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By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 82. Career high ranking was no. 43 in 2019. This week Thompson is the top seed at the Tunisia ATP Challenger. Ht: 6-0 Wt: 181 DOB: April 20, 1994 In: Syndey, Australia First Tennis Memory: Probably hitting against a wall at home. Tennis Inspirations: Lleyton Hewitt. Andy Murray. Nadal. […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Australia · Citi Open · Jordan Thompson · New Balance · Queens Club · Sydney · Wimbledon
Apr/22
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How Matt Ebden Hustled A Deal To Wear Uomo Sport
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Uomo Sport is one of the hot new high quality tennis attire brands based in Los Angeles, CA. Currently Uomo Sport sponsors hot shot American ranked no. 36 Jenson Brooksby and as of this week a second prominent player has been added to the Uomo team. Here’s the story about how a 2022 Australian Open […] Continue to read full article...
AO · ATP · Australia · Houston · Matt Ebden · Uomo Sport
Feb/22
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Ash Barty Is The WTA Dominant Force and Betting Favorite
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Ashleigh Barty won her third Grand Slam title at the 2022 Australian Open and re-established, for the time being, the WTA balance of power which was thoroughly upset at the previous major tournament, the 2021 US Open where two longshot unknowns Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu surprisingly reached the final. Barty has now won Grand […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Ash Barty · Australian Open · Fila · Head tennis · Wimbledon · WTA
Rafael Nadal surpassed Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic by winning his 21st Grand Slam at the 2022 AO from two sets down to Daniil Medvedev 26 57 64 64 75. The history making triumph featured a match point of Nadal serving, then booming a forehand, then a net approach and a backhand volley which the […] Continue to read full article...
AO · AO22 · Rafael Nadal
Jan/22
29
King Kyrgios Silences His Critics
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In a major suprise, wildcards Nick Kyrgios and Thanassi Kokkinakis won the AO Doubles titles by defeating unseeded Matt Ebden and Max Purcell 7-5 6-4. Suddenly, the man called by some one of the biggest wastes of talent in the sport, is a Grand Slam champion, a feat that many renowned players were never able […] Continue to read full article...
AO · AO22 · Australian Open · Nick Kyrgios · Thanassi Kokkinakis
By Scoop Malinowski The Raging Bull is renowned and beloved the world over for his extraordinary fighting spirit and iron will to win. He competes for every ball, every point as if his career and life are at stake. But image is everything and this world champion also wants it both ways – he wants […] Continue to read full article...
AO · AO22 · Grand Slam
Jan/22
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Danielle Collins Is A Tennis Rocky Balboa
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By Scoop Malinowski Former Bryan Brothers and Vince Spadea coach John Skelly has fond memories of witnessing Danielle Collins early tennis years and her progression in Florida. “I knew Danielle’s dad Wally Collins back in late 70’s early 80’s. He was the groundskeeper at my first Tennisclub Shipwatch in Largo, Florida. He was a really […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Danielle Collins · Florida · WTA
Jan/22
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It will be Barty vs Collins for AO Crown
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By Scoop Malinowski The two AO semifinals produced a dream final. World no. 1 Ash Barty dispatched unseeded Madison Keys 61 63 and then 27 seed Danielle Collins upset 7 seed Iga Swiatek 64 61. It’s an interesting final because of the contrast of styles and the element of Collins as the longshot underdog challenging […] Continue to read full article...
AO · AO22 · Ash Barty · Danielle Collins
By Scoop Malinowski The ghost of the true champion looms large over the corrupted tournament… Daniil Medvedev: I was not playing my best and Felix was playing unbelievable, serving unbelievable, he was all over me, all over the place, I didn’t really know what to do so I was like, actually I don’t know if […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Djokovic · Novak · Novak Djokovic
Jan/22
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How Shapovalov Should Have Handled Nadal’s Stalling
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By Scoop Malinowski Denis Shapovalov got screwed by Nadal and the chair umpire last night in their heated five set Australian Open quarterfinal. Nadal’s stalling tactics plagued the match from the first set to the end. It started in the first set at 2-3 when Shapo was ready to serve and Nadal made him wait […] Continue to read full article...
