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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
Jan/25
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Cruz Hewitt Enters AO On Three Match Losing Streak
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16 year old prospect Cruz Hewitt will play the 2025 Australian Open qualifying tournament with a wildcard and a three match losing streak. The son of Aussie legendary hero Lleyton Hewitt lost in the round of 16 at Brisbane ITF $25,000 to Jake Delaney 67 16 in mid-November. Then he lost first round Caloundra ITF […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Cruz Hewitt · Jannik Sinner · Lleyton Hewitt · Yonex
Elena Rybakina lost her United Cup semifinal match vs Iga Swiatek yesterday in straight sets in Sydney but still defiantly defends her former coach Stefano Vukov, who was invited back to her team last week to help out new coach Goran Ivanisevic. Rybakina expressed displeasure about the gossip by the tennis media and fans about her […] Continue to read full article...
Joao Fonseca is on the cusp of stardom… or maybe he’s already surpassed that evolution point. The 18 year old teen phenom just won the ATP Next Gen tournament in Jeddah with a 24 43 40 42 win vs. 19 year old lefty American Learner Tien. The Brazilian has shown hints of being extraordinary for […] Continue to read full article...
Brazil · Joao Fonseca · on · Yonex
Dec/24
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Kafelnikov’s Most Talented Players May Surprise You
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By Scoop Malinowski Last week former ATP world no. 1, Grand Slam and Olympic champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov told me that the two talented players he ever saw were a pair of unique champions that most people would be surprised to learn. “Marcelo Rios and Nick Kyrgios are the two most talented players I ever saw,” […] Continue to read full article...
By Jayita Belcourt Brisbane, Australia — Nick Kyrgios has often been touted as the most talented athlete we have ever witnessed in the realms of tennis, effortlessly bagging aces and clinching matches from the best in the game. At just age 19, the Aussie shocked the world when he beat tennis superstar Rafael Nadal at […] Continue to read full article...
Australia · ESPN · Nick Kyrgios · Nike · Yonex
This past week I had the good fortune to meet a couple of tennis figures who had some interesting encounters with Marcelo Rios during his playing career. Neno Cacic, a former player at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy said he saw an incident where Rios was training on a practice court and did not want to […] Continue to read full article...
Chile · Marcelo Rios · Nike · Yonex
