TAG: Ivan Lendl
Jul/18
23
Breaking News: Zverev Working With Lendl in Tampa
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By Scoop Malinowski
Next in our new series "Heart of a Champion" is a nice story about Ivan Lendl from my good friend and hitting partner Brian Baxter...
"Growing up in New York as a junior tennis player, I identified with John McEnroe. I loved his fire, attacking style and his cool Mac Attack Nike shoes. Dunlop was my first racket sponsor and I even trained with Tony Palafox for two years. His battles with Ivan Lendl wwere always good vs evil for me. Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
[Note: This Biofile interview was done in my rookie year as a reporter at the Hamlet Cup ATP tennis tournament which used to be played at Westbury on Long Island, the week before the U.S. Open '92. While reading this interview, please excuse me for the lack of quality and shortage of content as I was still a star-struck interviewer back then (somehow I inexplicably failed to ask Lendl my signature question: his 'greatest sports moment') Continue to read full article...
adidas · Ivan Lendl · Roland Garros · US Open
Oct/14
2
Biofile Goran Ivanisevic Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former Wimbledon champion. Winner of 22 ATP singles titles, nine doubles, and nearly $20,000,000 in career prize earnings. Reached ATP World Tour career high ranking of #2. Olympic bronze medalist in singles and doubles in ’92. Reached final of French Open doubles in ’90 (with Korda) and ’99 (with Tarango). Won […] Continue to read full article...
Croatia · Goran Ivanisevic · Head tennis · Ivan Lendl · Novak Djokovic · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski First memory of tennis: My first memory of tennis was probably taking lessons at a tennis camp when I was five in upstate New York at the Jon Spear Tennis Camp. Tennis inpsirations: Andy Murray is my hero on and off the court. Favorite players to watch: Andy Murray, for his guile, […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Status: 1990 Roland Garros champion. Won 21 career ATP singles and 34 doubles titles. Won 1988 Roland Garros in doubles (w. E. Sanchez) and 1986 U.S. Open in doubles (w. Zivojinovic). DOB: February 27, 1960 In: Guayaquil, Ecuador Nickname: Go Go – from Jimmy Connors. Tennis Inspirations: I think Nastase, Laver and […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Andres Gomez · Ecuador · French Open · Ivan Lendl · Roland Garros
Status: Former U.S. Olympian and ATP world #4. Author of popular book "Winning Ugly."
Childhood Heroes: "You'd probably be a little surprised by this  Rick Barry. Because I was a huge Golden State Warriors fan. Number one all time  James Bond. And then one tennis player  Nastase."
Hobbies/Interests: "Love all sports, I mean, normal guy. I like movies, I like politics. I think the older I get, instead of listening to music, now I listen to news talk radio [smiles]."
Nicknames: "A lot of people call me BG. But no profound nicknames."
Favorite Movies: "Raging Bull, Marathon Man, Shawshank Redemption."
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Oct/10
22
Biofile Michael Chang Interview
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Best You Ever Felt On Court: "It's tough to say. I had a lot of good matches. Some matches I won, some matches I lost. It's tough to compete with the matches that I played at the French Open - I was just really playing well. I felt like I was just blessed those couple of weeks. I had a lot of great matches at the U.S. Open which was a lot of fun to be a part of. But I think, all in all, I feel very blessed to have had the chance to play for 16-plus years out on Tour (1987-2003) and it's nice obviously to go out there and win and stuff like that. But it's, you know, for me, if I've gone out there and I touched a life, somewhere along the road, it's been well worth it." Continue to read full article...
Evander Holyfield · French Open · Ivan Lendl · Michael Chang · Novak Djokovic
