Rafael Nadal now has more match wins than another tennis great, courtesy of his victory at the 2024 Brisbane International.
Nadal made his return to Atp singles action after close to 12 months away from the sport against Dominic Thiem, who he played in the final of the French Open in both 2017 and 2018.
It was a very successful comeback to the singles court for Nadal. He defeated the 2020 US Open champion 7-5 6-1, playing absolutely superbly in the second set in particular, where he completely dominated Thiem.
The victory made it 1,069 Atp singles match wins for Nadal throughout his career. That may seem somewhat insignificant at first for a man who has racked up the incredible number of wins that the 22-time Grand Slam champion has.
However, the triumph in Brisbane means Nadal now has the outright fourth most Atp match wins in the history of the open era. And he has...
Nadal made his return to Atp singles action after close to 12 months away from the sport against Dominic Thiem, who he played in the final of the French Open in both 2017 and 2018.
It was a very successful comeback to the singles court for Nadal. He defeated the 2020 US Open champion 7-5 6-1, playing absolutely superbly in the second set in particular, where he completely dominated Thiem.
The victory made it 1,069 Atp singles match wins for Nadal throughout his career. That may seem somewhat insignificant at first for a man who has racked up the incredible number of wins that the 22-time Grand Slam champion has.
However, the triumph in Brisbane means Nadal now has the outright fourth most Atp match wins in the history of the open era. And he has...
- 1/4/2024
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic started the new year with a bang by retaining his spot as World No. 1 at the beginning of the new season.
Djokovic, who is celebrating his 406th week as World No. 1, has now been ranked in that position in the 13th different year, extending his own record. The years in which the Serb has reigned supreme are 2011-2016 and 2018-2024.
This record is not the same as finishing the season ranked as World No. 1. Djokovic owns that record too, having done so on eight occasions, including last year when he fended off Carlos Alcaraz's challenge and became the oldest year-end No. 1 in Atp history.
But this latest milestone pertains to the fact that Djokovic has been able to touch onto the World No. 1 spot, irrespective of his final ranking at the end of that season.
It is an incredible record, whichever way you dissect it because it demonstrates the 36-year-old's remarkable longevity.
Djokovic, who is celebrating his 406th week as World No. 1, has now been ranked in that position in the 13th different year, extending his own record. The years in which the Serb has reigned supreme are 2011-2016 and 2018-2024.
This record is not the same as finishing the season ranked as World No. 1. Djokovic owns that record too, having done so on eight occasions, including last year when he fended off Carlos Alcaraz's challenge and became the oldest year-end No. 1 in Atp history.
But this latest milestone pertains to the fact that Djokovic has been able to touch onto the World No. 1 spot, irrespective of his final ranking at the end of that season.
It is an incredible record, whichever way you dissect it because it demonstrates the 36-year-old's remarkable longevity.
- 1/1/2024
- Tennis-Infinity
Rafael Nadal will return to tennis in a few days, and if he wins his match, he'll improve his standing on the history tables.
After being absent from tennis for a year, Nadal is set to make his comeback at the Brisbane International event. It begins in a few days, on December 31st, and it will be a hugely followed event because not only is Nadal coming back to tennis at the event, but Naomi Osaka is as well.
When it comes to Nadal, he'll have a chance to make history immediately upon his return. That doesn't happen often, but that's how things lined up for him. He's currently tied for 4th most match wins in the Open Era on the Atp Tour, and a win will secure that he's the sole owner of that spot.
Right now, Nadal has 1068 wins, the same number as Ivan Lendl, and the moment he wins another match,...
After being absent from tennis for a year, Nadal is set to make his comeback at the Brisbane International event. It begins in a few days, on December 31st, and it will be a hugely followed event because not only is Nadal coming back to tennis at the event, but Naomi Osaka is as well.
When it comes to Nadal, he'll have a chance to make history immediately upon his return. That doesn't happen often, but that's how things lined up for him. He's currently tied for 4th most match wins in the Open Era on the Atp Tour, and a win will secure that he's the sole owner of that spot.
Right now, Nadal has 1068 wins, the same number as Ivan Lendl, and the moment he wins another match,...
- 12/29/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Boris Becker and Nick Kyrgios have been beefing on social media lately after the Australian commented about former tennis greats, including the German.
Kyrgios is an outspoken individual who doesn't particularly care whether you like that. He's going to tell you what he thinks, and he certainly did in a recent interview with the Athletic when he compared tennis eras.
While tennis stars are generally quite complimentary of past legends, Kyrgios dissed the legacy of Becker and others by implying that they would struggle today.
Obviously, the comments went viral, with some agreeing with him and some disagreeing with him. At face value, the quality of tennis today is probably greater than in the past as simply everything evolved.
There is better equipment, better training, and better nutrition today, so it's natural to assume that today's tennis players are superior to those in the past.
And yet, comparing eras doesn't work.
Kyrgios is an outspoken individual who doesn't particularly care whether you like that. He's going to tell you what he thinks, and he certainly did in a recent interview with the Athletic when he compared tennis eras.
While tennis stars are generally quite complimentary of past legends, Kyrgios dissed the legacy of Becker and others by implying that they would struggle today.
Obviously, the comments went viral, with some agreeing with him and some disagreeing with him. At face value, the quality of tennis today is probably greater than in the past as simply everything evolved.
There is better equipment, better training, and better nutrition today, so it's natural to assume that today's tennis players are superior to those in the past.
And yet, comparing eras doesn't work.
- 12/19/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic's coach, Goran Ivanisevic, did not win the Atp's 2023 Coach of the Year award, and many were upset about it, including the Serbian himself.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion had one of the best seasons in his career, with his coach Ivanisevic guiding him along the way. However, it was Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi who won the Coach of the Year award, as they led Jannik Sinner during the 2023 season.
Immediately after the award was announced, many fans were enraged by the fact that it wasn't Djokovic's coach who got the award. Their rage was later supported by Djokovic as he also hit out at the Atp in a social media post.
But was Ivanisevic really snubbed when it comes to the Coach of the Year award, or was it given in-line with the past seasons and former winners? Well, let's look at the history.
2016 Coach...
The 24-time Grand Slam champion had one of the best seasons in his career, with his coach Ivanisevic guiding him along the way. However, it was Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi who won the Coach of the Year award, as they led Jannik Sinner during the 2023 season.
Immediately after the award was announced, many fans were enraged by the fact that it wasn't Djokovic's coach who got the award. Their rage was later supported by Djokovic as he also hit out at the Atp in a social media post.
