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Mar/23

24

Miami Mystery: Thiem Is 1-9 in 2023

While players like John Isner, Feliciano Lopez, Ivo Karlovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Paolo Lorenzi, Stan Wawrinka have been able to compete into their mid 30s and beyond, for some inexplicable reason Dominic Thiem can no longer win matches even though he’s just 29. Why the former Grand Slam champion is […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/23

22

Why Is Thiem Ordinary Now?

Just a few years ago Dominic Thiem was an elite ATP player and Grand Slam champion. Today’s he’s becoming or already is a journeyman. So far in 2023 the 29 year old Thiem has a 1-5 match record and is ranked no. 96. Last year the Austrian powerhouse achieved an 18-16 record but his ranking […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/23

14

Verdasco’s Delray Beach Adventure

By Scoop Malinowski Fernando Verdasco is back at the Delray Beach Open trying to revive his tennis career at age 39 and ranked 133 in the world, he’s not about to surrender just yet. Today Verdasco, granted a wildcard, will meet Radu Albot in what will be the Spaniard’s Delray Beach Open main draw debut. […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/23

13

Tennis Is Ready For Yibing Wu Mania

By Scoop Malinowski We’ve seen a lot of first time ATP title winners over there years but there may be something extra special about Yibing Wu’s 67 76 76 triumph over John Isner yesterday in the American’s home city of Dallas. Wu saved four championship points vs Isner to become the first Chinese man to […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/23

6

Where is Qiang Wang?

Former WTA no. 12 Qiang Wang of China has vanished from the WTA World Tour. Wang has not played a WTA match since last September in Tokyo, a 60 63 first round loss to Elise Mertens. The tournament previous to Tokyo Wang lost to Nao Hibino 62 63 in Chennai round of 16 after beating […] Continue to read full article...

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A major sports outlet in Kazakhstan requested to interview me about Elena Rybakina and her conquest to win the 2023 Australian Open. Here is the interview… Questions for Scoop – Did you watch the match between Rybakina and Azarenka? What are the impressions? Scoop Malinowski: It was a very impressive win by Rybakina, Azarenka was […] Continue to read full article...

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Jan/23

23

Gulbis Won’t Give Up

Ernests Gulbis may be 34 years old now and ranked 314 in the world but he’s not about to give up his ATP career. The Latvian stopped his 2022 season after losing 62 63 to Mate Valkusz at the Vilnius, Lithuania Challenger in mid October. But he resumed competing last week at the Tenerife Challenger […] Continue to read full article...

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Nov/22

17

Tsitsipas Solves Medvedev Again

By Scoop Malinowski Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev yesterday at the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals round robin 63 67 76, after squandering three match points in the second set and digging out of a 3-5 hole in the third set. It was the first time Tsitsipas has beaten Medvedev twice in a row, he […] Continue to read full article...

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Nov/22

1

Cirstea Alleges Adidas Sexism

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...

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Oct/22

31

Felix Fortunes Changing in 2022

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...

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