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The Auckland rematch between 38 year old legend Gael Monfils and 19 year old upstart Nishesh Basavareddy promised to be an intriguing clash and it delivered even more. The American prospect was the better player in the first set, but he could not finish the cagey, wiley veteran who feigned exhaustion and fatigue, continuing a […] Continue to read full article...
Jan/25
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Marcelo Rios Explained Why He Didn’t Always Sign Autographs
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This week I met an old coach at IMG Academy who shared an interesting story about why Marcelo Rios, the former world no. 1 player in 1998, sometimes didn’t sign autographs for kids. Rios was the best player in the world and so of course, attracted a lot of attention from fans with his standout […] Continue to read full article...
The duel got heated and produced one of the best matches in a good while. Jacub Mensik survived a brutal brawl with Ben Shelton 76 46 75, needing five points to conquer the top seeded American. It became apparent some tension exists between the two rising forces when after the 19 year old Czech won […] Continue to read full article...
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Experience and wisdom did not serve these ATP and WTA veterans much benefits as they all were dismissed at Australian Open qualies. Bernard Tomic was ousted 36 16 by Jan Kovalik. Dan Evans was defeated by James Trotter 46 63 36. Marco Trungelitti lost to Kamil Majchrzak 63 67 36. Tim Van Rijthoven lost to […] Continue to read full article...
There are several players who created serious momentum in 2024 and are poised in position to emerge as elite ATP players in 2025. Nishesh Basavareddy established himself with excellent Challenger results, numerous wins over established pros, decided to leave Stanford University after one year and qualified for NEXT GEN. The feisty, tenacious steady baseliner has […] Continue to read full article...
Former world no. 1 ATP player Marcelo Rios didn’t like to talk to the mainstream media during his career (1994-2003) and so he rarely spoke his true feelings about tennis. This unfortunate reality of Rios distrusting the tennis media cost the sport to learn about what the Chilean grandmaster wizard really, deeply thought about the […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Sarasota · Yonex
Jan/25
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Cruz Hewitt Enters AO On Three Match Losing Streak
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16 year old prospect Cruz Hewitt will play the 2025 Australian Open qualifying tournament with a wildcard and a three match losing streak. The son of Aussie legendary hero Lleyton Hewitt lost in the round of 16 at Brisbane ITF $25,000 to Jake Delaney 67 16 in mid-November. Then he lost first round Caloundra ITF […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Cruz Hewitt · Jannik Sinner · Lleyton Hewitt · Yonex
Elena Rybakina lost her United Cup semifinal match vs Iga Swiatek yesterday in straight sets in Sydney but still defiantly defends her former coach Stefano Vukov, who was invited back to her team last week to help out new coach Goran Ivanisevic. Rybakina expressed displeasure about the gossip by the tennis media and fans about her […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski This year will be a major challenge for Novak Djokovic. He completed his ultimate goal last year by winning the long-elusive Olympic gold medal and with Federer and Nadal both retired, there is no one to threaten his 24 Grand Slam total record. So now Djokovic, at age 37, has begun his […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Asics · Head · Lacoste · Novak Djokovic · Reilly Opelka
Novak Djokovic’s popularity and fame has skyrocketed since he broke the Grand Slam record and emerged as a heroic figure for declining the Covid drug shots which has proven to be the correct decision. His health and results have never been better since enduring the wrath of the the political agenda driven fiasco a couple […] Continue to read full article...