But was Ivanisevic really snubbed when it comes to the Coach of the Year award, or was it given in-line with the past seasons and former winners? Well, let's look at the history.
2016 Coach...
- 12/15/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic's title-winning week at the Paris Masters earned him a place in the history books as a man for all surfaces.
Djokovic won the Paris Masters for an unprecedented seventh time last Sunday, and a 40th at Masters 1000 level, besting the in-form Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. He extended his record indoors to 192-48, having won five matches during the week.
That figure translates to a winning percentage of precisely 80% which makes Djokovic one of just six men in the Open Era with a career percentage of 80% or higher indoors, trailing only Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, and indoor king John McEnroe.
But here's the kicker. Djokovic has put together a monumental feat that none of those five men or the rest of the tour (retired or active) have managed. He has an 80% or higher winning record on all recognized surfaces and environments on the Atp Tour - hard,...
Djokovic won the Paris Masters for an unprecedented seventh time last Sunday, and a 40th at Masters 1000 level, besting the in-form Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. He extended his record indoors to 192-48, having won five matches during the week.
That figure translates to a winning percentage of precisely 80% which makes Djokovic one of just six men in the Open Era with a career percentage of 80% or higher indoors, trailing only Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, and indoor king John McEnroe.
But here's the kicker. Djokovic has put together a monumental feat that none of those five men or the rest of the tour (retired or active) have managed. He has an 80% or higher winning record on all recognized surfaces and environments on the Atp Tour - hard,...
- 11/11/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl will not be working together anymore as the two have decided to part ways ahead of the 2024 Atp season.
Throughout their careers, many athletes often end their collaboration with a certain coach but then a few years later, work together again. One of the examples is Karolina Pliskova, who worked and split with coach Sascha Bajin two times in her career.
Another one of those examples are Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl. The two have previously worked together between years 2012 and 2014, and then again in 2016 and 2017. It was with the Czech-American coach that the Brit had the most success with.
That was probably also one of the reasons why he re-hired Lendl in 2022, but after more than a year, the two have split once again, and Murray spoke about Lendl's influence.
"Ivan has been by my side at the biggest moments in my career and...
Throughout their careers, many athletes often end their collaboration with a certain coach but then a few years later, work together again. One of the examples is Karolina Pliskova, who worked and split with coach Sascha Bajin two times in her career.
Another one of those examples are Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl. The two have previously worked together between years 2012 and 2014, and then again in 2016 and 2017. It was with the Czech-American coach that the Brit had the most success with.
That was probably also one of the reasons why he re-hired Lendl in 2022, but after more than a year, the two have split once again, and Murray spoke about Lendl's influence.
"Ivan has been by my side at the biggest moments in my career and...
- 11/10/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic began his quest for a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title with a comfortable straight-sets win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Djokovic already owns eight mammoth records at the Paris Masters , which includes the most titles of any player and the most match wins. He extended his win-loss record at the indoor hardcourt event to 46-9, after completing an hour and 23-minute mastery of Etcheverry .
The World No. 2 achieved another significant milestone in that win. Having been tied with Rafael Nadal, he was able to surpass the Spaniard and play in his 1,289th match on the Atp Tour - the fourth-most in the Open Era.
Djokovic is a solid bet to pass Ivan Lendl who is third on the list in the early weeks of next season but is likely to fall short of conquering Roger Federer and table-topping Jimmy Connors, given his limited schedule these days.
Djokovic will be...
Djokovic already owns eight mammoth records at the Paris Masters , which includes the most titles of any player and the most match wins. He extended his win-loss record at the indoor hardcourt event to 46-9, after completing an hour and 23-minute mastery of Etcheverry .
The World No. 2 achieved another significant milestone in that win. Having been tied with Rafael Nadal, he was able to surpass the Spaniard and play in his 1,289th match on the Atp Tour - the fourth-most in the Open Era.
Djokovic is a solid bet to pass Ivan Lendl who is third on the list in the early weeks of next season but is likely to fall short of conquering Roger Federer and table-topping Jimmy Connors, given his limited schedule these days.
Djokovic will be...
- 11/2/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Carlos Alcaraz is on the verge of breaking the Top 20 in the all-time list of highest prize money earners, and he'll be a clear-cut favorite to eclipse most of the sport's greatest players by next year.
Recently, we expounded on how Alcaraz's constant pursuit for greatness and increased player prize money in tennis tournaments year-on-year puts the 20-year-old on the flight path to become the highest prize money in tennis history .
Alcaraz only made his Atp debut at 16 in 2020, just under four years ago, but he's accumulated career prize money in the region of $21 million. Following his surprise exit in the round of 16 at the Shanghai Masters, the World No. 2 moved into 21st position in the all-time list of prize money earners.
In late August, the Murcia native became the first player born in the 2000s to cross the $20 million mark in career prize money. In his short and storied tennis career,...
Recently, we expounded on how Alcaraz's constant pursuit for greatness and increased player prize money in tennis tournaments year-on-year puts the 20-year-old on the flight path to become the highest prize money in tennis history .
Alcaraz only made his Atp debut at 16 in 2020, just under four years ago, but he's accumulated career prize money in the region of $21 million. Following his surprise exit in the round of 16 at the Shanghai Masters, the World No. 2 moved into 21st position in the all-time list of prize money earners.
In late August, the Murcia native became the first player born in the 2000s to cross the $20 million mark in career prize money. In his short and storied tennis career,...
- 10/12/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic broke yet another record when chasing his 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open .
Few eras in tennis have witnessed such domineering champions as we have in the 21st century. With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal perpetually making headlines, Novak Djokovic has often played the role of a persistent challenger.
But in recent years, Djokovic has taken a step beyond the esteemed company of Nadal and Federer, stepping into the tennis pantheon. And at the 2023 US Open, thanks to his win over Taylor Fritz , he broke yet another record.
By the end of this hard-fought match, Djokovic's tally of Grand Slam semifinals reached an unparalleled 47. This accomplishment edged him past Federer’s 46, creating a discernible gap between him and Rafael Nadal's 38.
This recent accolade does more than add another feather to Djokovic's cap; it reiterates his sustained dominance in the world of tennis. Looking at the list of elite tennis players,...
Few eras in tennis have witnessed such domineering champions as we have in the 21st century. With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal perpetually making headlines, Novak Djokovic has often played the role of a persistent challenger.
But in recent years, Djokovic has taken a step beyond the esteemed company of Nadal and Federer, stepping into the tennis pantheon. And at the 2023 US Open, thanks to his win over Taylor Fritz , he broke yet another record.
