TAG: Nike
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Has Rune Solves The Djokovic Puzzle?
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski Everybody remembers when Holger Rune first emerged in the tennis universe as a force to be reckoned with. The Danish teenager’s astounding debut on the world stage happened at the US Open on Ashe Stadium, the night match showdown vs Novak Djokovic. The teenager Rune, 18 at the time, lost the first […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · Denmark · Holger Rune · Nike · Roland Garros
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Ex ATP Champ On The Big Upset: “I’m already tired of watching Carlos”
15 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski One of the biggest upsets in tennis history happened today when in Rome, the unknown world no. 135 playing in his first ATP World Tour event, managed to defeat the top player in the world Carlos Alcaraz 63 76. So such a shocking upset is provoking lots of chatter and speculation about […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Carlos Alcaraz · Fabian Marozsan · Nike · Rome · Spain
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Badosa wishes sports and politics to be separated
12 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Perhaps the strongest rebuke yet by a tennis player, or any pro sports figure, was said this week at Mutua Madrid by Spanish player Paula Badosa-Gibert. The 25 year old winner of three WTA singles titles stated this opinion on the messy combination of sports and politics: “They absolutely should not mix. Unfortunately, they’ve been […] Continue to read full article...
Mutua Madrid · Nike · Paula Badosa · Spain · Wilson tennis
By Scoop Malinowski Emma Raducanu has had enough of the same stale, redundant questions from the tennis media and she took effective action at the Mutua Madrid Open. Media day for players was yesterday and in the mixed zone Raducanu sent a blunt message to tennis reporters about how she feels about their unoriginal questions […] Continue to read full article...
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When Courier Said Nike Schedules US Open Matches
9 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
It’s been said big donors control American politics and that big sponsors control pro tennis. One Grand Slam champion once actually revealed and confirmed that a major tennis sponsor does indeed control Grand Slam court scheduling… At the 1995 US Open ATP world no. 3 Thomas Muster complained that his match should have been on […] Continue to read full article...
Jim Courier · Nike · Thomas Muster · US Open
By Todd Robinson So an obvious and easy way to preview the Miami Masters hardcourt event is to briefly recap what just transpired on the Indian Wells hardcourts, so we’ll start with a few of the bigger storylines to come out of the Southern California desert.1) The Amazing Alcaraz – I was watching his QF […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Carlos Alcaraz · Daniil Medvedev · Iga Swiatek · Miami Open · Nike · Stefanos Tsitsipas
Amanda Anisimova at one time was considered a future WTA superstar, another blonde Russian American with a powerhouse game and pretty face. But so far Anisimova hasn’t accomplished much or reached expectations in the WTA, except for a couple of WTA titles and semis at Roland Garros in 2019. She’s 21 now and ranked 35 […] Continue to read full article...
Amanda Anisimova · BNP Paribas Open · Nike · Wilson tennis · WTA
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Why Can’t Annacone Teach Fritz To Volley?
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By Scoop Malinowski Taylor Fritz is about to be . 5 in the world. This week his ranking will vault from no. 7 to 5 and he’s done it by primarily playing at the baseline despite his large wingspan and almost 6-ft and five inches of height. One of his coaches is the former serve […] Continue to read full article...
Head · Mike Russell · Nike · Paul Annacone · Taylor Fritz · USA
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Taylor Fritz Conquers Delray Beach Open
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By Scoop Malinowski Taylor Fritz was magnificent all week in dominating the Delray Beach Open. In yesterday’s final he beat Miomir Kecmanovic 60 57 62. It is the fifth career ATP title for the world no. 7 American. The first time I saw Fritz in Delray Beach was in 2016 when he was 18 and […] Continue to read full article...
Delray Beach · Delray Beach Open · Head tennis · Nike · Taylor Fritz
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Novak Said No To Nike Three Times
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By Scoop Malinowski An interesting fact has been revealed this week – Novak Djokovic declined three different multi-million dollar contract offers to become a Nike athlete, according to former Nike tennis director Mike Nakajima, in a book titled, “The Roger Federer Effect.” But now Nakajima, no longer employed with the athletic attire and shoe company, […] Continue to read full article...
Marcelo Rios · Nike · Novak Djokovic · Serbia
