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Standing in the epicenter of the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy’s 56 tennis courts last week, one could look around and see the following all on adjacent courts:
Maria Sharapova working on her game while coach Michael Joyce gave advice from a chair on the side of the court
Jelena Jankovic going through drills with IMG [...]
Carly Cerna-Balanoff is going to be a sophomore in high school and wants to tryout for the varsity volleyball team, but she is attending Saint Thomas Aquinas and the team she’s trying out for is a 4 time state champion and last year runner up for the state title. This is quit a daunting task, [...]
Good fortune was upon us as another day of clear skies and non-stop action hit the courts of Wimbledon yesterday. Four IMG students still had to play their first round matches at the All England Club and they did not disappoint. Xavier Malisse and Maria Sharapova both advanced as Kei Nishikori and Heather Watson put [...]
The weekend is all that separates today and the start of The Wimbledon Championships on Monday. With fans, players, commentators, and general sports enthusiasts getting set for the first point to be played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy is just as excited to see how some [...]
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Laura Robson (ENG)
Jankovic has moved back up to #4 in the world after a semifinal showing at the French Open and is looking to make a deep run at Wimbledon for the first time in her career. Surprisingly, she has never been past the fourth round on [...]
My name is David “Red” Ayme. I have worked directly with Nick at IMG Academies for the past 22 years as head traveling coach, traveling with many of our touring pros including Boris Becker and Marcelo Rios, both of whom achieved a #1 world ranking. I also spent 8 years traveling full time with Tommy [...]
Stay tuned to Nick’s Pick throughout the 2010 Australian Open for in-depth coverage of the tournament!
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs. Petra Martic (CRO)
Lisicki is a product of the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy and she has steadily worked her way up the rankings. She comes in at #22 in the world, which is her career high. [...]
Playing at her home Academy in front of a standing-room only crowd, 11-year-old Mariya Shishkina turned any pre-match jitters into a dominant preview of her potential as a tennis player.
Shishkina, an IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy student, on Friday took the U-12 girls title in the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships — the world’s largest [...]
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs. Aravane Rezai (FRA)
Lisicki comes into the tournament ranked #24 in the world and is coming off of a successful summer, having reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. She lives and trains at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy and is one of the best young players on the women’s tour. A good [...]
Check out the interesting workouts used by IMG Performance Institute trainer, Yutaka Nakamura, with 11-year-old tennis phenom, Maria Shishkina.
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