John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 NCAA basketball titles in 12 seasons. This is indeed impressive. Advantage Rafa – Rafa played while Wooden coached. Perhaps, Wooden should be compared to uncle Toni Nadal. Similar points can be made in terms of compairing Rafa to Phil Jackson and Red Auerbach. Playing and coaching are different. Tom Brady…
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Roland Garros 2019: Ash Barty’s French Revolution as Seen by Twitter
pic.twitter.com/mdNn9JfZoS — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshMedia) June 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Fixed it pic.twitter.com/DDANRsqSca — Tony (@tjc05) June 8, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Ash Barty can become Australia’s first French Open champion since Margaret Court in 1973 by winning tonight’s final at Roland Garros. Tune in to Fox Sports Channel 503 from 10:30pm AEST to watch complete with a…
Roland Garros 2019: Dominic Thiem vs. Rafael Nadal Preview
Dominic Thiem has STUNNED Rafael Nadal in Barcelona! 😳 The Austrian wins a thrilling semi-final match 6-4 6-4.@bcnopenbs pic.twitter.com/rLUGZSlaJZ — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 27, 2019 It can happen Dominic Thiem vs. Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem is to be commended for winning 6 matches to reach his second consecutive Roland Garros final. Recovering from a…
Roland Garros 2019: June 7th Twitter
The world usually gets very overexcited when players do this and starts calling them wizards. So here you go. bLaCk mAgIc@Eurosport_UK #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/VPCTAyQEFg — Matthew Willis (@MattRacquet) June 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Federer crushed a backhand and a forehand, but Nadal still finds the pass. Ridiculous level considering the conditions.@Eurosport_UK #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/j9seWE0AMm — Matthew Willis (@MattRacquet)…
Roland Garros 2019: Why I have not Written Much on Women’s Singles
When I did predictions at Tennis Abides, I did predictions for both women’s and men’s events. I have not intentionally dropped the ball in terms of knowing a lot about the women’s tour. However, I feel like my knowledge of most of the matches that have taken place at this event is fairly limited. I…
Roland Garros 2019: Djokovic vs. Thiem is no Under Card Match
Dominic Thiem preseason training for 2019https://t.co/ryQnyA2sff — Martyn Collins (@TruthandTennis) December 29, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js 4 huge story lines could play out in the men’s singles draw at Paris. A Nadal win does mean 12 Roland Garros titles (!?!?), a Federer win would be a 2nd Roland Garros title 10 years after he won his first,…
Roland Garros 2019: Federer seeks to Upset Nadal – What He Will Try & Will it Work?
I can only get so excited! In anticipation of this moment I wrote a short piece trying to work out how a Spaniard somehow managed to get homecourt advantage in Paris! https://t.co/CqB5c6dXXB — Harry Dennis (@hazdennis) June 2, 2019 Ivan Ljubicic has helped guide Roger Federer to his most successful stint versus Rafael Nadal. He…
Impressions of Djokovic vs. Zverev
Novak Djokovic’s clinical victory tells a lot of its story via the score line of 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Zverev did do some damage with big backhand strikes up the line. Djokovic countered Zverev’s strategy by hitting some sharply angled shots to the backhand side forcing Zverev to move a bit out of his striking comfort…
Roland Garros: Crazy 9s? Another Historic Result? If so, Which One?
1989 – To Be 17: Chang and Sanchez-Vicario Pull UPSETS to Grab Singles’ Titles Chang rallied to beat Lendl in the round of 16 and then toppled Edberg in 5 for an improbable title Sanchez-Vicario defeated a seemingly invulnerable Graf in 3 sets to take the title 1999 – Graf Caps 22 Slams While Agassi…
2019 Kentucky High School Tennis Boys’ Championship Recap and Impressions
2019 Top Seed Tennis Club/KHSAA State Tennis Boys’ Doubles Champions – Justin Lee and Ben Rueff (Trinity (Lou.))https://t.co/XIlSDlAYpr #khstn #MyReasonWhy pic.twitter.com/kQdV3edHyU — KHSAA Main (@KHSAA) June 1, 2019 Boys Doubles – Trinity and Manual Stage a Classic Trinity High School and DuPont Manual High School faced off in the 7th Region doubles final with Manual…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 