TAG: French Open
By Jeff Salzenstein I once watched a former World No. 1 hit the same shot for 30 straight minutes… Here’s what it taught me about excellence. It was 7pm in Mason, Ohio at the ATP Masters event just outside Cincinnati. Circa 2001. I had just finished practice at dusk, preparing for my qualifying match the […] Continue to read full article...
Brazil · Cincinnati Open · Diadora · French Open · Gustavo Kuerten
New tennis fans and players always find tennis terminologies quite confusing. There are many rules, definitions, terms and shots that if you know nothing about, it can be a little overwhelming. Realizing that everyone can know the basics of how to hit a tennis ball, let’s have a look at the basic strokes, terms and […] Continue to read full article...
Spain’s Jaume Munar implied the unruly, distracting behavior of the Roland Garros Chatrier stadium during his second round duel with Arthur Fils was a contributing factor for his losing the epic five setter. Munar declared the Roland Garros fans are the most irritating on the ATP World Tour. Jaume Munar: “I’m going to be very […] Continue to read full article...
Sam Querrey is broadcasting for the TNT Network and he revealed Tommy Paul is the most popular player in the locker room. If Casper Ruud really has a knee injury why would he play two losing sets 06 16 on it to Nuno Borges and risk further damage? Witness: “Thousands of fans are requesting refunds […] Continue to read full article...
Corentin Moutet · French Open · Novak Djokovic · Roland Garros · Tommy Paul
Daniil Medvedev was not a happy camper after losing Cam Norrie in the first round at Roland Garros in five sets: “Honestly, man…I might skip the clay season next year. F–k clay.” So Coco Gauff walked on court for her match vs. Olivia Gadecki but supposedly forgot her Head racquets. Sounds like another publicity stunt […] Continue to read full article...
Federico Gomez · French Open · Joao Fonseca · Novak Djokovic
Shocking results are the story of the commencement of the 2025 Roland Garros tournament. 9 seed Emma Navarro wiped out in 57 minutes 06 16 to world no. 68 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain. “What the heck happened?” asked Patrick McEnroe. “I had her as one of my picks going deep.” 21 seed Tomas Machac […] Continue to read full article...
Tiantsoa Sarah RAKOTOMANGA RAJAONAH of France. Her name has 32 letters, a whopping 19 more than Novak Djokovic. In case you have not heard of Tiantsoa, she is 19 years old and was born in Antsirabe, Madagascar on December 15, 2005. She is at her career high singles ranking right now – 238. The left-hander […] Continue to read full article...
French Open · Roland Garros · Tiantsoa Sarah RAKOTOMANGA RAJAONAH
Sergio Augusto Cruz was the coach of Jim Courier on the climb up the rankings from young American prospect out of Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to Grand Slam champion. Cruz shared some of his standout memories of the journey he shared with Courier… “Twice I had Jim within a point of ATP no. 8 ranking. […] Continue to read full article...
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Coach Vividly Remembers 9 Year Old Maria Sharapova
Comments off · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
Daniel Spatz had the privilege to coach Maria Sharapova between 1996-97 at the former Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (IMG Academy today). Maria, born on April 19, 1987, was nine years old then. Little Maria was a part of a group of eight girls that Spatz coached every afternoon for two hours every day. Spatz said […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · French Open · Maria Sharapova · Nike · US Open · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski The end of the tennis tunnel is now in sight for Rafael Nadal. His publicist sent an email out earlier today to the International tennis writers association announcing the 22 time Grand Slam king will play his final professional ATP World Tour event at Davis Cup finals in Spain. Moments later, Team […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · French Open · Nike · Rafa Nadal · Rafael Nadal · Spain · US Open · Wimbledon
