TAG: Marcelo Rios
Apr/25
18
Forgotten Match: When Sandra Cacic Beat Marcelo Rios
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By Scoop Malinowski We all know about the famous Houston Astrodome Battle of the Sexes match – or hoax event as some imply – but there was another fusion clash between the sexes that happened on the practice courts at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1996. I had never heard about it, the story […] Continue to read full article...
IMG · Marcelo Rios · Nick Bollettieri · Sandra Cacic · WTA
People like to talk and there are a lot of connected people here at the Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open, that like to talk! Here are a handful of interesting tennis related scoops… Matteo Berrettini called Nick Bollettieri several times and they talked on the phone in the last weeks of the coach and academy founder […] Continue to read full article...
Bjorn Borg · Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Marcelo Rios · Matteo Berrettini · Nick Bollettieri · Sarasota Open
Feb/25
12
Great Players You Never Heard Of: Dave Marcinko
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New feature alert. There are so many great players out there who never made it big in pro tennis and this new series will showcase some interesting court masters who never made it to the big show Dave Marcinko played college tennis at South Florida in the 80s and was still a high level hitting […] Continue to read full article...
Jan/25
10
Marcelo Rios Explained Why He Didn’t Always Sign Autographs
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This week I met an old coach at IMG Academy who shared an interesting story about why Marcelo Rios, the former world no. 1 player in 1998, sometimes didn’t sign autographs for kids. Rios was the best player in the world and so of course, attracted a lot of attention from fans with his standout […] Continue to read full article...
Former world no. 1 ATP player Marcelo Rios didn’t like to talk to the mainstream media during his career (1994-2003) and so he rarely spoke his true feelings about tennis. This unfortunate reality of Rios distrusting the tennis media cost the sport to learn about what the Chilean grandmaster wizard really, deeply thought about the […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Sarasota · Yonex
Dec/24
17
Kafelnikov’s Most Talented Players May Surprise You
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By Scoop Malinowski Last week former ATP world no. 1, Grand Slam and Olympic champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov told me that the two talented players he ever saw were a pair of unique champions that most people would be surprised to learn. “Marcelo Rios and Nick Kyrgios are the two most talented players I ever saw,” […] Continue to read full article...
This past week I had the good fortune to meet a couple of tennis figures who had some interesting encounters with Marcelo Rios during his playing career. Neno Cacic, a former player at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy said he saw an incident where Rios was training on a practice court and did not want to […] Continue to read full article...
Chile · Marcelo Rios · Nike · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Former ATP champion Peter Lundgren passed away this month at age 59. The three time ATP singles titleist and 1988 Australian Open doubles finalist reached a career high ranking of 25 in the world in 1985 but he may be more known for coaching future no. 1 players Roger Federer, Marcelo Rios, […] Continue to read full article...
Marcelo Rios · Peter Lundgren · Roger Federer · Stan Wawrinka · Sweden
Jun/24
28
Betting Has Always Been Part Of Tennis
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Betting on tennis has always been a part of the sport whether it’s betting on one’s self or another player. The aspiration to be a successful pro player is a gamble, so many people dedicate their lives to “make it.” Just a fraction beat the odds. Every shot a player takes in a match is […] Continue to read full article...
Marcelo Rios · Pete Sampras · Sports betting · Tennis betting
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis has been relatively boring lately outside the exploits of Novak Djokovic and a few other colorful characters like Rublev, Medvedev, Shelton, etc. But last night in Santiago Corentin Moutet showed he has the personality, flair and game to change the sport for the better. After losing about a year with wrist […] Continue to read full article...