By the end of this hard-fought match, Djokovic's tally of Grand Slam semifinals reached an unparalleled 47. This accomplishment edged him past Federer’s 46, creating a discernible gap between him and Rafael Nadal's 38.
This recent accolade does more than add another feather to Djokovic's cap; it reiterates his sustained dominance in the world of tennis. Looking at the list of elite tennis players,...
- 9/6/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
When it comes to night shifts, nobody does it better under the bright lights in New York than Novak Djokovic .
Novak Djokovic is now the king of the night sessions after setting the record for the most night match wins at the US Open with 37 following his straight-sets victory over Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo . In the first week, Djokovic won a pair of night matches against France's Alexandre Muller and fellow Serbian Laslo Djere .
After being taken the distance by Djere, Djokovic prevailed in five sets in one of the latest night matches that he'd ever been part of , finishing past 1 a.m. local time. But stressing the importance of his rest and recovery before his next match, it was a great way to bounce back against the dangerous Gojo.
The big-serving Croat had not lost a set in the main draw, authoring upsets over American Mackenzie McDonald and Djokovic's...
Novak Djokovic is now the king of the night sessions after setting the record for the most night match wins at the US Open with 37 following his straight-sets victory over Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo . In the first week, Djokovic won a pair of night matches against France's Alexandre Muller and fellow Serbian Laslo Djere .
After being taken the distance by Djere, Djokovic prevailed in five sets in one of the latest night matches that he'd ever been part of , finishing past 1 a.m. local time. But stressing the importance of his rest and recovery before his next match, it was a great way to bounce back against the dangerous Gojo.
The big-serving Croat had not lost a set in the main draw, authoring upsets over American Mackenzie McDonald and Djokovic's...
- 9/4/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
New York, Sep 4 (Ians) After surviving a scare two nights ago in his five-set comeback win in Round 3, Novak Djokovic snuffed out a spirited challenge from big-hitting Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to reach his 57th Grand Slam quarterfinal.
The chase for Grand Slam No. 24 continues for three-time US Open titlist Djokovic, who extends his 2023 Grand Slam record to 24-1.
The Serb’s fourth-round win on Sunday ushers in his 13th US Open quarterfinal appearance, tying him with Andre Agassi and Roger Federer for second-most behind Ivan Lendl’s 17.
The 23-time major champion, who will reclaim No. 1 in the Atp Rankings on September 11 for a record-extending 390th week regardless of his ultimate result in New York, will meet top-ranked American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday.
“Taylor has been an established Top 10 player for the past couple of years and he’s been playing some terrific tennis, particularly on home...
The chase for Grand Slam No. 24 continues for three-time US Open titlist Djokovic, who extends his 2023 Grand Slam record to 24-1.
The Serb’s fourth-round win on Sunday ushers in his 13th US Open quarterfinal appearance, tying him with Andre Agassi and Roger Federer for second-most behind Ivan Lendl’s 17.
The 23-time major champion, who will reclaim No. 1 in the Atp Rankings on September 11 for a record-extending 390th week regardless of his ultimate result in New York, will meet top-ranked American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday.
“Taylor has been an established Top 10 player for the past couple of years and he’s been playing some terrific tennis, particularly on home...
- 9/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Cincinnati (US), Aug 21 (Ians) The 23-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic defeated world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in one of the all-time great Masters 1000 matches, with the Serbian saving championship point to win the Cincinnati Masters 5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4).
The 36-year-old rallied from a set and a break down against the World No. 1 and saved a championship point at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break to earn a record-extending 39th Atp Masters 1000 title.
Djokovic was visibly struggling with the intense Cincinnati heat and was unable to find an answer against the top seed. But one poor Alcaraz service game at 4-3 in the second set slightly opened the door, and that was all Djokovic needed to spring to life.
By the final-set tie-break, it was the 20-year-old who was struggling physically, cramping in his right hand. Djokovic finally converted his fifth championship point and fell to the court in celebration.
Djokovic and Alcaraz...
The 36-year-old rallied from a set and a break down against the World No. 1 and saved a championship point at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break to earn a record-extending 39th Atp Masters 1000 title.
Djokovic was visibly struggling with the intense Cincinnati heat and was unable to find an answer against the top seed. But one poor Alcaraz service game at 4-3 in the second set slightly opened the door, and that was all Djokovic needed to spring to life.
By the final-set tie-break, it was the 20-year-old who was struggling physically, cramping in his right hand. Djokovic finally converted his fifth championship point and fell to the court in celebration.
Djokovic and Alcaraz...
- 8/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Novak Djokovic inscribed his name in the history books once again after his latest win took him to the top three for the most match wins on the Atp Tour in the Open Era .
The two-time Cincinnati Masters champion held off an inspired Alexander Zverev in two tight sets to book his spot in Sunday's final . It was a landmark win for Djokovic who is in the winner's column for a 1,068th time in Atp history.
Djokovic, therefore, tied his great rival Rafael Nadal and eight-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl in third place in that list. Djokovic will have the chance to break the three-man tie if he manages to defeat Carlos Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Masters final to sit alone in 3rd spot.
The only two men on top of the list in terms of match wins are American great Jimmy Connors who is clear in first place...
The two-time Cincinnati Masters champion held off an inspired Alexander Zverev in two tight sets to book his spot in Sunday's final . It was a landmark win for Djokovic who is in the winner's column for a 1,068th time in Atp history.
Djokovic, therefore, tied his great rival Rafael Nadal and eight-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl in third place in that list. Djokovic will have the chance to break the three-man tie if he manages to defeat Carlos Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Masters final to sit alone in 3rd spot.
The only two men on top of the list in terms of match wins are American great Jimmy Connors who is clear in first place...
- 8/20/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Novak Djokovic came close to winning a record-tying eighth Wimbledon title but lost to Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz in five sets in Sunday's final.
It was a big opportunity missed for Djokovic, who ended up bagging the unwanted accolade of the most Grand Slams finals lost of any man in tennis with 12. However, it is pertinent to note that Djokovic has made more major finals in that regard and has won more Grand Slams by a male player and only trails Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 titles.
Djokovic was playing in his 35th Grand Slam final on Sunday - again another record, which is four more than Roger Federer in second place and five more than Rafael Nadal among the men. His victory over Jannik Sinner saw him overtake Chris Evert who jointly held the record of most Slam final appearances with Djokovic at 34.
Prior to his defeat in the 2023 Wimbledon final,...
