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Feb/25

11

US Open Carves Up Mixed Doubles

15 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles

The USTA and US Open have decided to make some radical changes to the mixed doubles event later this year. Sets will be to four games in the severely altered Grand Slam event. 16 teams will compete with eight based on singles rankings and eight wildcards. Former Grand Slam champion and Australian Open tournament director […] Continue to read full article...

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Dec/22

18

Academy Award Winner Played US Open

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By Scoop Malinowski You learn something new every day and today I learned an interesting fact. There was an Academy Award-winning actress who was such a good tennis player that she competed in a main draw of a Grand Slam. The star and title role of the 1940 film “Kitty Foyle” – Ginger Rogers – […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/21

5

When Dick Stockton Punched Ilie Nastase On Court

2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop

Tracy Austin once said “Tennis is a fistfight without the fists”, but sometimes a tennis match devolves into a fist fight with punches thrown and landed, even in the professional ranks. One such notable occasion where a pro player did a Mike Tyson imitation happened in the 1980s when Dick Stockton slugged Ilie Nastase during […] Continue to read full article...

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Jul/18

29

Winning Mixed with an Olympic Gold Medalist

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By Scoop Malinowski
I first saw Natalia Shaposhnikova playing tennis at my club two years ago, hitting in the morning with a ball machine on the red clay court at the Packanack Lake Tennis Club. She was quick, fit and though she looked like a beginner she also hit the ball well with two hands on both sides. She could hit a lot of balls into the court. I introduced myself and found her to be a fun, pleasant person, who just started playing tennis less than a year earlier. She had been an Olympic gold medalist gymnast for Russia in 1980. Continue to read full article...

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