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Vitas Gerulaitis Portrait of a Champion book is finished!
· Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles
Thirty years ago at US Open player lounge I walked by Vitas Gerulaitis, sitting on a coach by himself, in the player’s lounge. A perfect opportunity to do a Biofile interview with the Grand Slam champion. For some reason I declined to approach him, probably something to do with his off court image of hard partying. Boy, do I regret that silly righteousness.
Vitas was much more than a party animal an a world class tennis player, he was adored by just about the entire pro tennis community for his friendly nature, company, extraordinary generosity, charisma and kindness. One person kept pushing me to do a book on Vitas, so I became intrigued by his persistence and did it. The book is finished after over a year of work and it turned out to be a wonderfully edifying experience to learn about such a unique champion.
Jimmy Connors: Vitas added a new dimension to the Tour.
Andy Warhol: He’s in training now. He left early and only ate a plum.
Johan Kriek: An absolute gentleman.
John McEnroe: I adored him like crazy.
Pete Sampras: I think we would have been friends forever.
John Lloyd: No one has contributed more than him to make tennis the coolest sport of its generation.
Bjorn Borg: If he doesn’t get in the Hall of Fame, I’m ready to drop out.
You can get your copy at this link
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