TAG: Chile
By Scoop Malinowski
This week in Delray Beach covering the Delray Beach Open where McKenzie McDonald, Radu Albot, Juan Martin Del Potro and Steve Johnson are making saves, I obtained some Marcelo Rios memories from a long time tennis insider which illustrates how the Chilean wonder earned the Sports Illustrated magazine cover headline, "the most hated man in tennis." Continue to read full article...
Daniel Fernandez contacted me again to ask some questions about my thoughts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame omitting Marcelo Rios from the latest 2019 induction class ballot which included Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mary Pierce, Jonas Bjorkman, Thomas Muster, Goran Ivanisevic, Sergi Bruguera, Conchita Martinez, and Li Na. I guess I have become his American go-to guy to discuss Marcelo Rios and his status in the world of tennis. I said it before and I will say it again, Marcelo Rios deserves to be nominated and inducted into the Hall of Fame. Even the greatest player in tennis history agrees... Continue to read full article...
Feb/18
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Marcelo Rios Tells Media at Davis Cup: “You all suck”
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By Scoop Malinowski
Former world number one Marcelo Rios continues to hold the media in disdain. Rios, who has had a confrontational and often bitter relations with the media since his junior career, was fined $2,500 on Saturday for telling journalists they "suck" at a Davis Cup tie vs. Ecuador.
The heavily tattoed and very muscular 42-year-old Chilean, now based in Sarasota, FL, was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after he refused to be interviewed during the Davis Cup clash contested by Chile and Ecuador in Santiago, Chile. Continue to read full article...
Sep/10
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Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew
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(This article was originally published in Tennis Week magazine in March of 2005 and at www.tennisweek.com on 03/22/2005.) By Scoop Malinowski “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” — Shakespeare. “There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” — Seneca. No […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Guillermo Vilas · Ilie Nastase · Marat Safin · Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · Roger Federer
