TAG: ITF
Mar/24
3
Agony And Ecstacy At St Pete Senior Tournament
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The Agony… The level of players at the Level 2: 2024 Raymond James West Coast Super Senior Grand Prix at St Petersburg Tennis Center is astounding. No matter how good you are or think you are, you could face an opponent that can wipe you off the court, fast. I lost in the first round of […] Continue to read full article...
Denton Morris · France · George McCabe · ITF · St. Petersburg Tennis Center · Vincent Versier
Jan/24
12
Biofile Anastasia Sysoeva Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Tennis player for University of Syracuse. Sophomore. Residence: Bradenton, FLFirst memory of tennis: I was five when my mom, Ekaterina, took me with her to the tennis center, where I watched her give a lesson. I saw many kids running around and playing tennis so I tried as well. It was […] Continue to read full article...
Anastasia Sysoeva · Cancun · ITF · Mikhail Youzhny · NCAA · Roger Federer · Serena Williams · Syracuse University · WTA
By Scoop Malinowski The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center experienced a monumental moment this month, For the first time a former Grand Slam champion and world no. 1 in professional tennis competed on the courts. The rare spectacle happened at the ITF Longboat Key Super Senior tournament in the first week of this month. Rick […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · Davis Cup · ITF · Longboat Key · Rick Leach · US Open · Vivek Varma
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
Rick Leach and Vivek Varma did it again. They won Level 2: Longboat Key Senior Clay Courts in today’s final 67 62 63 vs Billy Harris and Steve Pittman. It’s the fourth title of 2023 for the nine-time Grand Slam title winner and former ATP world no.1 Leach and Varma, a former All-American at Division II […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · ITF · Longboat Key · Rick Leach · Vivek Varma
Oct/23
27
Junior Tennis “Waste of time and money”
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A top coach of a world ranked 15 year old with a WTA ranking just inside the top 1000, dropped a bombshell about the value or international junior tennis… “99 out of 100 adult players who played ITF juniors will tell you it was a waste of time and money. So far, we did not […] Continue to read full article...
ITF · Junior Tennis · USTA
Feb/23
27
It All Happened At The Larry Turville Grand Prix National USTA Tournament
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By Scoop Malinowski Playing in the Raymond James Super Senior Larry Turville Grand Prix National USTA Level 2 Tournament at the St. Petersburg Tennis Center provided more thrills and excitement than I could have imagined. In no particular order, there was a Grand Slam finalist working as a volunteer at the tournament assigning courts and […] Continue to read full article...
I have a friend who coached a 14s girl in the Orange Bowl. He just informed me about a shocking default of a girl after play was canceled due to rain… “Just heard a good story – the girl Victoria beat in Eddie Herr second round 6-1 6-1 was in the fourth round of Orange […] Continue to read full article...
ITF · Miami · Orange Bowl
Five Teenagers Among Eight Quarterfinalists Advancing On At Second Annual Rancho Santa Fe Open USTA Women’s Pro Circuit $80,000 Continues All Week With Semifinals Saturday and Finals On Sunday At Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. – October 6, 2022 — To get a glimpse at the future of the WTA and […] Continue to read full article...
Alexandra Eala · ITF · Rancho Santa Fe · Rancho Santa Fe Open · Robin Montgomery · USTA
Continuing with the series focusing on veteran players who refuse to give up, today I will feature Japan’s Erika Sema. Sema is 32 year old now and currently ranked 505 (211 in doubles). Her best ranking in singles was in 2011 (114). She has never gotten into a Grand Slam main draw, halted in all […] Continue to read full article...
