Bios
Nov/22
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How To Enjoy Your First Tennis Tournament As A Spectator
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It’s the grace and poise of tennis that makes it magnetic. You hardly miss it: the grit of Roger Federer or the courage of Serena Williams. And there’s the upset: Novak Djokovic losing to Denis Istomin or Naomi Osaka beating Angelique Kerber. The attraction is likewise inescapable. Think of the 4.6 million viewers who sat […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Iga Swiatek · Novak Djokovic · US Open · WTA
By Scoop Malinowski The name John James is famous on the USTA Eastern tennis circuit. Numerous times over the years various players have asked me if I ever played him. Not only did we never play, I never had the fortune to meet him – until a couple of weeks ago. Now a teaching pro […] Continue to read full article...
Nov/22
6
Monica Puig and Nicolas Kiefer Finish NYC Marathon
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Two tennis stars from different eras both ran the New York City Marathon yesterday and both finished. Monica Puig, the recently retired 2016 Olympic gold medalist in singles, finished the race and said, “(I’m) Completely overwhelmed with emotion over this! Pushed my body to the absolute limit and it was MORE than worth it! First […] Continue to read full article...
Simona Halep’s long time agent/manager and former 1978 Roland Garros champion Virginia Ruzici said she fully supports and stands by her former player’s dispute with tennis authorities regarding a positive drug test for a trace of a performance-enhancing drug. “I have known Simona for a long time and worked with her for 14 years. In […] Continue to read full article...
Roland Garros · Romania · Simona Halep · Virginia Ruzici · WTA
By Scoop Malinowski In a stunning display of sensational tennis, Holger Rune announced himself as a mighty force to be reckoned with for many years to come on the ATP World Tour. Certain matches are so important and impacting that they are a portent of the future – think Federer vs Sampras 1 at Wimbledon […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Denmark · Holger Rune · Nike · Novak Djokovic · Paris Indoors · Rolex Paris Masters
By Scoop Malinowski This may be scary news for the rest of the ATP… Novak Djokovic revealed there is a young ATP player that reminds him of himself. The 21 time Grand Slam champion Djokovic said this about the 19 year old Holger Rune’s game which he first encountered during practice at the 2017 Monte […] Continue to read full article...
Holger Rune must be playing incredible, astonishing tennis this week at Paris Rolex Masters 1000. He beat Stan Wawrinka in the first round, saving three match points, and provoked the veteran Swiss powerhouse to uncharacteristically complain on court about being outplayed by Rune. Rune then beat Hubi Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev and today he slayed world […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Stan Wawrinka was not pleased with Holger Rune’s behavior during their Paris Indoors clash of titans today. The very ambitious and super intense Rune saved three match points to down the fading, 37 year old Wawrinka 46 75 76 at Paris Rolex Masters in their hard fought, second round duel. During the […] Continue to read full article...
Holger Rune · Paris Rolex Masters · Stan The Man · Stan Wawrinka
WTA veteran Sorana Cirstea dropped a bombshell revelation this week when she accused Adidas of sexism: “When I signed a contract with Adidas, they told me, ‘It’s better to be pretty and be in the top 20 than to be ugly and to be No. 1.” Cirstea never reached the top 20 of the WTA […] Continue to read full article...
Before this year Felix Auger-Aliassime failed to win in eight ATP tournament finals. But this year everything has changed, the Canadian just won Basel 75 63 vs. Holger Rune for his fourth title of the year and third straight since losing in his first match at Astana 64 76 to Roberto Bautista Agut. Since Astana, […] Continue to read full article...
