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No he may not be the best player in the world. No, Nick Kyrgios has not won any major titles or even come close. He’s not a world champion. But Nick Kyrgios did something this week, that not even the greatest champions in the history of sport thought to do or cared to do or […] Continue to read full article...
Richey Reneberg – Bethesda MD, financial sector, Taconic Capitol Advisors. Vince Spadea – Real estate with Elliman in South Florida. Geoff Grant – head pro Court Sense Tennis Club in Tenafly, NJ. Mary Pierce – privately coaches, does TV analysis, deeply religious Christian, based in Mauritius and Bradenton. Hana Mandlikova – Bradenton, FL based mother […] Continue to read full article...
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It got about as much buzz as my Facing McEnroe book but “But Seriously” is also quite a good read. I picked it up last week and finished it in days. As always, John McEnroe never fails to deliver. The larger than life historic champion and iconic American pop culture figure has lived a fairy […] Continue to read full article...
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People Forget How Close Petr Korda Was To No. 1 Ranking
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Tennis enthusiasts remember many of the players who never won a Grand Slam singles title despite coming very, very close to tennis immortality. Todd Martin, Guillermo Coria, Cedric Pioline, Kei Nishikori, Marcelo Rios, Mariano Puerta, Mark Philippoussis, Mal Washington, Rainer Schuettler, Arnaud Clement, lost in their major finals. A forgotten near historic achievement that is […] Continue to read full article...
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Nathan Pasha Is What Happens When You’re Not Top-100 in the World
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I got to meet and spend some time with Nathan Pasha over the past week. He hit with my son and his friends and then hit with my son again. He came out with Callum and I to Randall’s Island and the John McEnroe Academy to watch one of my son’s friends, Liam Krall of […] Continue to read full article...
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Marat Safin, the two time major champion and tennis Hall of Famer, has offered some wise advice to Nick Kyrgios. “I’m not judging and I know it’s sensitive, and you hear three million times that if he gets serious he can be a top-ten player,” Safin said of the 24-year-old Aussie dynamo. “But I think […] Continue to read full article...
COCO GAUFF TO PLAY REIGNING NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION ESTELA PEREZ-SOMARRIBA IN FIRST-EVER WOMEN’S MATCH AT DELRAY BEACH OPEN BY VITACOST.COM DECEMBER 23, 2019, DELRAY BEACH, FL – Today, the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com (https://yellowtennisball.com/) announced that global teen tennis star and local Delray Beach resident Coco Gauff will play 2019 NCAA Division I Singles Champion Estela Perez-Somarriba in the first […] Continue to read full article...
Chris Evert was one of the most dominant champions in tennis history. She won 157 singles titles and finished as world no. 1 seven times. And even when she was struggling with her usually ruthlessly consistent game she had the capacity to turn a bad match around – by any means necessary. At Wimbledon in […] Continue to read full article...
Scoop brought my attention to the wacky, but wily Steve Turner, a touring pro mostly in the 70’s, who’s 73 now, but once played Guillermo Vilas as well as Stan Smith and Ilie Nastase. Turner is a New York City native having grown up in Greenwich Village and he reached a career-high ranking of no. […] Continue to read full article...
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Roger Federer pulled out of the inaugural ATP Cup international team competition however plenty of stars will battle it out in Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia in January (3rd to 12th). The Aussie team will feature a formidable lineup – Nick Kyrgios, Alex de Minaur, John Peers, John Millman and Chris Guccione. Captained by Lleyton […] Continue to read full article...
