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Sep/23
18
Close Encounters With Vitas Gerulaitis
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By Scoop Malinowski The generous, charismatic, beloved “Lithuanian Lion” from Queens, New York once inspired a dear friend to say: “Vitas wouldn’t give you the shirt off his back if you needed it, he’d go home and get you a clean one.” Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was born on July 26, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY. Taught […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Australian Open · Columbia University · New York City · Studio 54 · US Open · Vitas Gerulaitis
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis does not need any bells and whistles and loud music to help sell the product. Tennis enthusiasts don’t need or want extra gimmicks, they want to see tennis, pure tennis, performed by the greatest athletes in the world. I think the tennis establishment in America is making an unforced error by […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Novak Djokovic · US Open · WTA
Sep/23
12
Biofile Priscilla Hon Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: WTA 180. DOB: May 10, 1998 In: Brisbane, Australia First Memory Of Tennis: First memory of tennis would be going to weekends to watch social tennis with my dad (Ming Hon). And I’m just kind of watching and hitting in whenever they had a drink. So that would be my first […] Continue to read full article...
Australia · Fed Cup · Justine Henin · Priscilla Hon · Roger Federer · Roland Garros
Sep/23
11
2023 US Open Aftermath Quotebook
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John McEnroe: “He is one in a billion. I love Roger (Federer), I idolised Rod Laver. I have the greatest respect for Rafa Nadal, who gives more of an effort consistently. But this guy. I don’t even know where to begin. You just have to admire him.” Greg Rusedski: “He’s not stopping here. How many […] Continue to read full article...
Sep/23
10
Djokovic Wins 24th Grand Slam At US Open
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The scoreline belies the fierce competitiveness of the match but Novak Djokovic needed one of his greatest Grand Slam final performances to subdue Daniil Medvedev 63 76 64. Two years ago Medvedev defeated Djokovic 64 64 64 in the 2021 US Open final to deny the Serbian super champion the Grand Slam of winning all […] Continue to read full article...
Defense wins championships and offense makes highlight reels. Coco Gauff used her supreme defensive skills to overcome Aryna Sabalenka from a set down 26 63 62 to become the 2023 US Open champion. The 19 year old capped off her dream summer with the three biggest titles of her life – Washington, Cincinnati and today […] Continue to read full article...
Aryna Sabalenka · Coco Gauff · Head tennis · New Balance · US Open
Four tennis explain why they converted to become Novak Djokovic supporters…. Fan 1: “I used to be the biggest Federer fan, but matches like the US Open final 2015 have slowly won me over to Djokovic’s side. He is the underdog at every match, and the crowd is so biased/rude towards him. But all Djokovic […] Continue to read full article...
Sep/23
7
Djokovic Essentially Calls Toni Nadal A Liar
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This week Toni Nadal made his latest attempt to diminish and discredit the dominant excellent of Novak Djokovic, who has piled up the Grand Slam hardware over the last three years. In a column this week in the newspaper El País, Toni Nadal wrote, “the tennis players of 10 or 15 years ago were better than those […] Continue to read full article...
Sep/23
6
Hsieh Wang Team Into US Open Doubles Semi
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In the shadows of the tennis mastery of Novak, Carlos, Shelton, Sabalenka and Coco, another player is having a fantastic fortnight in Flushing Meadows. 37 year old Su-Wei Hsieh and her partner Xinyu Wang, this year’s Roland Garros women’s doubles winners, have won four matches in three sets and have reached the semifinals of US […] Continue to read full article...
Former world no. 21 and two time WTA tournament winner Amanda Anisimova has returned to tennis training this week in South Florida. The just turned 22 year old announced in May that she was taking an indefinite break from professional tennis. Anisimova, a former Roland Garros semifinalist in 2019, was spotted training at the Barry […] Continue to read full article...
Amanda Anisimova · Nike · Roland Garros · Tribeca · WTA
