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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP World no. 1. Winner of 18 ATP singles titles and $9,713,771 in career prize money. Competed on the ATP World Tour from 1994-2004. Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 DOB: December 26, 1975 In: Santiago, Chile I attempted this Biofile with Marcelo Rios at his 1999 US Open press conference following […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · US Open · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Valentin Vacherot is not the only breakout future star this weekend. In the shadows of Vacherot’s shocking Shanghai triumph was another astounding performance on American soil. Jay Friend won the Fairfield ATP Challenger title, his first ATP Challenger win, vs Edgar Winter in the final 67 63 62. As a qualifier, Friend […] Continue to read full article...
Arizona Wildcats · ATP · ITA · Jay Friend · NCAA · Yonex
Sep/25
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Kouznetsov Regrets Losing His Creation, Tiafoe
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By Scoop Malinowski One of the most intriguing tennis stories of the modern era went off script a few times. Frances Tiafoe, the son of a janitor at Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland became an elite top 10 ATP World Tour professional tennis player. His first coach Misha Kouznetsov, a former college player, shared […] Continue to read full article...
Frances Tiafoe · JTCC · Lululemon · Misha Kouznetsov · Orange Bowl · US Open · Yonex
Two years ago Naomi Osaka supposedly gave birth to a baby girl she named Shai. The father is said to be the musician Cordae, her former boyfriend. But there is no fully believable photographic evidence the baby actually exists. There was a carousel of photos on her instagram but that post has been deleted, as […] Continue to read full article...
Naomi Osaka · Nike · US Open · Yonex
Aug/25
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Fonseca Floundering But On Pace With Federer
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Joao Fonseca lost another match today at Cincy Open to Terence Atmane 63 64. His career has stagnated since spring with a series of unimpressive flops at ATP tournaments after his sensational breakout performance at Miami Open and the thrilling win vs Learner Tien. Right now Fonseca is ranked 52 in the world. He will […] Continue to read full article...
Brazil · Cincy Open · Joao Fonseca · on · Roger Federer · Yonex
May/25
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Wawrinka Still Believes, KOs Basavareddy in Aix-en-Provence
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Stan Wawrinka is 40 now and though he is years away from any elite results, he continues to put in the work, striving for that one last hurrah. This week in Aix-en-Provence Challenger he was given another wildcard and has won two rounds – beating ALT Ugo Blanchet 63 64 and the top seed Alex […] Continue to read full article...
Sema is 36 year old now and currently ranked 466. Her best ranking in singles was in 2011 (114). She has never gotten into a Grand Slam main draw, halted in all four majors in the second round of qualifying. Her best major qualifying attempts came in 2013 at AO, Wimbledon and US Open. Sema […] Continue to read full article...
Ellesse · Erika Sema · Japan · Yonex
Billionaire financier Bill Ackman will play doubles with Grand Slam doubles champion Nick Kyrgios … in a Futures tournament later this year. Here’s how the unlikely scenario was hatched. Bill Ackman: “A fun story: I reposted an incredible Nick Kyrgios/Novak Djokovic doubles point, and Nick replied with an offer of a tennis lesson. I DM’d […] Continue to read full article...
Bill Ackman · Futures · Nick Kyrgios · Nike · Yonex
By Jayita A Belcourt 29-year-old veteran Madison Keys has stunned the world by clinching her first grand slam title at the Australian Open. In just over 2 hours, Keys dispatched two-time defending champion and world no.1 Aryan Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the final on Rod Laver Arena, becoming the first women in 20 years […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Australian Open · Madison Keys · Nike · USA · Yonex
Former world no. 1 ATP player Marcelo Rios didn’t like to talk to the mainstream media during his career (1994-2003) and so he rarely spoke his true feelings about tennis. This unfortunate reality of Rios distrusting the tennis media cost the sport to learn about what the Chilean grandmaster wizard really, deeply thought about the […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Sarasota · Yonex
