TAG: Michael Chang
May/24
6
Gottfried Recalls Chang’s 1989 Roland Garros Triumph
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It was a surprise to learn Brian Gottfried played a role in helping coach the 17 yr old Michael Chang to his shocking 1989 French Open triumph. The former world no. 1 and 1977 French Open finalist recently revealed some insights in working with Chang in the late 1980s… “I started working with Michael when […] Continue to read full article...
Brian Gottfried · French Open · Michael Chang · Roland Garros
May/23
30
Greatest Upsets Of French Open History
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Today’s shocking upset by unheralded Thiago Seyboth Wild over no. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets ranks up there with some other previous giant surprises at Roland Garros… King of Clay Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round to 23 seed Robin Soderling. Rafa had won four straight French Opens and beat Soderling on […] Continue to read full article...
Gustavo Kuerten · Iva Majoli · Kathy Horvath · Michael Chang · Roland Garros · Serena Williams
By Scoop Malinowski I watched the Pickleball Slam today on ESPN at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida with John McEnroe, Michael Chang vs Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick and it was a sensational experience. Agassi lead McEnroe 3-0 but ended up losing both games to McEnroe. McEnroe delivered his trademark drama, “First argument […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Andy Roddick · John McEnroe · Michael Chang · Pickleball Slam
Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, John McEnroe and Andy Roddick will compete for a $1,000,000 at the Inaugural “Pickleball Slam” to be contested April 2, 2023 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The Pickleball competition will be televised live exclusively on ESPN and will compete directly with the men’s final of Miami […] Continue to read full article...
Dec/21
15
World No. 2s, Close But No Cigar
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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...
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
