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By Scoop Malinowski The dominant force in women’s tennis today established her supremacy in 2022 by winning six consecutive tournaments and a WTA record 37 matches in a row. This year Iga Swiatek has sustained her sensational form and has won a WTA Tour best 14 matches in straight sets – she has not played […] Continue to read full article...
Asics · Australian Open · BNP Paribas Open · Iga Swiatek · Poland · Roland Garros · Technifibre
Mar/23
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Analysis: Rune Wawrinka Grudge Match Indian Wells
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By Scoop Malinowski Last year in Paris Indoors Holger Rune beat Stan Wawrinka 7-3 in the third set tiebreaker and then at the net handshake lectured and humiliated the 18 years younger Dane about being an immature crybaby. The verbal insult by the very popular Wawrinka was highly unusual as he has earned a very […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · BNP Paribas Open · Holger Rune · Indian Wells · Stan Wawrinka · Yonex
Casper Ruud reached no. 2 in the world last year in September but 2023 has not been kind to the Norwegian. Ruud has a very average 4-5 match record this year, including losses to Jenson Brooksby at Australian Open, Laslo Djere in Auckland, Taro Daniel in Acapulco and now in the third round of the […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski You would think this year’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells might be a challenging year in terms of attendance with the absence of superstars Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Well, think again. Michael Onello reports on site: “My friend gave me tickets for Saturday and Sunday, the […] Continue to read full article...
Adrian Mannarino · Babolat · BNP Paribas Open · Indian Wells · Lorenzo Musetti · Novak Djokovic · Roger Federer
Amanda Anisimova at one time was considered a future WTA superstar, another blonde Russian American with a powerhouse game and pretty face. But so far Anisimova hasn’t accomplished much or reached expectations in the WTA, except for a couple of WTA titles and semis at Roland Garros in 2019. She’s 21 now and ranked 35 […] Continue to read full article...
Amanda Anisimova · BNP Paribas Open · Nike · Wilson tennis · WTA
Mar/23
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Sock Inspired By NFL Great, Wins in Indian Wells
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By Scoop Malinowski Jack Sock hasn’t had a good year so far in 2023 but the presence of an NFL great at his match could be just the spark he’s needed. Changing racquets, from Babolat to Yonex, dropping new coach Nick Monroe after only four matches together were moves that failed to help Sock jump […] Continue to read full article...
BNP Paribas Open · Jack SOck · Kansas City Chiefs · NFL · Patrick Mahomes · Super Bowl
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis needs Ben Shelton. It’s been a very long time since a young player has burst on the scene with an absolutely unwavering, fearless and ruthless mindset to knock off the elites. Marcelo Rios and Lleyton Hewitt were the most recent famous young rebels who barnstormed through the ATP straight to the […] Continue to read full article...
I will not bother ATP stat master Greg Sharko to confirm this odd observation but there will be a perhaps unofficial record of 19 first time matchups in the second round of the Masters 1000 BNP Paribas Open today and tomorrow. The most interesting – and longest awaited one will be between 36 year old […] Continue to read full article...
Andy Murray · BNP Paribas Open · Carlos Alcaraz · Indian Wells · Richard Gasquet · Taylor Fritz
Guillermo Vilas was once called “the reluctant tennis champion” by an Esquire magazine 1978 cover story in part because of his inherent artistic inclinations, which included dabbling in music, writing and poetry. Now another new Vilas type personality has emerged on the ATP World Tour because of his diverse interests outside the tennis universe – […] Continue to read full article...
BNP Paribas Open · Guillermo Vilas · Leonardo Da Vinci · Stefanos Tsitsipas
The wondrous tennis paradise of Indian Wells also has a flip side. It is also where several desperate pro tennis players will try to save their careers with a breakout week in qualies and hopefully main draw… 31 year old Tennys Sandgren got a WC into qualies and will play Dusan Lajovic. Sandgren is ranked […] Continue to read full article...
BNP Paribas Open · Indian Wells · Stefan Kozlov · Steve Johnson · Taylor Townsend
