TAG: Tommy Haas
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...
Mar/23
13
My 12th Tennis Book ‘Nick Bollettieri: Godfather Of American Tennis’
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Nick Bollettieri: Godfather Of Modern Tennis By Scoop Malinowski A compilation of memories, anecdotes, stories and interviews of one of the most important figures in tennis history, Nick Bollettieri and his world-renowned “Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.” …Andre Agassi, Marcelo Rios, Jimmy Arias, Brian Gottfried, Fritz Buehning, Kathleen Horvath, Lars Ulrich, Julio Moros, Maria Sharapova, Chip […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · IMG · Marcelo Rios · Monica Seles · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Tommy Haas
As some of you may have heard, our friend and tennis legend, Nick Bollettieri has some health issues. He is currently in the care of hospice, immobile and most likely will remain bedridden. Bob Farrance spends some time with him each day at Nick’s residence and I went to see Nick the other day. Any […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Bradenton · IMG · Maria Sharapova · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · Tommy Haas
A new tournament has been quietly added to the professional tennis calendar, it’s called the “Legends Team Cup” which will be part of the ATP Champions Tour. Legends Team Cup is being billed as “A unique team tennis series at iconic locations with 10 ATP stars captained by Lendl and Cash. A tennis experience like […] Continue to read full article...
Dec/21
15
World No. 2s, Close But No Cigar
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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
May/13
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Peter Haas Perspective on Federer (Book Excerpt)
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I collected the perspective of Peter Haas, father of Tommy, of Roger Federer for my "Facing Federer" book...
Peter Haas (Father of Tommy Haas): "I know Roger very well. Tommy trains with him sometimes in Switzerland and other places. I'm a total, big-time Federer fan. Basically speaking, Tommy plays just like Roger, they both have the same old school backhand. That automatically makes me a Federer fan. They basically have the same basic type of game from an aesthetic point of view."
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