It was a big opportunity missed for Djokovic, who ended up bagging the unwanted accolade of the most Grand Slams finals lost of any man in tennis with 12. However, it is pertinent to note that Djokovic has made more major finals in that regard and has won more Grand Slams by a male player and only trails Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 titles.
Djokovic was playing in his 35th Grand Slam final on Sunday - again another record, which is four more than Roger Federer in second place and five more than Rafael Nadal among the men. His victory over Jannik Sinner saw him overtake Chris Evert who jointly held the record of most Slam final appearances with Djokovic at 34.
Prior to his defeat in the 2023 Wimbledon final,...
- 7/18/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Andy Murray followed Novak Djokovic in being Mic'd up at his Wimbledon practice and it was a rather hilarious one.
Andy Murray is an underrated comic on the Atp Tour as many players admitted that he's a very funny guy. Some Brits would say that he's rather boring but he showed off his hilarious side during a mic'd up practice with his coach Ivan Lendl making an appearance as well.
Murray played some of his most iconic tennis under the guidance of the former legendary player and they teamed up once more for this final stage of his career. Just like Djokovic , Murray had a microphone during a practice as former player Tim Henman lead us through it.
The practice opened with Murray running into Djokovic who practiced in the slot before him on the centre court. Henman was in the front rows watching closely as Lendl followed along as well.
Andy Murray is an underrated comic on the Atp Tour as many players admitted that he's a very funny guy. Some Brits would say that he's rather boring but he showed off his hilarious side during a mic'd up practice with his coach Ivan Lendl making an appearance as well.
Murray played some of his most iconic tennis under the guidance of the former legendary player and they teamed up once more for this final stage of his career. Just like Djokovic , Murray had a microphone during a practice as former player Tim Henman lead us through it.
The practice opened with Murray running into Djokovic who practiced in the slot before him on the centre court. Henman was in the front rows watching closely as Lendl followed along as well.
- 7/2/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Dubai, March 3 (Ians) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic moved into the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a hard-fought straight-sets 6-3, 7-5 win against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, setting up a blockbuster semifinal clash with former world no 1 Daniil Medvedev.
Djokovic, competing in his first tournament since lifting his record-extending 10th Australian Open trophy, is now 15-0 in the season, marking his fourth-best winning streak to start a season.
The Pole threw everything in his deep arsenal at Djokovic on the centre court. From winning a point after hitting a tweener in the early moments of the match to putting pressure on the Serbian by moving forward, the Pole tried to take the 35-year-old out of his comfort zone.
But Djokovic dominated on serve – he did not face a break point – and chipped away to earn opportunities until he broke through. The top seed converted two of his eight opportunities...
Djokovic, competing in his first tournament since lifting his record-extending 10th Australian Open trophy, is now 15-0 in the season, marking his fourth-best winning streak to start a season.
The Pole threw everything in his deep arsenal at Djokovic on the centre court. From winning a point after hitting a tweener in the early moments of the match to putting pressure on the Serbian by moving forward, the Pole tried to take the 35-year-old out of his comfort zone.
But Djokovic dominated on serve – he did not face a break point – and chipped away to earn opportunities until he broke through. The top seed converted two of his eight opportunities...
- 3/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
When tennis champion Boris Becker entered the room for a press conference in Berlin before the world premiere of the documentary about his storied career and troubled personal life, camera shutters clicked furiously and flashes flashed. He is, after all, one of Germany’s most famous native sons and a widely loved sports legend, despite a conviction for a bankruptcy-related fraud that landed him behind bars in Britain for eight months.
“I’m 55 years old and I’m very proud of the things that I’ve done. But I’ve made mistakes,” Becker told the assembled media at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday. “I’ve paid a heavy price for some of the things I did in my past. Today I’m a bit better for it. Hopefully a bit smarter. Maybe a bit more humble.”
Boris Becker celebrates winning the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship in 1985
The documentary...
“I’m 55 years old and I’m very proud of the things that I’ve done. But I’ve made mistakes,” Becker told the assembled media at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday. “I’ve paid a heavy price for some of the things I did in my past. Today I’m a bit better for it. Hopefully a bit smarter. Maybe a bit more humble.”
Boris Becker celebrates winning the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship in 1985
The documentary...
- 2/21/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
On Friday, Czech President Milos Zeman honored the late Ivana Trump, who died earlier this year at the age of 73.
Trump was awarded alongside tennis player Ivan Lendl, anti-Nazi resistance fighter Josef Masin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
A member of the Ukrainian embassy accepted the award on behalf of Zelensky.
Ivanka Trump accepted the award for her mother. Ivanka was joined by her husband Jared Kushner and older brother Donald Jr.
They met with Zeman before the ceremony at Prague Castle.
Ivana Trump, born Ivana Marie Zelnickova, was raised in Zlin some 186 miles from Prague.
While on a modeling trip to New York in 1976 she met Donald Trump.
Ivana became the former President’s first wife. The couple divorced in 1992.
Ivana has been credited with helping to develop key family buildings including the Trump Tower.
Ivanka took to Instagram to show her appreciation for her mother’s Medal of...
Trump was awarded alongside tennis player Ivan Lendl, anti-Nazi resistance fighter Josef Masin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
A member of the Ukrainian embassy accepted the award on behalf of Zelensky.
Ivanka Trump accepted the award for her mother. Ivanka was joined by her husband Jared Kushner and older brother Donald Jr.
They met with Zeman before the ceremony at Prague Castle.
Ivana Trump, born Ivana Marie Zelnickova, was raised in Zlin some 186 miles from Prague.
While on a modeling trip to New York in 1976 she met Donald Trump.
Ivana became the former President’s first wife. The couple divorced in 1992.
Ivana has been credited with helping to develop key family buildings including the Trump Tower.
Ivanka took to Instagram to show her appreciation for her mother’s Medal of...
- 10/31/2022
- by Max Kerwick
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Tennis great Michael Chang, who became the youngest winner of a major tournament singles championship when he beat Ivan Lendl in the 1989 French Open at age 17, will be the subject of a ’30 for 30′ documentary by ESPN Films.
While that win turned out to be Chang’s only major title, he appeared in three more major finals and left an enduring mark competing against a formidable group of American contemporaries like Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi. He had 34 wins on the Atp tour from 1988 to 2000 before retiring in 2003.
The film, titled American Son, has completed production. It is the directing debut of Jay Caspian Kang, a writer, podcaster and TV correspondent. Kang was a founding editor of Grantland, the now-defunct sports and pop culture digital brand launched by ESPN. He also contributed to Vice News Tonight during its run on HBO.
American Son will spotlight the immigrant experience...
