Qiang Wang is ranked no. 35 in the world in singles and a player dangerous enough to have defeated Serena Williams in a Grand Slam, which she did in 2020 at the Australian Open. Wang was once ranked 12 in the world in singles in 2019), the second highest ranked Chinese player ever, after Li […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · China · Qiang Wang

It is fair to say that it took Dominic Thiem a few years to find his feet in tennis’ big four tournaments. Early exits and disappointing results from the Grand Slams were a regular occurrence for the diligent Austrian before he first made his breakthrough. In fact, even when he was making progress at Roland […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · AO · ATP · Austria · Dominic Thiem · Head racquets · US Open

By Scoop Malinowski Status: Tennis Hall of Famer won two Australian Opens (1985, 1987), two Wimbledons (1988, 1990) and two US Open titles (1991, 1992). Ht: 6-2 Wt: 170 DOB: January 19, 1966 In: Vastervik, Sweden Childhood Heroes: “Bjorn Borg. He was always interesting to me. He did very well at the time. A great […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · Stefan Edberg · Sweden · US Open · Wilson · Wimbledon

Tennis shoes just keep getting better and better. adidas has achieved tennis footwear perfection with the new adizero Ubersonic 2, a brilliant creation of footwear machinery. Everything feels just right – low to ground feel, very comfortable, excellent grip and traction, and the look of the shoe can’t be beat. Clean white, black sole is […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · Adidas adizero ubersonic2 · tennis shoes

I just finished playing at Bayfront Park at 3 on Longboat Key and was stretching around my scooter when I spotted a blacked out BMW door open and a girl got out and walked over to ask the four college age kids on the courts when they would be done. They kindly replied that they […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · Bayfront Park · Michael Mmoh

    By Scoop Malinowski Status: The veteran Russian retired this week from the ATP World Tour after a 19 year professional career. Mischa turned pro in 1999 and won ten ATP singles titles and two Davis Cups for Russia. DOB: June 25, 1982 In: Moscow, Russia I did these two Biofiles with Youzhny at […] Continue to read full article...

adidas · Head tennis · Mikhail Youzhny

By Scoop Malinowski Ernests Gulbis recently lost to a player ranked 529 in the world. That's right, the former Roland Garros semifinalist in 2014 lost in three sets 46 36 16 to Benjamin Hassan at the Koblenz Challenger in January. But if you thought the Latvian veteran might be finished at the ATP level, you are wrong. The 29-year-old Gulbis, now ranked 199 in singles, has qualified for the Sofia main draw by beating Lorenzo Sonego 76 67 76 and Florian Mayer 64 61 in qualifying. Continue to read full article...

adidas · Ernests Gulbis · Gulbis

By Scoop Malinowski I would guesstimate my friend Mike has called me easily about twenty times after losing to the same old 69 year old warhorse. Maybe twenty five times. The story was the same every time... "We split sets then he won the tiebreaker..." Continue to read full article...

adidas · Barricade · Djokovic

In the last 25 years, the tennis shoe has exploded in creativity and diversity of different models. Each year, each footwear company produces new models, modified and enhanced from the previous years. The days of the simple and long-lasting Stan Smiths or Nike Bruins or Slazengers are long gone. You can go to a web site distributor like Tennis Warehouse and choose from literally hundreds of different tennis shoes. Recently I've been wondering and asking players what their all time favorite tennis shoes are. I decided to do my own list. Here it is...     3. The Nike Air Oscillate I loved the sleek, simple white look of the Oscillates and they must have been special because Pete Sampras seemed to wear them for over a half decade, never asking Nike to upgrade or modify, which is unusual today in that Nike is constantly changing and altering and creating new footwear models for Rafa and Roger.  Fantasic, solid shoe. I bought at least ten pairs of Oscillates. Continue to read full article...

adidas · Nike · tennis shoes · Yonex

By Scoop Malinowski [Note: This Biofile interview was done in my rookie year as a reporter at the Hamlet Cup ATP tennis tournament which used to be played at Westbury on Long Island, the week before the U.S. Open '92. While reading this interview, please excuse me for the lack of quality and shortage of content as I was still a star-struck interviewer back then (somehow I inexplicably failed to ask Lendl my signature question: his 'greatest sports moment') Continue to read full article...

adidas · Ivan Lendl · Roland Garros · US Open