TAG: Marcelo Rios
The mysterious enigma and former world no. 1 marvel Marcelo Rios emerged after a long absence from the tennis scene this past weekend at the Davis Cup tie between Chile and Spain contested at the Central Court Anita Lizana in Santiago, Chile. Rios, stylish as always, stood out wearing white pants up to his knees, […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/26
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Intimidation Is A Part Of Tennis
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By Scoop Malinowski “You can’t intimidate much physically in tennis but there’s a lot of mental intimidation that goes on.” – Patrick McEnroe Patrick McEnroe won a Grand Slam in doubles and played in a Grand Slam semifinal in singles. He also played against most of the legends of his era like Boris Becker, Andre […] Continue to read full article...
Andy Roddick · Ivan Lendl · Jimmy Connors · Marcelo Rios · Rafael Nadal
Jul/26
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Marcelo Rios Revisits A Now Abandoned Crandon Park Stadium
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Last week tennis legend Marcelo Rios visited the now abandoned and decaying Key Biscayne Crandon Park Stadium Court 28 years after he beat Agassi and conquered a sport. In April 1998 Rios defeated Agassi in the Lipton final in three sets to became world no..1 ATP. Photos and video shared by Rios on Instagram reveal […] Continue to read full article...
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Amanda Coetzer · Arnaud Boetsch · Lilia Osterloh · Marcelo Rios · Taylor Dent
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Andre Agassi · Andy Murray · Lleyton Hewitt · Marcelo Rios · Pete Sampras · Roger Federer
Former world no. 1 Marcelo Rios was kicked out of a bar in Chile after a loud argument with his girlfriend. He was filmed talking with police in the street. Alexander Zverev has stopped following Sinner and Alcaraz on Instagram. Barbora Krejcikova yelled at the crowd to “SHUT UP!” during a match in Rome vs […] Continue to read full article...
First Tennis Memory: Meeting Chris Evert at a hotel lobby in Boston in early 70s. Mom said to get her autograph because she is famous. I didn’t know what tennis was then but she was so nice to my brother and I she made me love her and the sport which I started watching years […] Continue to read full article...
Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · Newport · Novak Djokovic · Scoop Malinowski
Nov/25
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Five Puzzle Players Courier Could Not Solve
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Jim Courier was ATP world no. 1 and a four time winner of Grand Slam major titles but he had five prominent players he was unable to beat. Three of these puzzling players never won a major title. Courier was 0-3 vs Marcelo Rios, 0-4 vs Alex Corretja and 0-2 vs Alberto Berasategui. The two […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Australian Open · French Open · Ivan Lendl · Jim Courier · Marcelo Rios · Pete Sampras
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP World no. 1. Winner of 18 ATP singles titles and $9,713,771 in career prize money. Competed on the ATP World Tour from 1994-2004. Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 DOB: December 26, 1975 In: Santiago, Chile I attempted this Biofile with Marcelo Rios at his 1999 US Open press conference following […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · US Open · Yonex
Tennis is a fascinating game that has produced wondrous action, marvelous champions and also a few very profound quotations… “Tennis is a fistfight without the fists.” – Tracy Austin “I handle pressure differently than Borg. I’d rather go berserk on court for 30 seconds than let it build up for years. If you keep it […] Continue to read full article...