While that win turned out to be Chang’s only major title, he appeared in three more major finals and left an enduring mark competing against a formidable group of American contemporaries like Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi. He had 34 wins on the Atp tour from 1988 to 2000 before retiring in 2003.
The film, titled American Son, has completed production. It is the directing debut of Jay Caspian Kang, a writer, podcaster and TV correspondent. Kang was a founding editor of Grantland, the now-defunct sports and pop culture digital brand launched by ESPN. He also contributed to Vice News Tonight during its run on HBO.
American Son will spotlight the immigrant experience...
- 9/1/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Who knew when the year began that a sequel to a 36-year-old movie starring its 60-year-old actor who headlined the original would be the box office champ so far this year? But “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise, which was released Aug. 23 on digital formats while still flying high in theaters is not only the No. 1 film of the year with a staggering haul of 683.4 million domestically and 720 million overseas. And the acclaimed film didn’t even play in China or Russia. “Top Gun: Maverick” is also the biggest film of Cruise’s career which began in 1981 with Franco Zeffirelli’s “Endless Love.”
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
- 8/24/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
The fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is set in 1986. Talk about déjà vu.
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
- 7/11/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
This review of “The French” was first published on June 17, 2021, after its Metrograph.com streaming debut.
Tennis fans exhausted by two weeks of a Grand Slam competition in Paris that ended last Sunday with a thrilling new champion on the women’s side, and perhaps the cementing of Goat status on the men’s, may believe they’re ready to leave the spring’s red clay season behind for the summer grass and regulation whites at Wimbledon.
But a new reissue of a sports documentary artifact is now available to offer tennis diehards one more rewarding reminder of the enduring thrills and frustrations of battling on the terre battue, William Klein’s movie about the 1981 Roland Garros tournament, “The French.”
Klein, an American-born, French-identified photographer and filmmaker now in his 90s, had long been lauded for his street-smart, irony-laden, instinctively artistic work. His feature debut, the 1966 fashion satire “Who Are You,...
Tennis fans exhausted by two weeks of a Grand Slam competition in Paris that ended last Sunday with a thrilling new champion on the women’s side, and perhaps the cementing of Goat status on the men’s, may believe they’re ready to leave the spring’s red clay season behind for the summer grass and regulation whites at Wimbledon.
But a new reissue of a sports documentary artifact is now available to offer tennis diehards one more rewarding reminder of the enduring thrills and frustrations of battling on the terre battue, William Klein’s movie about the 1981 Roland Garros tournament, “The French.”
Klein, an American-born, French-identified photographer and filmmaker now in his 90s, had long been lauded for his street-smart, irony-laden, instinctively artistic work. His feature debut, the 1966 fashion satire “Who Are You,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Paris, June 13 (Ians) World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday made an astonishing comeback from being two sets down to beat fifth seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in four hours and 11 minutes and win the French Open title.
It was the top seed Serb's second French Open title and 19th Grand Slam title in all. With it, Djokovic has become the first man in the Open Era to win all four majors twice.
Exhibiting remarkable temperament, despite losing the first two sets, Djokovic, 34, rallied calmly and won the last three sets against 22-year-old Tsitsipas to walk away with the trophy.
Staging a comeback is not new to Djokovic. Sunday was the sixth time he had rallied from being two sets down, and the first time he has done it in a Grand Slam final.
Djokovic was two sets down against Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round, and...
It was the top seed Serb's second French Open title and 19th Grand Slam title in all. With it, Djokovic has become the first man in the Open Era to win all four majors twice.
Exhibiting remarkable temperament, despite losing the first two sets, Djokovic, 34, rallied calmly and won the last three sets against 22-year-old Tsitsipas to walk away with the trophy.
Staging a comeback is not new to Djokovic. Sunday was the sixth time he had rallied from being two sets down, and the first time he has done it in a Grand Slam final.
Djokovic was two sets down against Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round, and...
- 6/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Paris, June 14 (Ians) World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday made an astonishing comeback from being two sets down to beat fifth seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in four hours and 11 minutes and win the French Open title.
It was the top seed Serb's second French Open title and 19th Grand Slam title in all. With it, Djokovic has become the first man in the Open Era to win all four majors twice.
Exhibiting remarkable temperament, despite losing the first two sets, Djokovic, 34, rallied calmly and won the last three sets against 22-year-old Tsitsipas to walk away with the trophy.
Staging a comeback is not new to Djokovic. Sunday was the sixth time he had rallied from being two sets down, and the first time he has done it in a Grand Slam final.
Djokovic was two sets down against Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round, and...
It was the top seed Serb's second French Open title and 19th Grand Slam title in all. With it, Djokovic has become the first man in the Open Era to win all four majors twice.
Exhibiting remarkable temperament, despite losing the first two sets, Djokovic, 34, rallied calmly and won the last three sets against 22-year-old Tsitsipas to walk away with the trophy.
Staging a comeback is not new to Djokovic. Sunday was the sixth time he had rallied from being two sets down, and the first time he has done it in a Grand Slam final.
Djokovic was two sets down against Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round, and...
- 6/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Eddie Huang’s Boogie is a basketball movie, but one of its best moments comes courtesy of tennis. Boogie, né Alfred Chin (Taylor Takahashi) comes back to his home in Flushing, Queens, to find his Taiwanese immigrant father (Perry Yung) rewatching, for apparently the gazillionth time, the 1989 French Open match between Taiwanese-American upstart Michael Chang and the heavily favored world No. 1, Ivan Lendl. Chang won that match, which happened the day after the Tiananmen Square massacre, and went on to win the tournament. When Dad repeats his fervent assertion that...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Rollingstone.com
Disney’s latest live-action remake takes on Universal’s sequel and Paramount’s Elton John biopic.
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin open against Universal’s family animation sequel The Secret Life Of Pets 2 and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Both Aladdin and Rocketman entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend, while Pets opens today (May 24). The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is...
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin open against Universal’s family animation sequel The Secret Life Of Pets 2 and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Both Aladdin and Rocketman entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend, while Pets opens today (May 24). The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is...
- 5/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Disney’s latest live-action remake challenges Paramount’s Elton John biopic.
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin remake and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman open against each other.
Both titles entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend. The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is the latest live-action remake of a beloved Disney property to come from the studio in recent years. Beauty And The Beast remains the top performer,...
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin remake and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman open against each other.
