TAG: Serena
Federer the tennis champion was one of the greatest to ever play the game. And last night the harness racing horse named Federer did his namesake proud by winning the $19,000 third race at Yonkers Raceway in New York. Federer, driven by George Brennan, defeated Bookem Danno and Bettor’s Desire for the money and paid […] Continue to read full article...
Federer · New York · Serena · Yonkers Raceway
Last night at the harness racing contested at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, NY, a racing horse named “Federer” competed in the third race, a one mile pace for a prize of $16,000. The race featured horses that were non-winners of $7,500 in their last five races. Federer had placed fourth, second and second in his […] Continue to read full article...
Federer · Jimmy Connors · Roger Federer · Serena · Serena Williams · Yonkers Raceway
Everybody knows by now Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 20 majors each and Novak Djokovic is chasing them needing two more to achieve equality (he’s at 18 after winning AO earlier this year). Margaret Court has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 19 doubles and 21 mixed doubles majors. But who has […] Continue to read full article...
Evert · Federer · French Open · Grand Slam · Nadal · Serena · Wimbledon
Mar/21
21
Serena Can Probably Reach Slams 24 and 25, But Does It Really Matter?
Comments off · Posted by Staff in Articles
For the first time in around two decades, we can say with some conviction that Serena Williams is not the best female tennis player on the planet. Some might still disagree, of course, and you could argue that the American would be considered the best if she gave the game her full attention. But, as […] Continue to read full article...
Nike · Roland Garros · Serena · Serena Williams · US Open · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
Reading the Jimmy Connors “The Outsider” book, one of many passages that jumped out of the page and sparked profound thought was a quote by Pancho Gonzales that embedded in a young Jimbo. Over a half century later Connors still remembered it and included it on page 61… “The great champions were always vicious competitors. […] Continue to read full article...
Mar/21
8
Press Conference Questions You Won’t Hear
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios, Scoop
To Roger Federer: Can you name three things you really like about Novak Djokovic? To Naomi Osaka: Would you ever consider wearing masks to salute Asian or White victims of black brutality? To Serena Williams: What would it take for you to play John McEnroe in a new edition of Battle of the Sexes? Or […] Continue to read full article...
Novak Djokovic was in peril of being ousted from the Australian Open by Alexander Zverev. The top seed lost the first set 76, won the second but found himself down 4-1 in the third. His instinctive reaction was to smash his Head Speed Pro racquet into the court three times to destroy the faulty equipment. […] Continue to read full article...
Both of these iconic figures are more popular now than Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King were in their 1969 Battle of the Sexes historic match. Imagine how colossally huge a Johnny Mac vs Serena Battle of Sexes The Sequel could be? Imagine how much it could attract attention and excitement to the sport. Imagine […] Continue to read full article...
The season of the virus came, it saw and it conquered most of the United States tennis season, wiping out Houston, Indian Wells, Miami Open, Citi Open, Newport, but the US Open stood strong and refuses to cower to the Chinese communist virus or whatever the hell it really is. The 2020 US Open commences […] Continue to read full article...
Ahn · Gauff · Serena · US Open 2020
Two time major title winner Svetlana Kuznetsova made an interesting comment this week: “No offense but the WTA Tour has become shallow. There used to be more actual top players. Now I sometimes don’t even know who’s Top 10, there’s a very high turnover. And not because mid-ranked players raised their level to reach the […] Continue to read full article...
