Bernard Tomic is said to be practicing this week with Andy Murray on Fisher Island near Key Biscayne.
Srixon has just bought Dunlop Racquets – Srixon racquets are played by Aga Radwanska, Kevin Anderson, Zarina Diyas (pictured), Xu Yifan, Jiri Vesely, among others.
Jack Sock literally ran off the court after the finalist trophy presentation on Saturday and did no press because he had to catch a flight to Brisbane for Davis Cup.
Yonex has recently instituted a clause in player contracts which will result in a fine for any Yonex player who smashes a Yonex racquet on court during a professional match.
Hockey star Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers paid $900 for a ticket to see the Federer vs Nadal final on Sunday but got caught in traffic on the Rickenbacher Causeway and was an hour late.
Ageless wonder Kimiko Date (age 46) will return to professional action (after 2016 knee surgery) at an ITF tourney in June in Japan.
Kei Nishikori was scheduled to do a Japanese TV shoot for an energy drink at Longboat Key Tennis Center yesterday but the scheduling was canceled the day prior (no reason given).
Tommy Haas asked his old friend Marcelo Rios to help coach him earlier this year but Rios declined because he didn’t want to travel and he didn’t want to leave his beloved wife and six kids. Rios is considering moving his family to the United States next year, particularly in Florida.
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Scoop Malinowski · April 4, 2017 at 10:47 am
Federer put in a nice plug for Miami Open: “The coolest atmosphere on Tour. It really is a beautiful stop. I hope it’s going to be a successful tournament or years to come.”
jg · April 5, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Dustin Brown playing doubles with Tiafoe at US clay courts, by the way this tournament should stick to the green clay instead of that brown dirt they seem to play on (and call it red clay). It looks like it plays like mud.
Bryan · April 8, 2017 at 6:13 pm
What’s happened to Zarina Diyas this season? Last year I saw a lot of her but haven’t seen one of her matches this year.
Agree US Claycourt championships should be green clay. That Houston court must be dirt packed with water like a baseball diamond, not real clay.
Scoop Malinowski · April 8, 2017 at 6:25 pm
Bryan; Diyas had a surgery for wrist late last year – she has played very little this year in WTA tourneys – I guess the wrist is not feeling a hundred percent right –