TAG: Montreal
After over a half decade of mediocre results, it looks like former Wimbledon finalist and WTA top 5 player has decided to give up on tennis. Bouchard has not played a professional tennis tournament since WTA Guadalajara in Mexico in September 2023, where she beat Renata Zarazua in the first round 61 76 but then […] Continue to read full article...
Eugenie Bouchard · Montreal · New Balance · Wimbledon · Yonex
Aug/23
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Jess Pegula’s Former Coach Michael Joyce Shares Insights Of Their Journey
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By Scoop Malinowski When Jessica Pegula turned pro in 2009 at age fifteen, you didn’t hear a lot about her as a highly touted, top American prospect. But she evolved into the best American female player and currently sits at no. 3 in the world in singles and no. 2 in doubles. She has won […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · Boca Raton · Buffalo · Jessica Pegula · Michael Joyce · Montreal · WTA · Yonex
The tennis media downplays the struggles of legend Venus Williams who has only won seven matches since 2019, while suffering 29 defeats. But at 43, the former world no. 1 continues to compete on the WTA Tour and gets entry into every tournament that she wants. One WTA coach remarked about the direction of Williams’ […] Continue to read full article...
Compton · Montreal · Omnium Banque Nationale · US Open · Venus Williams · Wimbledon
Aug/23
10
Rybakina Reveals What’s Tougher Than Winning A Major
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Elena Rybakina defeated Jennifer Brady in three sets at the Omnium Banque Nationale WTA tournament in Montreal and at her post match press conference was asked a challenging question which she complimented the reporter for… Question. Elena, just a question about contrasting the challenge of the difficulties of winning a slam versus maintaining consistency throughout a […] Continue to read full article...
Elena Rybakina · Kazakhstan · Montreal · Omnium Banque Nationale · Wilson · Wimbledon
Aug/23
8
Venus Salutes Leylah In Montreal
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Leylah Fernandez may be struggling since playing in the US Open final two years ago, but her energy and attitude have made a very positive impression on Venus Williams. The 43 year old former WTA world no. 1 likes what she sees in the 20 year old currently ranked 81 in the world. “She has […] Continue to read full article...
Leylah Fernandez · Montreal · Omnium Banque Nationale · Venus Williams
Sorana Cirstea and Belinda Bencic, after early successes with their new coaches Thomas Johansson and Dmitry Tursunov, respectively, both are no longer working with those coaches. Stefanos Tsitsipas has decided to reunite with Mark Philippoussis as his full-time coach, relieving his father Apostoulos from having to do full-time travel duties. In Montreal at Omnium Banque […] Continue to read full article...
Montreal · National Bank Open · Omnium Banque Nationale · Toronto
By Scoop Malinowski Reilly Opelka slammed the tennis media as “awful, the worst” earlier this year and now another high profile ATP champion has also unleashed another harsh criticism against the lousy element of the tennis media. Nick Kyrgios lost his match this week in Montreal to Hubert Hurkacz in three sets and unloaded some […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · media · Montreal · Nick Kyrgios
Feb/22
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Looking Back On Djokovic’s First Win vs. Federer
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By Scoop Malinowski Novak Djokovic leads the career rivalry vs Roger Federer 27-23 and perhaps the most important, influential and overlooked of those 27 wins was the first one which came in the 2007 Montreal Masters Final. I did not realize I recorded this match on VHS tape back in 2007 and finding it had […] Continue to read full article...
Aug/17
10
Monfils Uses Emotional Adrenaline To Slay Kei in Montreal
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Gael Monfils comes back from 6-7 2-5 down, then 3-5 in the 3rd and 2-6 in the 3rd set tiebreaker, beats Kei Nishikori 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(6) in Montreal second round.
Monfils had never beaten Nishikori before and had lost several super close third set tiebreakers to the Japanese ace. Continue to read full article...
