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Yesterday I saw something in tennis I never expected. A friend and I were playing at Walton Tennis Center at GT Bray Park in Bradenton on a windy day, so windy that the windscreen was blown off and we had to re-connect it with those tie things. As our hour concluded, three guys came to […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Florida · GT Bray · Howard University · Mitchell Yon · Washington DC
Jannik Sinner’s rise to ATP power has not been conventional. His last three years have been a curious journey filled with surprising changes and, shall we say, unexpectedly early rewards. In February of 2022 Sinner dismissed his team which contributed to his elevation into the ATP Top 10. Then in May 2022, Nike signed Sinner […] Continue to read full article...
Mar/25
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Carlos Implies Tennis May Be On Decline But…
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Carlos Alcaraz is a realist and not prone to selling propaganda and hyperbole. The 21 year old Spaniard currently ranked no. 3 in the world, with career earnings over $38 million, has surmised that tennis may have just reached its pinnacle summit and will not be able to exceed the golden era that has essentially […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/25
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Jimmy Arias Is The Best Tennis TV Analyst
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Jimmy Arias is busy this week working for Tennis Channel broadcasting Acapulco and Santiago matches. I watched two he did with Abagail Johnson and Jimmy made both matches better. The first was Garin vs Ficovich in Chile on clay, a seemingly ordinary, boring match between two journeyman players but Arias brought the match to life […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/25
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Why Jimmy Connors Singing Career Ended On The First Night
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Tennis fans remember the historic, colorful, dynamic career of Jimmy Connors but not the one night he sang on national TV. Yes, in September 1975, shortly after he lost the US Open final to Manuel Orantes 46 36 36, Connors appeared on the debut prime time Saturday night ABC show “Saturday Night Live With Howard […] Continue to read full article...
Howard Cosell · Jimmy Connors · Manuel Orantes · Paul Anka · US Open
By Scoop Malinowski Last night’s Delray Beach first round clash Mackenzie McDonald vs Kei Nishikori lived up to the expectations and was a fascinating duel. They first played in Washington DC 2021 and McDonald won that 64 36 75 but what caught my eye was the faint but clear sense of tension between the two. […] Continue to read full article...
Delray Beach Ope · Delray Beach Open · Kei Nishikori · MacKenzie McDonald
Feb/25
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Paul Survives Quinn In Dallas Thriller
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It was supposed to be just another ATP 500 second round match but it ended up becoming an epic thriller. Tommy Paul vs Ethan Quinn had a load of story angles – veteran American vs hungry upstart… both coached by the same guy Brad Stine and apparently frequent practice partners… established top ten star vs […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/25
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When Seles and Djokovic Shocked The Tennis World
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By Scoop Malinowski Monica Seles and Novak Djokovic both shocked the tennis world very early in their careers but it was not their first Grand Slam titles, there were stunning incidents before the actual triumphs that were pivotal moments which laid the foundation for their epic historic careers. For Seles, her jaw dropping moments came […] Continue to read full article...
Jan/25
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What Ended Matthew Perry’s Tennis Career
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It’s common knowledge in the tennis world that Friends TV star Matthew Perry was a standout junior tennis player in Canada before moving to the United States as a teenager. The rest of the story is murky – until now. At the library next to my gym here in my Bradenton community I found Perry’s […] Continue to read full article...
Canada · Chrissie Evert · Matthew Perry · Monica Seles · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · US Open
Jim Elder Keynote Speaker At Bob Davis Celebration Of Life Perico Island resident Jim Elder was a long time friend of renowned tennis figure Bob Davis and was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Celebration Of Life memorial held on January 24, at GT Bray Park. Davis, who passed away at age 80 […] Continue to read full article...
