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2012 Newport Hall of Fame Championships Features Many Stars
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Direct from Wimbledon and just before the 2012 London Olympic Games, some of the world’s most exciting tennis players will be heading to Newport, Rhode Island, July 9 – 15 for the Hall of Fame Championships.
Committed players include:
Defending champion and current ATP world No. 10, John Isner.
11-time Grand Slam champions, The Bryan Brothers in doubles.
Former ATP world No.1 and Australian Davis Cup hero, Lleyton Hewitt.
Japan’s No. 1 player, ranked world No. 18, Kei Nishikori.
Also, Japan’s No. 2, Go Soeda.
Canada’s No. 1 player, currently ranked world No. 21, Milos Raonic.
Also, Canada’s No. 2 & 3 players, Vasek Pospisil & Frank Dancevic.
2009 Newport Runner Up, Sam Querrey.
Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Xavier Malisse.
Additional Top-50 players including Denis Istomin, Alex Bogomolov, Jr., and Donald Young.
That is an electrifying field, tennis friends, for one of our favorite ATP events. We hope to see you in Newport!
Scoop Malinowski · June 15, 2012 at 3:16 pm
This is and always will be one of my favorite events. Been back every year for five years now. I know a photographer from Chicago who has gone 19 straight years, he just fell in love with the place. Really strong field this year too, maybe the best field in Newport history.
Dan markowitz · June 15, 2012 at 4:20 pm
True, Scoop, great place to watch matches up close and get a feel for how tournaments were held in olden days in small clubs. I think Hewitt and Nishikori in field make it very interesting.
Some satellite gems about Newport: the players lounge–where they hang out and eat lunch–is a porch in view of everyone.
2. The Hall of FAme Museum.
3. A single grass court in the foreground of the club where often people dressed in old time tennis outfits and wielding old wooden clubs play a staged match.
4. Hard courts a couple of blocks from club open to public.
5. The local New England papers from Newport, Providence and Boston all send reporters.
6. The ocean is less than one mile away.
I’ll be at the event Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. If you see me or Scoop, say hello.
Dan markowitz · June 15, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Scoop, what happened to Raonic? I thought he was playing Newport.
Scoop Malinowski · June 15, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Raonic is scheduled to play Dan.