Both titles entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend. The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is the latest live-action remake of a beloved Disney property to come from the studio in recent years. Beauty And The Beast remains the top performer,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The tempestuous tennis star wages war against the world in documentary-maker Julien Faraut’s philosophical portrait
In this cherishably idiosyncratic essay-film, archivist Julien Faraut has spun documentarist Gil de Kermadec’s raw footage of John McEnroe’s fractious mid-80s progress at the French Open into the basis of a philosophical rumination – Herzogian voiceover by Mathieu Amalric – on tennis, cinema and life. Steady old Ivan Lendl gets barely a look-in on the other side of the net; the attraction here lies in watching one man wage noisy war against a world built on treacherous clay.
McEnroe makes a fascinating focal point. Faraut seeks to elevate him as a singularly tortured creative, an auteur in sports socks. His face set in that teenage De Niro scowl, he offers no celebration, not even a terse, Murray-like fist pump; coaches will recoil at his tendency to stop after each shot, as if anticipating the worst.
In this cherishably idiosyncratic essay-film, archivist Julien Faraut has spun documentarist Gil de Kermadec’s raw footage of John McEnroe’s fractious mid-80s progress at the French Open into the basis of a philosophical rumination – Herzogian voiceover by Mathieu Amalric – on tennis, cinema and life. Steady old Ivan Lendl gets barely a look-in on the other side of the net; the attraction here lies in watching one man wage noisy war against a world built on treacherous clay.
McEnroe makes a fascinating focal point. Faraut seeks to elevate him as a singularly tortured creative, an auteur in sports socks. His face set in that teenage De Niro scowl, he offers no celebration, not even a terse, Murray-like fist pump; coaches will recoil at his tendency to stop after each shot, as if anticipating the worst.
- 5/24/2019
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection is an immersive, impressive and elegant ethnographic film essay that revisits 16mm footage of John McEnroe during the 1984 Roland-Garros French Open. The fiery, left-handed McEnroe was then ranked the world’s number one player and had several singles and doubles Grand Slam titles to his name. Breezing through the early stages of the tournament playing a sublime form of tennis that elevated him far above his mere mortal peers, he seemed on an unstoppable path to certain victory. Meeting the implacable Ivan Lendl in the final, a rival similar in calm, cool and collected temperament to old nemesis Björn Borg, McEnroe raced into a two sets to love lead but then began to psychologically unravel, losing control of his emotions and ultimately gifting Lendl, whom he had accused of being ‘chicken’ earlier in the match, an unlikely comeback and first Grand Slam title.
- 8/22/2018
- MUBI
From the years 1973 to 1981 the great film critic Serge Daney held the position of editor of Cahiers du cinéma, that most revered and storied of film journals. He also wrote a tennis column. That idea of a shared symbiotic passion for the worlds of cinema and sport—and how the two might be connected—provides the basis for Julien Faraut’s experimental documentary In the Realm of Perfection, a witty and contagiously impassioned ethnographical study of the game and, in particular, the 1985 finals at Roland Garros.
The story goes that Faraut was working in the archives of the National Sport Institute in Paris when he discovered a pile of film reels from the documentarian Gil de Kermadec. Apparently, the institute had begun making instructional 16mm films in the 1980s, each focusing on the methods of a particular tennis star of the day. In 1985 the subject was John McEnroe.
Indeed, it...
The story goes that Faraut was working in the archives of the National Sport Institute in Paris when he discovered a pile of film reels from the documentarian Gil de Kermadec. Apparently, the institute had begun making instructional 16mm films in the 1980s, each focusing on the methods of a particular tennis star of the day. In 1985 the subject was John McEnroe.
Indeed, it...
- 2/25/2018
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Past attempts to capture the game have had mixed results, but Borg vs McEnroe – celebrating the epic 1980 Wimbledon final – and Battle of the Sexes, both due out later this year, could deliver match points
There are so many ways to make John McEnroe mad. You can give him a bad line call or a time violation, or remind him of the French Open title bout he lost to Ivan Lendl in 1984. Alternatively, you can make a film such as Borg vs McEnroe, which lionises him on screen and celebrates his heroic performance in the 1980 Wimbledon final. The film is not out until September and he is already calling fault. He is bemused by the concept and sceptical of the content. He dislikes the fact that it is being made at all. “I’ve never seen a good tennis movie,” the three-time former Wimbledon champion complained to Vanity Fair. “They all were terrible.
There are so many ways to make John McEnroe mad. You can give him a bad line call or a time violation, or remind him of the French Open title bout he lost to Ivan Lendl in 1984. Alternatively, you can make a film such as Borg vs McEnroe, which lionises him on screen and celebrates his heroic performance in the 1980 Wimbledon final. The film is not out until September and he is already calling fault. He is bemused by the concept and sceptical of the content. He dislikes the fact that it is being made at all. “I’ve never seen a good tennis movie,” the three-time former Wimbledon champion complained to Vanity Fair. “They all were terrible.
- 7/13/2017
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: TV projects also on slate for Australian outfit.
Snowtown and Partisan producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are moving on from Warp Films Australia to launch production outfit Carver Films with a slate that includes Nick Cave adaptation The Death of Bunny Munro.
McLeish co-founded Warp Films Australia six years ago with ’71 and This Is England producers Warp UK, which will discontinue the Warp Films Australia banner but where possible will look to continue to produce with the territory.
McLeish and Shaw produced Kurzel’s acclaimed debut Snowtown, Ariel Kleiman’s Vincent Cassel starrer Partisan, which premiered at Sundance this year, and New Zealand drama Shopping, which played in Sundance and Berlin.
Under their new banner the Melbourne-based duo are set to produce Jed Kurzel’s feature debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, starring Denis Menochet, and the narrative feature adaptation of Nick Cave’s cult Brighton-set 1989 novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which will be...
Snowtown and Partisan producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are moving on from Warp Films Australia to launch production outfit Carver Films with a slate that includes Nick Cave adaptation The Death of Bunny Munro.
McLeish co-founded Warp Films Australia six years ago with ’71 and This Is England producers Warp UK, which will discontinue the Warp Films Australia banner but where possible will look to continue to produce with the territory.
McLeish and Shaw produced Kurzel’s acclaimed debut Snowtown, Ariel Kleiman’s Vincent Cassel starrer Partisan, which premiered at Sundance this year, and New Zealand drama Shopping, which played in Sundance and Berlin.
Under their new banner the Melbourne-based duo are set to produce Jed Kurzel’s feature debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, starring Denis Menochet, and the narrative feature adaptation of Nick Cave’s cult Brighton-set 1989 novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which will be...
- 9/30/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The biggest deals of this year’s Cannes Marché du Film and how the Competition titles sold throughout the festival.
