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Australian Open Legends – Serena Williams
This week’s Australian Open legend is Serena Williams, the Queen of the Australian Open. She’s got an impressive Australian Open haul; with seven titles, one final and four quarterfinals to her name in 19 appearances. She most famously won in 2017 while being a few weeks pregnant! What a champion! Does that mean little Olympia ... Read more
Top five forehands in WTA
There’s been lots of heavy hitters on the forehand side on the WTA Tour in the last 40 years. Whether it was the ability to hit through the court with accuracy or rip it down the line for winners, the following ladies have won dozens of Grand Slams by setting themselves up on the forehand ... Read more
Sharapova Retires – No More Fancy Outfits
It was an amazing run for Maria Sharapova. She burst into the scene by blowing Serena Williams off Centre Court in 2004 and winning her sole Wimbledon title at the age of 17. Fast forward 16 years and she now retires with five Grand Slams, a former number one ranking – and hundreds of millions ... Read more
Sharapova Matches Up Horribly Against Serena
For the 19th time in a row Serena Williams crushed Maria Sharapova. After 59 minutes, the score read 6-1, 6-1. It was a lot of the same as previous matches, with Sharapova attempting to hit through Serena, but ending up on the losing end of aggressive exchanges. Credit Sharapova making Serena look like an overwhelming ... Read more
TennisPAL Chronicles: Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsisipas & Serena Williams
In this episode, TennisPAL Chronicles Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsisipas & Serena Williams Hello and welcome to TennisPAL Chronicles the podcast to feed your passion for all things tennis. I am your host Phillip Kim also know as the tennis pro for the Langham Huntington Hotel in sunny southern california and with ... Read more
Cincinnati Stories and Predictions, Federer stunned, Russians rising, Kyrgios fined by ATP
We’re halfway through the Cincinnati Masters, and the following are the main storylines going into the Quarterfinals on Friday; We’re seeing strong and consistent play from the Russians again, Venus Williams is making a run, Roger Federer gets shocked by Rublev and Nick Kyrgios has another crazy meltdown at a Masters 1000 event. Another ... Read more
Amanda Anisimova Takes the French by Storm
I was really hoping Simona Halep would pull through. Not only because I’m a big fan of Halep and her former coach, Darren Cahill, but also because I lived in Romania for two years and used to love going to the local club to play on the red clay courts. Life experiences aside, I think ... Read more
The Clay Season is Here
The Clay Season is here; how are the American women looking? I learned to play on red clay. It is an understatement to say that tennis on hard courts is a different game. As difficult as it is for a clay-courter to play on hard courts, it is even harder for players used to hard ... Read more
Hawaii Open Fills The Void
This whole month I’ve been sitting around watching a lot of Premiership Soccer and reruns of great tennis matches from 2018. So, when I tuned into the Tennis Channel this past weekend, and instead of reruns of great tennis matches I was actually watching decent players go at it at the Hawaii Open, I was ... Read more
The King of Clay at Wimbledon
As much as I respect Rodger Federer’s run of eight Wimbledon championships in the last fifteen years, I loved watching Rafa Nadal win his two championships in 2008 and 2010. Many critics and fans alike say that his five-set win over Roger Federer in 2008 was the greatest match ever played. This year, I predict ... Read more
Sharapova and Djokovic Hitting Their Stride
Maria Sharapova In the past couple of months, I’ve been a Sharapova naysayer – and rightly so. Her results this year have been dismal. For a player of her caliber and trajectory, it has been nothing short of a complete disappointment. We all expected this five-time Grand Slam champion to come back from her drug ... Read more
Sharapova’s comeback troubles
I just finished watching the tail end of the Maria Sharapova – Caroline Garcia first round match at the Porsche Grand Prix Open. She will drop out of the top 50 with this loss. This is a tournament Maria has won three times. As she walks out of this tournament, Sharapova’s losses just keep piling ... Read more