TAG: WTA
Emma Raducanu updated the tennis world about her early 2025 schedule… The former US Open champion hired Yutaka Nakamura, who has previously worked with Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka. She will travel to Australia on Thursday next week. Her 2025 season training camp will be in the heat of Brisbane, before going to Auckland for […] Continue to read full article...
Emma Raducanu · Nike · Wilson · WTA
The best thing about the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia is… gonna have to think about this. The singles has been high level tennis but every player competing there has the same game – all nine players hit two handers and stick to the baseline. I remember when the Finals were staged at the “World’s […] Continue to read full article...
Aryna Sabalenka · Barbora Krejcikova · Coco Gauff · Qinwen Zheng · Saudi Arabia · WTA · WTA Finals
Oct/24
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Su-Wei Style Influencing And Inspiring Next Gen Aoi Ito
Comments off · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
The unique play style of Su-Wei Hsieh has had a profound effect on professional tennis as her touch, feel, spinny, unpredictable way of playing charmed and captivated fans who embraced her original shots and tactics. Chris Evert said on live TV while broadcasting Hsieh for the first time at Australian Open a few years ago, […] Continue to read full article...
Cutting edge tennis attire innovator Uomo Sport has signed a deal with high profile coach Wim Fissette. The very successful Dutch coach who has just taken over directing the career of world no. 1 Iga Swiatek will now exclusively wear Uomo Sport traditional style clothing. In a social media post video, Fissette says, “So I […] Continue to read full article...
Iga Swiatek · Uomo Sport · Wim Fissette · WTA
Sep/24
10
WTA Drama, Feuding Increasing Is Good For Business
2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
By Scoop Malinowski Lately there has been a healthy uptick in WTA drama, controversy and feuding. And it’s the best thing to happen in the sport in years. First it was Danielle Collins confronting Iga Swiatek on the court straight to her face, unleashing a verbal tirade attack on the world no. 1 player about […] Continue to read full article...
Danielle Collins · Emma Navarro · Genie Bouchard · Iga Swiatek · Qinwen Zheng · WTA
Iga Swiatek believes there are too many tournaments in the WTA season… “I think we have too many tournaments in the season. It’s not going to end well.. It makes tennis less fun for us.. we deserve to rest a little bit more.” The WTA world no. 1 may need a break from playing. She […] Continue to read full article...
Iga Swiatek · Poland · WTA
Naomi Osaka says her biggest issue lately isn’t the constant losses and inconsistent performances, it’s the feeling that when on the court competing she feels like a stranger to herself. “In a weird way I’ve come to appreciate losses, you don’t play tennis for twenty plus years without your fair share of them. You learn […] Continue to read full article...
Naomi Osaka · Nike · WTA · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Father and coach of Serena and Venus Williams, who won a combined 122 WTA singles titles and 30 combined Grand Slam singles titles. Both were ranked world no. 1. DOB: February 14, 1942 In: Shreveport, LA Childhood Heroes: My mom – Julia Mae Williams. Hobbies/Interests: I used to play golf, basketball […] Continue to read full article...
Australian Open · French Open · Olympic Games · Richard Williams · Serena Williams · US Open · Venus Williams · Wimbledon · WTA
Jun/24
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Is Raducanu About To Win Wimbledon?
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
In all my years of covering pro tennis I have never heard a player sound as confident as Emma Raducanu is right now. “I’m just really into it at the moment,” Raducanu told reporters in Eastbourne. “I just love the sport. I love tennis. It’s kind of just taken over me and I’ve really rekindled […] Continue to read full article...
Emma Raducanu · Nike · Wilson · Wimbledon · WTA
Jun/24
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Why some delusion is valuable for a future champion
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski Getting to the top of tennis at any level requires some nonsensical, illogical and loony delusion. There are millions of players trying to get to the top but only a few will ever come close to the goal. For every seven year old like Novak Djokovic, who said his goal was to […] Continue to read full article...