Behind the glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, business was booming at the Marché du Film (May 13-22), with representatives from 120 countries in attendance - up four on 2014.
A total 3,300 films were on offer this year, around 1,000 at the project stage, with an estimated 11,000 film professionals in attendance, in line with last year.
In the opening days, Marché chief Jérôme Paillard told Screen: “Acquisition agents are telling me that it’s the first time in a number of years that there are so many big projects. I’ve been told there are around 50 high profile projects on offer.”
North AmericaHOT Projects
Universal Pictures and Focus Features took worldwide rights to Tom Ford’s upcoming thriller Nocturnal Animals, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, in a deal reportedly worth $20m. [Story]
Open Road paid...
Behind the glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, business was booming at the Marché du Film (May 13-22), with representatives from 120 countries in attendance - up four on 2014.
A total 3,300 films were on offer this year, around 1,000 at the project stage, with an estimated 11,000 film professionals in attendance, in line with last year.
In the opening days, Marché chief Jérôme Paillard told Screen: “Acquisition agents are telling me that it’s the first time in a number of years that there are so many big projects. I’ve been told there are around 50 high profile projects on offer.”
North AmericaHOT Projects
Universal Pictures and Focus Features took worldwide rights to Tom Ford’s upcoming thriller Nocturnal Animals, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, in a deal reportedly worth $20m. [Story]
Open Road paid...
- 5/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Denis Menochet to star in darkly comedic drama from Macbeth duo.
Macbeth director Justin Kurzel is to re-team with his brother, acclaimed composer Jed Kurzel, on the latter’s directorial debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, which is attracting finance in Cannes.
Denis Menochet (Inglourious Basterds), star of Canal+ TV series Spotless will star as a man whose fanatical desire to see his son become a tennis champion comes at any cost.
Justin Kurzel is set to produce the darkly comedic sports drama, due to shoot later this year in Europe and Australia, alongside Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw who produced the Macbeth director’s acclaimed debut Snowtown and recent Sundance hit Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales in Cannes. Madman Entertainment will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
The team is currently in talks with a number of well-known names to play alongside Menochet.
The film is...
Macbeth director Justin Kurzel is to re-team with his brother, acclaimed composer Jed Kurzel, on the latter’s directorial debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, which is attracting finance in Cannes.
Denis Menochet (Inglourious Basterds), star of Canal+ TV series Spotless will star as a man whose fanatical desire to see his son become a tennis champion comes at any cost.
Justin Kurzel is set to produce the darkly comedic sports drama, due to shoot later this year in Europe and Australia, alongside Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw who produced the Macbeth director’s acclaimed debut Snowtown and recent Sundance hit Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales in Cannes. Madman Entertainment will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
The team is currently in talks with a number of well-known names to play alongside Menochet.
The film is...
- 5/17/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
In two decades of faultless performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman proved that his particular talent was to take thwarted, twisted humanity and ennoble it
The day after the premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 film The Master, I was interviewing the director in the upstairs ballroom of a Venice hotel when Philip Seymour Hoffman walked past our table. The windows were flung open and the place was bathed with light, and the big, rangy actor bounced by gracefully, like a golden lion walking on air. "Phil's actually a really good dancer," Anderson confided, referencing the parlour routine in the middle of The Master, when the title character performs a jig with his nubile acolytes. "You might not think that to look at him, but he seriously is."
I don't know why we should have been surprised. Every good actor possesses a peculiar grace. Even Philip Seymour Hoffman, an ostensibly foursquare American Job,...
The day after the premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 film The Master, I was interviewing the director in the upstairs ballroom of a Venice hotel when Philip Seymour Hoffman walked past our table. The windows were flung open and the place was bathed with light, and the big, rangy actor bounced by gracefully, like a golden lion walking on air. "Phil's actually a really good dancer," Anderson confided, referencing the parlour routine in the middle of The Master, when the title character performs a jig with his nubile acolytes. "You might not think that to look at him, but he seriously is."
I don't know why we should have been surprised. Every good actor possesses a peculiar grace. Even Philip Seymour Hoffman, an ostensibly foursquare American Job,...
- 2/4/2014
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Following his Wimbledon triumph, an Andy Murray biopic must surely be in the offing. But who should play him?
There's undoubtedly room in the world for a good tennis movie – and following Andy Murray's victory at Wimbledon, some canny Hollywood mogul is surely flexing his cheque book, poised to snap up the rights to the Scotsman's life story.
Baseball, boxing, ice hockey, motor racing – golf, even – have been well-served by the film industry. But where is tennis's Rocky? Who is the tennis Karate Kid? Where are the tennis Mighty Ducks, for crying out loud?
The dramatic arc of a Wimbledon champion seems tailor made for the big screen. Indeed, for many years tennis was Hollywood's game of choice – but the sport has since fallen out of favour.
Enter Andy Murray: a great sports movie protagonist – spiky, idiosyncratic, unwilling to play the media game, yet ultimately taken to the...
There's undoubtedly room in the world for a good tennis movie – and following Andy Murray's victory at Wimbledon, some canny Hollywood mogul is surely flexing his cheque book, poised to snap up the rights to the Scotsman's life story.
Baseball, boxing, ice hockey, motor racing – golf, even – have been well-served by the film industry. But where is tennis's Rocky? Who is the tennis Karate Kid? Where are the tennis Mighty Ducks, for crying out loud?
The dramatic arc of a Wimbledon champion seems tailor made for the big screen. Indeed, for many years tennis was Hollywood's game of choice – but the sport has since fallen out of favour.
Enter Andy Murray: a great sports movie protagonist – spiky, idiosyncratic, unwilling to play the media game, yet ultimately taken to the...
- 7/8/2013
- by Adam Boult
- The Guardian - Film News
A man stands at one end of the court, sweat dripping, heart pounding, at 40-15 up against the defending champion. That man, none other than Britain’s Andy Murray. Is the 76 year wait over? Is this the moment he makes history? He serves, Novak Djokovic attacks, but what’s that you say? The ball is long? It is, the ball goes long, Andy Murray is the Us Open champion.
For years and years, Britain waited, through the generations of players that have come and gone, ones that have gotten close and others not so much. As a young boy, I got into tennis in the years of Tim Henman, and he was the name on any person’s lips but not now, now it is time for Murray mania.
In 2005, Andy Murray burst onto the scene after being handed a wildcard for Wimbledon. He was ranked 312th, but he became...
