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How’s this for a surprise. Nick Kyrgios has announced his first live tour. The former Grand Slam doubles champion and Wimbledon finalist will perform seven live events in London, New York and five more in Australia. The plan is for Kyrgios to interview yet-to-be determined guests live in a stage show format. “GOOD TROUBLE IS […] Continue to read full article...
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Agassi To Play US Open Pickleball Championships
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Tennis legend Andre Agassi is going to make his professional pickleball debut next week at the US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, FL. The 53 year old Agassi (he turns 54 on April 29) was asked to play the mixed doubles event by Anna Leigh Waters, the top female player in the world, and accepted […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Anna-Leigh Waters · Major League Pickleball · Naples FL · Pickleball · US Open
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Why Jimmy Connors Singing Career Ended On The First Night
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Tennis fans remember the historic, colorful, dynamic career of Jimmy Connors but not the one night he sang on national TV. Yes, in September 1975, shortly after he lost the US Open final to Manuel Orantes 46 36 36, Connors appeared on the debut prime time Saturday night ABC show “Saturday Night Live With Howard […] Continue to read full article...
Howard Cosell · Jimmy Connors · Manuel Orantes · Paul Anka · US Open
The USTA and US Open have decided to make some radical changes to the mixed doubles event later this year. Sets will be to four games in the severely altered Grand Slam event. 16 teams will compete with eight based on singles rankings and eight wildcards. Former Grand Slam champion and Australian Open tournament director […] Continue to read full article...
Fan Week · Mixed doubles · US Open · USTA
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What Ended Matthew Perry’s Tennis Career
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It’s common knowledge in the tennis world that Friends TV star Matthew Perry was a standout junior tennis player in Canada before moving to the United States as a teenager. The rest of the story is murky – until now. At the library next to my gym here in my Bradenton community I found Perry’s […] Continue to read full article...
Canada · Chrissie Evert · Matthew Perry · Monica Seles · NBTA · Nick Bollettieri · US Open
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Jack Sock Wants To Return To ATP World Tour
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Former ATP top ten Jack Sock revealed he has aspirations to un-retire and return to doubles competition on the ATP World Tour. The 32 year old former Grand Slam and Olympic champion said on his podcast Nothing Major (with Steve Johnson, John Isner and Sam Querrey) that he has already contacted Miami Open tournament director […] Continue to read full article...
Jack SOck · James Blake · Miami Open · Nick Kyrgios · US Open · Wimbledon
This weekend Juan Martin Del Potro played his final match, an exhibition with his friend and old rival Novak Djokovic. Del Potro’s career ended prematurely a couple of years ago because his body broke down and he could not play top five tennis anymore. I’ve often wondered, if Delpo’s body was more bionic and iron […] Continue to read full article...
Argentina · Davis Cup · Juan Martin Del Potro · Nike · US Open · Wilson tennis
Michael Zheng, of Montville, NJ and Columbia University, won the NCAA men’s tennis title in Waco, Texas yesterday with a 62 46 62 victory against Ozan Baris of Michigan State. It was the first time since 2017 that two American born players competed in the NCAA final. 20 year old Zheng becomes Columbia’s first NCAA […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Columbia · Michael Zheng · NCAA · US Open
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Coach Vividly Remembers 9 Year Old Maria Sharapova
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Daniel Spatz had the privilege to coach Maria Sharapova between 1996-97 at the former Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (IMG Academy today). Maria, born on April 19, 1987, was nine years old then. Little Maria was a part of a group of eight girls that Spatz coached every afternoon for two hours every day. Spatz said […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · French Open · Maria Sharapova · Nike · US Open · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski The end of the tennis tunnel is now in sight for Rafael Nadal. His publicist sent an email out earlier today to the International tennis writers association announcing the 22 time Grand Slam king will play his final professional ATP World Tour event at Davis Cup finals in Spain. Moments later, Team […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · French Open · Nike · Rafa Nadal · Rafael Nadal · Spain · US Open · Wimbledon
