My favorite rivalry of all time is Agassi-Sampras. These guys tore up the 90’s and picked up the baton from McEnroe and Connors in the 80s. Their rivalry was as exciting if not more exciting than Borg McEnroe. The contrast of personalities really shone through as...
Monica Seles began her Grand Slam dominance over the WTA in 1990 by becoming the youngest ever Grand Slam Champion and winning the French Open. However, in 1990 it was Steffi Graf that dominated the field, but not if Monica Seles had anything to say about it. Seles...
One of the most interesting and exciting rivalries in the history of the WTA was between Gabriela Sabatini and Steffi Graf. Both were teenage phenoms and loaded with talent, and close in age with Steffi being born in 1969 while Sabatini in 1970. Although Steffi got...
In this episode, 2019 Holiday Gift Guide for Tennis Players! Tis the Season to find that perfect gift for the tennis player in your life! Here are 10 suggestions that might light up his or her holiday spirit! Listen to our TennisPAL Chronicles podcast episode as we...
What a season Ashleigh Barty has had. She literally came out of nowhere to dominate a women’s field where nobody seems to step up. Serena fell short again, other than winning the Wimbledon title, Halep was average throughout the year. Andreescu showed dominated the...
It’s absolutely incredible that we’re talking about Rafael Nadal in 2019 as the year end number one player in the world. He has now tied both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for finishing at the top a total of five times. Also, he now owns 19 Grand Slams, and is just...
In this episode, Staying Healthy in Tennis with Tom Katovsky of Healthy Referral and the Metallica link to Tennis! Tom Katovsky is a former Varsity Tennis Coach for both Kent State and John Carroll University. He is the Co-publisher of Healthy Referral, a newspaper...
John Isner has never been your prototypical tennis player. Given his height (6’ 10’) and athleticism, you’d think he would be playing as a power forward in the NBA. However, that doesn’t seem to have been on the cards for John Isner. Instead he has become one of the...
There’s not a whole lot of women that have reached the top of women’s tennis with a one handed backhand, but the ones that have are absolute legends. Only time will tell if we ever see another woman wielding a one hander and winning a Grand Slam. In the meantime,...
The one-handed backhand was on its way out in the late 80s and into the 90s, as super stars like Andre Agassi were ripping two handed backhands all over the court. If you looked around, nobody seemed to have the classic one-handed backhands anymore. Fast forward 20...
Looks like Federer’s South American tour was a complete success. He played four matches over six days against top ranked Alexander Zverev in cities like Buenos Aires, Santiago, Quito and Mexico City. Probably the coolest moment was the fact that he played in one of...
By now we’ve been hearing about Next Gen for a while now, and given the success of players like Tsitsipas, Zverev, and Berrettini, lets look at the generation a couple of years younger that’s coming right behind them and who I expect to make some real noise next year....
