TAG: Petr Korda
Even the mighty Ivan Lendl was cracked by a simple heckle. It happened at the end of his career – not his prime best years. Source: “I remember Ivan Lendl playing in Montreal, and it was a very close match. and then the fan yelled: ‘Don’t choke like you did at Wimbledon!’ And at that […] Continue to read full article...
Arnaud Boetsch · ATP · Canadian Open · Ivan Lendl · Montreal · Petr Korda · Wimbledon
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Pat Cash Autobiography Uncovered Dropped Truth Bombs
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I’ve read a lot of tennis books and no autobiography has ever dropped more truth bombs than Pat Cash’s Uncovered which was published in 2002. Here is the first truth bomb of when I will post many more… “Six months earlier (1997) John McEnroe had declared that the last two remaining great bastions of communism […] Continue to read full article...
Ivan Lendl · John McEnroe · Pat Cash · Petr Korda · Thomas Muster
Alexander Zverev is the ATP world no. 2 and has earned over $52m prize money from playing tennis. Like most players he’s endured a stretch of substandard results this year at age 28 and some tennis media have even tagged him as the worst world no. 2 ever, ahead of Petr Korda, Tommy Haas, Michael […] Continue to read full article...
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Great Players You Never Heard Of: Dave Marcinko
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New feature alert. There are so many great players out there who never made it big in pro tennis and this new series will showcase some interesting court masters who never made it to the big show Dave Marcinko played college tennis at South Florida in the 80s and was still a high level hitting […] Continue to read full article...
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Golf Great Korda Credits Federer And Nadal For Her Mentality
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Yesterday Nelly Korda won her sixth LPGA tournament this year at the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Club by one stroke on the 18th hole. The LPGA no. 1 ranked player in the world has won six of the seven tournaments she has played in 2024, an astonishing surge of pro golfing dominance […] Continue to read full article...
Bradenton · Liberty National Golf Club · LPGA · Mizuho · Nelly Korda · Petr Korda · Rafael Nadal · Roger Federer
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Is Cockiness An Important Quality For Tennis Success?
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By Scoop Malinowski A former ATP champion made a very interesting comment during a recent conversation… “You know what is also funny, how many players were sooooo cocky when they were playing and changed completely when they retired…Olivier Delaitre, Petr Korda, Carl-Uwe Steeb to name a few. They would only say hi to and talk […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Bjorn Borg · Lleyton Hewitt · Petr Korda · Rafael Nadal
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World No. 2s, Close But No Cigar
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
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
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People Forget How Close Petr Korda Was To No. 1 Ranking
140 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis enthusiasts remember many of the players who never won a Grand Slam singles title despite coming very, very close to tennis immortality. Todd Martin, Guillermo Coria, Cedric Pioline, Kei Nishikori, Marcelo Rios, Mariano Puerta, Mark Philippoussis, Mal Washington, Rainer Schuettler, Arnaud Clement, lost in their major finals. A forgotten near historic […] Continue to read full article...
AO · ATP · Australian · Nike · Petr Korda · Volkl
By Scoop Malinowski Some renowned tennis rivals actually develop close relations after their epic duels on the court. Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert are dear friends today. As are John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson spent ten days together helping train Maria Sakkari last year in Monte Carlo, even hitting balls […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Australian Open · Bradenton · Marcelo Rios · Petr Korda · Sarasota
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Biofile: Sebastian Korda Interview
31 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: 2018 Australian Open junior boys champion. ATP ranking is 842.
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 183
DOB: July 5, 2000 In: Bradenton, FL
First Tennis Memory: "I actually hit my first tennis ball on these courts when I was three or four. With my dad. (Note: Interview was conducted at El Conquistador Tennis Club in Bradenton, FL site of the 2017 Sarasota Open ATP Challenger.)
Tennis Inspirations: "My dad (Petr) always inspired me. I always loved watching Nadal. He always inspires me."
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Australian Open · Korda · Nike · Petr Korda · Sebastian Korda · Sebi Korda · Wilson
