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TAG: Andre Agassi
Mar/22
2
Should I Do A Bollettieri Academy Book?
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski I have considered it for years because so many various people associated with Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy have told me so many stories which I find fascinating and colorful. The “Love Means Zero” doumentary film was very good but it didn’t capture the essence of this historic landmark world renowned chunk of […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bjorn Borg · IMG · Jim Courier · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri
By Scoop Malinowski Andre Agassi mania had a profound impact on America. The former world no. 1 and Grand Slam king was such an inspiring, exciting figure around the world, some parents even named their boys not Andre, but “Agassi.” There’s a trio of Agassis in the UTR directory of tennis players with the best […] Continue to read full article...
I played with my friend Shlomo yesterday at my red clay club in Packanack Lake Tennis Club. Part of the workout was to test the old 1990 Donnay Cobalt WST racquet which I recently bought in a thrift store. The racquet felt special, powerful. flexible and maneuverable enough to go for winners off the first […] Continue to read full article...
My declaration that Daniil Medvedev played the greatest tennis match performance in yesterday’s US Open final vs Novak Djokovic, has sparked an interesting array of differing opinions. Henry Mandeville believes that Andre Agassi. not Medvedev, Federer, Djokovic, Safin, Nadal, Laver, Borg, Sampras or McEnroe has played the highest level of tennis ever seen. “Agassi was […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · Head tennis · Las Vegas · Nike
1.) A Florida newspaper tennis columnist arranged to do a participatory journalism feature about returning – or rather trying to return Mark Philippousis’s serve at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in the 1990’s when the mighty Aussie had the biggest serve in the game. Not surprisingly the reporter couldn’t even touch the serve. On the […] Continue to read full article...
I was lucky to do a Biofile with the NFL great running back Jim Brown in 1999 and was surprised, not only to learn he likes tennis, but who some of his favorite tennis players are. Brown was an NFL Hall of Fame running back for Cleveland Browns from 1957-1965 and also a successful Hollywood […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Cleveland Browns · Jim Brown · Las Vegas · NFL
Nov/19
1
Did Agassi’s Pride Cause Him To Ignore Advice On How To Overcome Sampras?
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
Jim Courier has said that if you take away the serve of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi was the better player. It’s a curious game to play this fantasy mix and matching of the weapons of great champions. But in the end it’s silly. If Frank Bruno had Mike Tyson’s punching power… If Marcelo Rios had […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi produced mediocre results with Novak Djokovic, shortly before Djokovic re-hired his old coaching team which resulted in Djokovic returning to his best level and winning Wimbledon and US Open and regaining the ATP world no. 1 ranking. Djokovic's success begged the question...why couldn't Agassi inspire Djokovic to return to glory? Continue to read full article...
Oct/17
16
Press Conference Flashback: Andre Agassi Monte Carlo 1996
5 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
MONTE CARLO OPEN
April 23, 1996
Andre Agassi
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
Q. Andre, I guess it's not easy to play a match in these conditions when you are expecting something else?
ANDRE AGASSI: Yes, that's right.
Q. So how did you handle the match?
ANDRE AGASSI: Well, you know, there's not much you can really do except try to, you know, stay relaxed and yet not so relaxed that you forget about what you're doing. I think the most difficult is the first few games right when you come out, make sure your feet get moving quick or else you cannot find your rhythm sometimes for an entire set. Continue to read full article...
