Newport, Rhode Island is known to many as a summer vacation spot and home of the Newport Mansions. But in the tennis community, it is home of the Tennis Hall of Fame and the ATP Event held there. With Wimbledon coming to a close and the final grass court event of the year taking place [...]
Three first-round losses for the IMG Academies youngsters may be disappointing, but the results are common in the fresh professional careers teenage phenoms. Thefanchild.blogspot.com (full article) had more on the journeys of the three Nick Bollettieri proteges:
Regardless of the outcome of their first round matches, Krajinovic, Watson, and Harrison, are all great young talents with [...]
Stay tuned to Nick’s Picks throughout the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open for live coverage of the event and daily picks!
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs. James Blake (USA)
If you haven’t heard of Filip Krajinovic yet, you will soon. He is only 18 years old and is already ranked #331 in the world. Krajinovic [...]
Check out World Sport’s feature on IMG Academies, with appearances from Nick Bollettieri, Trevor Moawad, Steve Shenbaum, Nate Vander Sluis, David Da Silva, Josh Lifrak, Trevor Anderson, as well as students Dwight Powell, Ryan Harrison, Ginger Howard and others.
The show is aired to more than 200 million households in 117 countries.
Ryan Harrison is currently at Indian Wells where he’ll play in his first BNP Paribas Open. In his first match he’ll go up against the familiar face of Taylor Dent; the two often train together at IMG Academies. An article in MyDesert.com highlighted Harrison’s emergence onto the American tennis scene, and some newfound camaraderie between [...]
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 [...]
Considered by many to be the next great American men’s tennis player, 17-year-old Ryan Harrison was featured in a segment on the Gillette World Sport television show.
Check out the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy student’s interview below:
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Harrison qualified for his second straight ATP event, this time beating South Africa’s Izak van der Merwe at Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Harrison also made it to the quarterfinals in the doubles draw with fellow IMG pro Taylor Dent. Good luck to all IMGer’s this week! Visit TennisLiveNews.com for more.
Stay tuned to Nick’s Pick throughout the 2010 Australian Open for in-depth coverage of the tournament!
Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Despite having lost in the semis to Doha last week, Federer comes into the tournament as the favorite to win it. If he does win the title it will be his fourth Australian [...]
Up-and-coming Serbian tennis sensation, Filip Krajinovic, was on court this morning with Nick Bollettieri practicing for the 2010 season. Filip is one of the top 17-year old players in the world and along with Ryan Harrison, Yuki Bhambri, and Jordan Cox who also train at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Filip is one of the [...]
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