TAG: Stefan Kozlov
Apr/24
9
Three Thrillers Today At Sarasota Open
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First on stadium was heavyweight clash with American Tristan Boyer vs. the young Austrian Joel Josef Schwaerzler, the ITF no. 1 junior in the world. Boyer overwhelmed the kid in the first set 62 with the firepower that eliminated Lucas Pouille and Jack Sock who was sent to retirement. But the big lefty found his […] Continue to read full article...
Denis Kudla · Stefan Kozlov · Thanasi Kokkinakis · Tristan Boyer
Three very interesting matches today at the Sarasota Open qualifying tournament. First on stadium featured the future UCLA Bruin and local Kaylan Bigun, who scored his first ATP match win 76 76 vs. Bogdan Bobrov from Russia. Bigun was a top 20 junior, a lefty with a slight edge in fire power that seemed the […] Continue to read full article...
Bogdan Bobrov · Joel Josef Schwaerzler · Kyle Edmund · Matija Pecotic · Sarasota Open · Stefan Kozlov · Wayne Ferreira
The wondrous tennis paradise of Indian Wells also has a flip side. It is also where several desperate pro tennis players will try to save their careers with a breakout week in qualies and hopefully main draw… 31 year old Tennys Sandgren got a WC into qualies and will play Dusan Lajovic. Sandgren is ranked […] Continue to read full article...
BNP Paribas Open · Indian Wells · Stefan Kozlov · Steve Johnson · Taylor Townsend
By Mark Scoop Malinowski (This feature appears in the March/April issue of FINAL Magazine.) A phenomenon of nature is the instinct of the alpha wolf to sense who his successor in the wolfpack will be. When that determination is made, the alpha wolf doesn’t try to eliminate the rival or fight him off, he accepts […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Ash Barty · Australian Open · Benoit Paire · Rafael Nadal · Sebastian Korda · Sofia Kenin · Stefan Kozlov
Oct/22
29
Kozlov Miracle Volley And Win In Vegas Challenger
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Here’s the scene. Today Stefan Kozlov is in the semis of Vegas Challenger, down match point at 30-40, and 63 16 45, he hit a diving Boris Beckeresque forehand volley angled winner. Kozlov laid on the court frozen in pain for almost a minute. It was arguably the best volley of his career. So at […] Continue to read full article...
Sep/22
13
Americans Seek To Revive Careers At Cary Challenger
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A group of young and veteran Americans are playing in Cary Challenger in North Carolina hoping to spark their careers. Donald Young and Ryan Harrison are both ranked outside the top 600 but they both qualified into the main draw. Tennys Sandgren also is ranked around the same range and got into the tournament as […] Continue to read full article...
Cary Challenger · Donald Young · Ryan Harrison · Stefan Kozlov
Jul/22
18
Kozlov Achieves Career Best Ranking Despite Losing Streak
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In another quirk of the cockeyed ATP ranking system which was warped by the cancellation of Wimbledon points, Stefan Kozlov has reached his new career best ranking of 103 even though he has lost first round at three of his last four tournaments. Kozlov is playing the Indianapolis Challenger this week. Last week Kozlov lost […] Continue to read full article...
Fernando Verdasco plays Joao Sousa of Portugal first round, the 38 and 32 year olds have never played an ATP match at any level, this will be their first meeting. Stefan Kozlov takes on Mitchell Krueger, they have never played in an ATP main tour match but this will be their seventh meeting in Challengers, […] Continue to read full article...
Fernando Verdasco · Holger Rune · Jack SOck · Miami Open · Stefan Kozlov
Nov/21
20
Kozlov Clinches Australian Open Wildcard
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As JJ Wolf’s forehand volley sailed long on the third match point, Stefan Kozlov’s roar and leap was a mixture of relief, celebration and the thrill of breaking new territory in his ATP career. Kozlov’s 62 63 win today in the Champaign, Illinois Challenger semifinal winner-take-all match vs Wolf means it’s Kozlov – and not […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · K-Swiss · Kozlov Academy · Stefan Kozlov
Stefan Kozlov began the year age 22, ranked 374, and then steadily made gains to improve his ranking to the current 187. Not counting some small money tournaments, Kozlov accomplished a won loss record of 37-14 this year, including Futures, Challengers and qualifying rounds. The season began slowly, winning a round of qualies at Delray […] Continue to read full article...
