TAG: Las Vegas
Oct/21
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Fratangelo and Escobedo Repeat Triple Tiebreaker Rivalry in Vegas
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It may be an ATP record as Bjorn Fratangelo and Ernesto Escobedo played their second consecutive three tiebreaker duel yesterday in Las Vegas Challenger R32. Escobedo won 67(6) 76(2) 76(5) as he did the last time the pair met two years ago at the Aptos Challenger. Escobedo won that time by an even more competitive […] Continue to read full article...
Bjorn Fratangelo · Ernesto Escobedo · Las Vegas · USA Tennis
My declaration that Daniil Medvedev played the greatest tennis match performance in yesterday’s US Open final vs Novak Djokovic, has sparked an interesting array of differing opinions. Henry Mandeville believes that Andre Agassi. not Medvedev, Federer, Djokovic, Safin, Nadal, Laver, Borg, Sampras or McEnroe has played the highest level of tennis ever seen. “Agassi was […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · Head tennis · Las Vegas · Nike
Jan/21
29
Connors vs Navratilova Battle of Sexes 1992
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A forgotten tennis classic duel which nobody ever talks about today was the 1992 Flex-All Battle of the Champions clash between Martina Navratilova and Jimmy Connors at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. On a court constructed outdoors at the famous casino which hosted many famous championship boxing matches like Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney […] Continue to read full article...
Battle of the Sexes · Caesars Palace · Jimmy Connors · Las Vegas · Martina Navratilova
I was lucky to do a Biofile with the NFL great running back Jim Brown in 1999 and was surprised, not only to learn he likes tennis, but who some of his favorite tennis players are. Brown was an NFL Hall of Fame running back for Cleveland Browns from 1957-1965 and also a successful Hollywood […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Cleveland Browns · Jim Brown · Las Vegas · NFL
