head · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Wimbledon
I came across an old video of a 1991 Masters Final match Pete Sampras vs Jim Courier in Germany. The most striking part of the presentation is how the match did not need any extra gimmicks like bad music, bells and whistles, flashing lights and annoying announcers. This match featured the PLAYERS and nothing else […] Continue to read full article...
Former ATP World No. 1 Andy Murray made it clear after retiring a couple of years ago that he wants to help coach a WTA or ATP player. He did coach Novak Djokovic for a few months and the results were substandard, producing no major titles for the 24-time Grand Slam winner. Since Djokovic and […] Continue to read full article...
Rory McIlroy sunk a 25 foot putt to go up by two strokes today in the Ryder Cup and then he roared COME ON!!!! with so much emotional adrenaline the TV announcer commented, ‘It’s like he won a Grand Slam.” Yes, even golf broadcasters are stunned that golf and the Ryder Cup has borrowed the […] Continue to read full article...
Former ATP no. 67 Ernesto Escobedo has retired from the ATP World Tour at age 29. The hard hitting American from Los Angeles, turned pro in 2014 and earned over $1.5m in career prize money. Escobedo did not win an ATP title but amassed a 21-42 match record on the ATP World Tour. Among Escobedo’s […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · Ernesto Escobedo · Miami Open · Nike · US Open
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Kouznetsov Regrets Losing His Creation, Tiafoe
19 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
By Scoop Malinowski One of the most intriguing tennis stories of the modern era went off script a few times. Frances Tiafoe, the son of a janitor at Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland became an elite top 10 ATP World Tour professional tennis player. His first coach Misha Kouznetsov, a former college player, shared […] Continue to read full article...
Frances Tiafoe · JTCC · Lululemon · Misha Kouznetsov · Orange Bowl · US Open · Yonex
Roger Federer has alleged that tournament directors are purposefully slowing down the courts with an intention to produce Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner finals: “I understand the tournament directors who, based on their instructions, try to make the courts slower. This benefits those who need to hit extraordinary winners to beat Sinner, because, if the […] Continue to read full article...
Despite all the fancy packaging and heavy promotion, the Laver Cup is the most boring tournament in ATP history. It lacks the energy, tension, nerves, raw unscripted emotion of any normal tournament, amateur or pro. The whole World vs Europe rivalry does not work. Tennis trying to manufacture artificial rivalries is a failure. Perhaps the […] Continue to read full article...
Earlier this year Roger Federer dropped the brainchild that he intends to do a long global exhibition tour of matches against various opponents from his illustrious, historic career. Today the tennis icon says he’s open to starting a ‘Fedal tour’ with arch rival Rafael Nadal. Question: “Would you ever start a senior tour with Rafa?” […] Continue to read full article...
