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Dec/21
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World No. 2s, Close But No Cigar
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
There were nine ATP players who climbed all the way up the mountain to the world no. 2 ranking but fell just short of no. 1 and all the prestige, honor and not to mention, lucrative bonuses that go with being the ATP kingpin. Marcelo Rios famously became no. 1 in Miami in 1998 when […] Continue to read full article...
Goran Ivanisevic · Guillermo Vilas · Michael Chang · Petr Korda · Tommy Haas
One of the most miraculous Grand Slam wins of the modern era was Michael Chang winning Roland Garros at age 17. At the time Chang was ranked 19 in the world but there weren’t any indicators he could win a major title yet. Going into Paris, Chang did not play European red clay events. After […] Continue to read full article...
China · Michael Chang · Prince · Reebok · Roland Garros · Tiananmen Square
Driving eight hours in a car from NJ to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia with my teammates was educational in that I learned some interesting facts about Chinese players not generally known by the American media. First, remember the player Hu Na? She defected to America from China at age 21, in […] Continue to read full article...