For years and years, Britain waited, through the generations of players that have come and gone, ones that have gotten close and others not so much. As a young boy, I got into tennis in the years of Tim Henman, and he was the name on any person’s lips but not now, now it is time for Murray mania.
In 2005, Andy Murray burst onto the scene after being handed a wildcard for Wimbledon. He was ranked 312th, but he became...
- 9/13/2012
- by Andrew Whyley
- Obsessed with Film
It seems to be the same old story with British incumbants when it comes to tennis. One good player arises, and the hopes of a nation are thrust upon their shoulders. This was the case with Tim Henman. The years went by and the phrase that kills would always crop up. ‘It’s going to be his year’. No, no it will not be. It never was. The weight of expectation constantly saw him succum to the pressure, and fall at the final hurdle. If, like the majority of British people, your tennis calender only includes Wimbledon and you believe that tennis stops following this and nothing happened before it, then this would usually be at the semi-final stage.
For Andy Murray, it appears that his achilles heel is (or was) Grand Slam finals. Before his loss to 7-time champion Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final this year, he had...
For Andy Murray, it appears that his achilles heel is (or was) Grand Slam finals. Before his loss to 7-time champion Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final this year, he had...
- 9/6/2012
- by Ross Potter
- Obsessed with Film
The Sydney suburb of Cronulla and the Sutherland Shire will be the focus of a brief on advertising show Gruen Planet this evening.
The show has asked a panel of marketing experts to tackle the beachside community’s image problem not helped by the Cronulla riots and dramality show The Shire.
Tackling the brief will be Splash Agency’s Johnothan Naiman and Jack Watts Currie’s Colin Watts. Joining host Wil Anderson and regular panelists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft will be Liquid Ideas’ Stuart Gregor and former Olympian and marketing specialist Jane Flemming.
As well as Tourism Cronulla, the show will also look at the controversy surrounding Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal, his sponsors and How his charity will help him.
Aami’s Rhonda and Ketut’s unresolved sexual tension also goes under the microscope, a look at recent PR stunts – genius or stupid; and the worst performance by...
The show has asked a panel of marketing experts to tackle the beachside community’s image problem not helped by the Cronulla riots and dramality show The Shire.
Tackling the brief will be Splash Agency’s Johnothan Naiman and Jack Watts Currie’s Colin Watts. Joining host Wil Anderson and regular panelists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft will be Liquid Ideas’ Stuart Gregor and former Olympian and marketing specialist Jane Flemming.
As well as Tourism Cronulla, the show will also look at the controversy surrounding Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal, his sponsors and How his charity will help him.
Aami’s Rhonda and Ketut’s unresolved sexual tension also goes under the microscope, a look at recent PR stunts – genius or stupid; and the worst performance by...
- 9/5/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
2K Sports Serena Williams in Top Spin 4
Top Spin 4 is an excellent tennis game. I don’t know that it “redefines the way you experience the game of tennis,” as publisher 2K Sports asserts, but it’s worth buying, whether you have an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii console.
I have a long history with tennis-like games, dating all the way back to the original Pong. Even after all these years and the very simple premise of tennis (“hit ball, make opponent miss ball,...
Top Spin 4 is an excellent tennis game. I don’t know that it “redefines the way you experience the game of tennis,” as publisher 2K Sports asserts, but it’s worth buying, whether you have an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii console.
I have a long history with tennis-like games, dating all the way back to the original Pong. Even after all these years and the very simple premise of tennis (“hit ball, make opponent miss ball,...
- 4/1/2011
- by Adam Najberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: Determined Rafael Nadal won his first Us Open title tonight and by doing so, firmly planted himself among the all-time greats of tennis.
Nadal, the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion, beat back the challenge of Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a thrilling rain-delayed match that lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. The world’s number one player collapsed to the ground in joy after match point and then embraced his opponent at the net.
The landmark victory gave Nadal the one major title that had alluded him and he became only the seventh man in history to win all four of the sport’s grand slam crowns. He is also one of only two men and one of three players overall to win all four and the Olympic Gold Medal. (The others are Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf).
Nadal, only 24, has also won five French Opens,...
HollywoodNews.com: Determined Rafael Nadal won his first Us Open title tonight and by doing so, firmly planted himself among the all-time greats of tennis.
Nadal, the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion, beat back the challenge of Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a thrilling rain-delayed match that lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. The world’s number one player collapsed to the ground in joy after match point and then embraced his opponent at the net.
The landmark victory gave Nadal the one major title that had alluded him and he became only the seventh man in history to win all four of the sport’s grand slam crowns. He is also one of only two men and one of three players overall to win all four and the Olympic Gold Medal. (The others are Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf).
Nadal, only 24, has also won five French Opens,...
- 9/14/2010
- by Greg Hernandez
- Hollywoodnews.com
Checking out the worlds' tennis aces, Miss France 2010 Malika Menard attended the French Open on Monday (May 31).
The beauty queen looked relax in a blazer over a striped shirt and jeans on a beautiful day at Roland Garros, where the court's king, Rafael Nadal, was among the winners
Making for quite the surprise of the tournament, the following day saw tennis number one and defending champ Roger Federer lose to Robyn Soderling, who ousted Nadal the previous year.
Soderling is the first player to beat back-to-back defending champions at Roland Garros in years since Mats Wilander defeated Yannick Noah in 1984 and Ivan Lendl in 1985.
He is only the second man to defeat Federer and Nadal in a single major.
The beauty queen looked relax in a blazer over a striped shirt and jeans on a beautiful day at Roland Garros, where the court's king, Rafael Nadal, was among the winners
Making for quite the surprise of the tournament, the following day saw tennis number one and defending champ Roger Federer lose to Robyn Soderling, who ousted Nadal the previous year.
Soderling is the first player to beat back-to-back defending champions at Roland Garros in years since Mats Wilander defeated Yannick Noah in 1984 and Ivan Lendl in 1985.
He is only the second man to defeat Federer and Nadal in a single major.
- 6/1/2010
- GossipCenter
The honeymoon is still going strong for Chris Evert and Greg Norman, almost two months after their June 28 Bahamas wedding. Tennis star Evert, who stepped out solo Monday at the U.S. Open's 8th Annual Usta Serves' OPENing Gala in Queens, N.Y., told People she's very happy to be a newlywed. "It's only [eight] weeks, I'd better be happy!" she said. "Or else, I'm in big trouble! I've met my match, I think."Their time together "has been wonderful," said Evert, who adds that golf legend Norman isn't too shabby at her sport either. "Yeah, he's a good tennis player.
- 8/26/2008
- by Jeffrey Slonim
- PEOPLE.com
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