TAG: IMG Academy
15 year old Wakana Sonobe, the lefthander from Japan, beat Teodora Kostovic 63 61 to win the Eddie Herr girls 18s. Both girls train at IMG Academy. The win earned Sonobe a qualifying wild card at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi in February. The match contested on Har-Tru green clay featured some drama as […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Eddie Herr · IMG Academy · ITF
Oct/23
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Biofile Shintaro Mochizuki Interview
12 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP 219. Ht: 5-9 Wt: 154 DOB: June 2, 2003 In: Kawasaki, Japan First Tennis Memory: It’s such a long time ago. My first memory is I loved playing points all the time when I first started playing tennis. I always hated practice. With all the coaches, when they let me […] Continue to read full article...
Asics · ATP · Bradenton · IMG Academy · Japan · Shintaro Mochizuki · Tokyo · Yonex
Apr/23
21
Great Reviews For Nick Bollettieri Godfather Of Modern Tennis Book!
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Ray Collins, Former ABC news anchor Sarasota, FL and longtime Sarasota Open tournament announcer: “That last big paragraph in the Luke Hadge account of his ladder match with Andre Agassi is unbelievable. I’ve come to appreciate your style of unfiltered reporting. Enjoyed the Brian Gottfried and Julio Moros passages as well.” Yury Bettoni, former NBTA […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Brian Gottfried · IMG Academy · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Ray Collins
Mar/23
18
Nick Bollettieri Celebration Of Life Today
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski There was never a figure in tennis so inspiring, energizing and uniquely recognizable as Nick Bollettieri and there never will be. Today his life was celebrated inside a packed IMG Academy basketball gym by about 800 people associated with him in one way or another. The world renowned tennis coach, academy founder, […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · IMG Academy · Jimmy Arias · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP world no. 5 and winner of five ATP singles titles. Also won 1982 Roland Garros mixed doubles with Andrea Jaeger. DOB: August 16, 1964 In: Buffalo, NY Ht: 5-9 Wt: 155 First Tennis Memory: Is taking a lesson with a guy named Ian Fletcher in Buffalo. And coming off […] Continue to read full article...
IMG Academy · Jimmy Arias · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Roland Garros · US Open
Jan/19
21
Danielle Collins Explains Her Fierce Competitive Spirit
22 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski
Danielle Collins enjoys competition, the heat of the battle and she embraces when it gets super intense and red hot out on the tennis court.
Her outward expressions of her fierce competitive spirit last year and at this year's AO has ruffled some feathers of traditionalists who prefer to watch a quiet, pure tennis match devoid of emotional adrenaline and overt antics of bravado, swagger and fist pumps. Continue to read full article...
