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Yoshihito Nishioka and Kyle Edmund are both 25 years old and established competitors on the ATP World Tour. The Japanese southpaw stylist is ranked 56 while the hard hitting Brit is ranked 47. The rivalry began seven years ago in 2013 at a Futures tournament semifinal in Florida (clay) when Kyle was 18 and Yoshi […] Continue to read full article...
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Sep/20
29
Mannarino vs Ramos-Vinolas: Perfect Rivalry
7 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski The most perfect rivalry in tennis is when every time two players compete against each other, they alternate results each match. No player in the rivalry can manage to win two in a row over the other, it’s a see-saw, back and forth result each time. To my knowledge there is only […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
It's very rare in tennis that a rivalry persists where both players trade back and forth wins over the span of a decade. Usually one player establishes a superiority over a player and rolls with it.
But there's at least one ATP rivalry which contradicts that systemic nature of tennis - the Adrian Mannarino vs Andreas Seppi rivalry. Continue to read full article...
Aug/18
18
Please Tennis Gods, Make A Djokovic vs Federer Final in Cincy
69 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski
Though Novak Djokovic has stated on the record his greatest rival is Rafael Nadal and not Roger Federer, which some may perceive as a veiled knock on the King of Tennis, many tennis observers actually prefer the Federer vs Djokovic rivalry above all else in tennis today. Continue to read full article...
