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Former 2012 Wimbledon doubles champion Frederik Nielsen revealed some interesting inside information about the no. 4 ranked Grand Slam, Big John Isner’s suspect scheduling strategies and some interesting dilemmas faced by Denmark’s rising force Holger Rune… The 40 year old Nielsen, who retired in 2022 after a 21 year pro career, discussed these topics and […] Continue to read full article...

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Sep/23

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Tribute: Close Encounters With John Isner

By Scoop Malinowski The American tennis great John Isner retired earlier this month from professional tennis. But the sixteen-time ATP champion and former ATP world no. 8 has left his mark on the sport, achieving outstanding success and results, victories vs Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and also popularity and friendship with his peers… One […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/23

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Appreciating John Isner’s Amazing Career

By Scoop Malinowski Two decades ago John Isner was a very good US junior player. Then eighteen years old, the tall kid from Greensboro, NC competed at the 2003 National Boys 18s in Kalamazoo and reached the quarterfinals where he lost to Robert Yim 76 75 (Yim subsequently won the tournament by beating Chris Kwon […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/23

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US Open Day Two

American teenager Alex Michelsen routed Spanish veteran Albert Vinolas Ramos 64 63 64, which was his first Grand Slam main draw match win. Justin Gimelstob came over to watch Michelsen and was very impressed by his game and demeanor – “I don’t like Michelsen, I love him.” Grigor Dimitrov needed to save three match points […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/23

23

US Open Qualies Notebook

John Isner has decided to retire after a 17 year career highlighted by wins over Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, the Mahut marathon at 2010 Wimbledon 70-68 in the fifth set, a million aces (actually 14,411). The 38 year old out of the University of Georgia feels the time is right to hang up the […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/23

14

Cincy Notebook

Venus Williams trailed Veronika Kudermetova 14 in both sets but managed to prevail 64 75, for her first big win in quite some time. The wildcard, now 43, doesn’t seem to have any plans for retiring soon. John Isner, on the otherhand, lost another heartbreaker 76 76 to Jordan Thompson. After a semi run in […] Continue to read full article...

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Jul/23

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Coach Gimelstob Revives Isner In Newport

By Scoop Malinowski John Isner was in the midst of the worst slump of his illustrious ATP career, he lost seven matches in a row before arriving in Newport for the Infosys Hall of Fame Championships. So Isner made a change and reunited with his old coach Justin Gimelstob, the two-time mixed doubles Grand Slam […] Continue to read full article...

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Jul/23

7

Wimbledon Observations

Andy Murray is playing at a very high level, close to his best but just fell short. In the fourth set tiebreaker when he lost a 30 ball rally on Tsitsipas’s overhead winner, Murray excessively complained angrily to his box, wasting very valuable energy. Of course he lost that tiebreaker and went down the early […] Continue to read full article...

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Jul/23

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Wimbledon Notebook

It’s ten years since since Novak Djokovic last lost a match on centre court at Wimbledon. It’s now been a decade since Novak last lost to Rafa in a match outside of clay. Elina Svitolina has signed a contract to wear adidas after a short stint wearing a Ukrainian brand called Paka. Nick Kyrgios on […] Continue to read full article...

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Jun/23

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11 Biggest Overachievers In Tennis

By Scoop Malinowski Alex de Minaur – A very good but not dominant junior, the Australian has progressed to ATP stardom. The undersized baseline dynamo who takes the ball early is 24 now and ranked 18 in the world with seven ATP titles and nearly $10m in prize money earned. Demon’s best ranking was 15. […] Continue to read full article...

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