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Jun/24

15

Did Hingis Really Teach Federer How To Win?

Martina Hingis once half-joked that she taught Roger Federer how to win, as their first time collaboration produced a victory at 2001 Hopman Cup for Switzerland. Before that win, the 19 year old Federer still had not won anything on the ATP World Tour, no titles and no impact at Grand Slams. Hingis had won […] Continue to read full article...

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Jun/24

5

Biofile Joel Schwaerzler Interview

By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 387. No. 1 seed in Roland Garros boys singles and doubles. Age: 18 Birthplace: Sandton, South Africa (Plays for Austria, coached by Jurgen Melzer for three years) Ht: 6-2 Wt: 187 First Tennis Memory: Playing with my dad in South Africa (age 6). Playing for fun, I never thought […] Continue to read full article...

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May/24

20

Golf Great Korda Credits Federer And Nadal For Her Mentality

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...

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May/24

13

Do Tennis Greats Want Their Records Broken?

Yesterday, the dominant LPGA golfer Nelly Korda’s attempt to win a record sixth straight pro golf tournament fell short as she lost by 14 strokes to Rose Zhang at the Cognizant Founders Cup in NJ. So Korda, the 25 year old daughter of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, still shares the record of winning […] Continue to read full article...

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Apr/24

26

Biofile Seongchan Hong Interview

By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 187. South Korea Davis Cup team member. Ht: 5-9 Wt: 143 DOB: June 30, 1997 In: Gangwondo, South Korea First Tennis Memory: When I started, I started because my dad loves tennis. And then when I was little kid I just followed my dad, grabbed balls and played. Tennis […] Continue to read full article...

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Apr/24

25

Six Most Agonizing Losses In ATP History

Tennis can bring the most electrifying, joyful victories – but also the most agonizing, cruel defeats… 6. Bogdan Bobrov lost two matches in one day with match points, one in singles and then in doubles. It happened in Kazakhstan. The Russian 26 year old told me he was too exhausted to cry after. 5. Paul-Henri […] Continue to read full article...

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Apr/24

10

Biofile Martin Damm Jr

By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 177. DOB: Sept. 30, 2000 In: Bradenton, FL Ht: 6-8 Wt: 209 First Tennis Memory: Probably using my dad’s racquet to hit against the front door of the house (age 4). Tennis Inspirations: My father (former ATP player and Grand Slam doubles champion) Roddick and Nadal. First Famous Player […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/24

28

Memory Lane: First Federer Nadal Clash Was 20 Years Ago Today

The first time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal clashed was exactly two decades ago, in the third round of the Miami Open, then called the Nasdaq 100, on stadium court. Highlights of the historic clash here It was a monumental moment in tennis history and one of the highlight performances of Nadal’s career. I once […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/24

25

Is Rage A Part Of Tennis?

By Scoop Malinowski Tennis is a sport composed of a diverse range of attributes including elegance, athleticism, speed, timing, anticipation, tactics, intelligence, will to win, joy, passion. And also one element that is rarely discussed. Rage. Recently I was talking with a friend Behn Wilson, who was an NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers and […] Continue to read full article...

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A 20-time Grand Slam champion is not overly thrilled by the direction the modern game of professional tennis is evolving towards. Roger Federer told Gentleman’s Quarterly magazine that today’s game is starting to lack variety and his goal when he was on the ATP World Tour from 1998-2022 was to mix things up: “What we […] Continue to read full article...

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