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TAG: Guillermo Vilas
Dec/21
15
World No. 2s, Close But No Cigar
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
There were nine ATP players who climbed all the way up the mountain to the world no. 2 ranking but fell just short of no. 1 and all the prestige, honor and not to mention, lucrative bonuses that go with being the ATP kingpin. Marcelo Rios famously became no. 1 in Miami in 1998 when […] Continue to read full article...
Goran Ivanisevic · Guillermo Vilas · Michael Chang · Petr Korda · Tommy Haas
May/21
2
The Man Who Beat Marcelo Rios In His Final Match
6 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles
The illustrious career of Marcelo Rios came to a conclusion on April 5, 2004 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Rios was just 28 years old but his body was breaking down. After a disastrous 2003 which saw Rios lose in the first round at Roland Garros, and miss AO, Wimbledon and US Open, the former […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Guillermo Vilas · Marcelo Rios · Mariano Delfino
I did this Biofile interview with Vilas at US Open in 2005. It’s on page 107 in my “Facing Guillermo Vilas” book which is available at amazon for $9.99… The BIOFILE Guillermo Vilas By Scoop Malinowski Status: Hall of Fame tennis great. Born On: August 17, 1952 In: Mar del Plata, Argentina Childhood Heroes: “Rod Laver, […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Biofile · Facing Guillermo Vilas · Guillermo Vilas
I remember when I decided to start working on a Facing Guillermo Vilas project – Miami Open at the Key Biscayne site, just outside the main stadium. Two years ago. I remember it was morning, early in the day. Gosh, the memories of just being on the grounds at Crandon Park are uplifting. What a […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Borg · Gildemeister · Guillermo Vilas · McEnroe · Puma
On a whim two years ago in Miami I decided to ask some players for their memories of Facing Guillermo Vilas. The only intention was to create a feature for this site about what it was like to play the former champion of Forest Hills and Roland Garros, who many believe was the world’s best […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Facing Guillermo Vilas · Guillermo Vilas · Vilas
Feb/19
26
The Vilas Solution To Fix A Broken Stroke
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By Scoop Malinowski
There's an old saying in tennis: When one stroke goes off, your whole game goes down.
Even top ranked professionals suffer through such situations where one of their strokes falters. Guillermo Vilas, the former ATP no. 2 was not immune to losing control of his arsenal of weapons. His former coach Ernesto Ruiz Bry told a story to me about Vilas losing one of this strokes and how he remedied the crisis. Continue to read full article...
