TAG: Nick Bollettieri
Former ATP world no. 1 Marat Safin had two life altering experiences in Peru, which he discussed in a long interview with Blair Henley for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. When he was still a young teenager, Safin was sent by a Russian sponsor to train at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL. […] Continue to read full article...
Marat Safin · Nick Bollettieri · Peru · Russia · US Open
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Forgotten Match: When Sandra Cacic Beat Marcelo Rios
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By Scoop Malinowski We all know about the famous Houston Astrodome Battle of the Sexes match – or hoax event as some imply – but there was another fusion clash between the sexes that happened on the practice courts at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1996. I had never heard about it, the story […] Continue to read full article...
IMG · Marcelo Rios · Nick Bollettieri · Sandra Cacic · WTA
People like to talk and there are a lot of connected people here at the Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open, that like to talk! Here are a handful of interesting tennis related scoops… Matteo Berrettini called Nick Bollettieri several times and they talked on the phone in the last weeks of the coach and academy founder […] Continue to read full article...
Bjorn Borg · Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Marcelo Rios · Matteo Berrettini · Nick Bollettieri · Sarasota Open
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What Ended Matthew Perry’s Tennis Career
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It’s common knowledge in the tennis world that Friends TV star Matthew Perry was a standout junior tennis player in Canada before moving to the United States as a teenager. The rest of the story is murky – until now. At the library next to my gym here in my Bradenton community I found Perry’s […] Continue to read full article...
Canada · Chrissie Evert · Matthew Perry · Monica Seles · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · US Open
By Scoop Malinowski Ray Collins grew up playing tennis until his love of broadcasting took center stage. He chose a Capitol Hill internship over continuing with college tennis. But his abilities on a mic and his love of the game wound up intersecting, allowing him to cover pro tennis for various media–and being on the mic […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Buffalo · Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · IMG · Jimmy Arias · Nick Bollettieri · Ray Collins
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Biofile Ann Grossman-Wunderlich Interview
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former WTA player from 1987 to 1998. Best ranking was no. 29 in 1993. Reached 4R at French Open twice and US Open once. Won one career WTA title in doubles in Puerto Rico 1993. Today Ann is a certified ZoneCoach Trainer for mental side of life, business and sports DOB: […] Continue to read full article...
Ann Grossman · Chicago Bulls · French Open · Martina Navratilova · Nick Bollettieri · US Open · WTA
Positive reviews have been rolling in for my latest tennis book “Nick Bollettieri: Godfather Of Modern Tennis” but this one may take the cake. It came from former longtime Pittsburgh University tennis coach George Dieffenbach: “Hi Scoop. My sister and her husband spend winters in Sarasota. They knew Nick B mentored me, so they saw […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · tennis book
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Great Reviews For Nick Bollettieri Godfather Of Modern Tennis Book!
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Ray Collins, Former ABC news anchor Sarasota, FL and longtime Sarasota Open tournament announcer: “That last big paragraph in the Luke Hadge account of his ladder match with Andre Agassi is unbelievable. I’ve come to appreciate your style of unfiltered reporting. Enjoyed the Brian Gottfried and Julio Moros passages as well.” Yury Bettoni, former NBTA […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Brian Gottfried · IMG Academy · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Ray Collins
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My Nick Bollettieri Book Earning Rave Reviews
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Very happy to report early reviews of my 18th book Nick Bollettieri: Godfather Of Modern Tennis is earning very positive reviews so far. I gave a copy to a friend James Elder, a good senior player and neighbor here in Bradenton, FL and he liked the book so much he bought ten more copies to […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Yury Bettoni
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Nick Bollettieri Celebration Of Life Today
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By Scoop Malinowski There was never a figure in tennis so inspiring, energizing and uniquely recognizable as Nick Bollettieri and there never will be. Today his life was celebrated inside a packed IMG Academy basketball gym by about 800 people associated with him in one way or another. The world renowned tennis coach, academy founder, […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · IMG Academy · Jimmy Arias · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Wimbledon
