Jack Draper says playing tennis for a living is a real privilege but ‘people don’t really see the other side’ – Getty Images/Grant Halverson Just three years ago, Jack Draper considered giving up his promising tennis career aged 18 to work as a groundskeeper at the school his mother works at. It is a million …
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“On that tennis court I don’t feel blind, I feel like an equal. It’s like I’m walking along a beach that goes on for miles and miles and miles.” Lisa McLaughlin’s life changed forever when, aged 20, she woke up one morning and, in her words, felt like she was looking through a frosted glass …
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Aug. 23—CLARKSVILLE — Host Clarksville held off Henryville for a 3-2 triumph Tuesday afternoon. The Generals swept the singles matches en route to victory. “Overall, today we played our best match yet,” Clarksville coach Stephen Welcher said. “The guys are putting in the work and getting better quickly. Our No. 1 singles (player), Jaxson Brooks, …
Jimmy Butler On China Trip In Beijing It was pretty funny when Jimmy Butler ran out — in the full Polo fit — to be a member of the ball crew at the Stars of the U.S. Open celebrity match. Butler didn’t just retrieve balls and roll them to the other end of the court, …
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LONDON (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host the men’s tennis tour’s Next Gen ATP Finals in Jedda through 2027 under an agreement announced Thursday, the latest foray into sports by the kingdom. The end-of-season tournament for the ATP’s leading 21-and-under players will be held this year at the King Abdullah Sports City on an indoor …
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Iga Swiatek kisses the US Open trophy after winning the tournament in 2022 (AP) The US Open returns with the top tennis players in the world ready to contest the year’s final grand slam. Flushing Meadows again hosts the hard court tournaments, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek out to defend their titles. Alcaraz could …
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Aug. 24—Wednesday's heat drove the Hamilton Heights at Eastern boys tennis match indoors and the Comets flourished in the ideal conditions. Eastern downed Heights 5-0 at the Howard County Indoor Tennis Center, winning each match by straight sets. Luke Laubenstein won the No. 1 singles match 7-6 (7-0), 6-4. Colton Lindsay won the No. 2 …
Former Georgia tennis star John Isner is calling it a career. The four-time All-American with the Bulldogs from 2004-07 announced Wednesday he will retire after the U.S. Open which starts next week. “There comes a time in every athletes’ career that they have to decide to hang it up, for me, that time is now,” …
Aug. 23—BEMIDJI — Elizabeth Peterson has some experience being the new kid on the court. As a debutante eighth-grader last year, Peterson elevated all the way to the singles lineup for the Bemidji High School girls tennis team. This season, she’s moved up to the top spot on the ladder, challenging the opposition’s best player …
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John Isner will retire from professional tennis after playing at the U.S. Open, he announced Wednesday, bringing an end to a career that included one Grand Slam semifinal appearance and a victory in the longest match in the sport’s history. “This transition won’t be easy but I’m looking forward to every second of it with …
