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Posted by Mark Keil on July 2, 2008 · 2 Comments
Qualifying at Wimbledon is a great experience and I remember walking through those pearly gates in the early 1990’s. The two times I played singles there I drew Nick Brown and Mark Petchey, both of England.
Nick beat me in straights and went onto upset Goran Ivanisevic in the next round. I would [...]
Posted by Mark Keil on June 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Mark Keil, former professional tennis player and now tennis coach writes on his experiences playing the qualies of Wimby. Wimbledon qualifying is played at the Bank of England, Roehampton. It’s about a twelve minute drive to the site of the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon. The courts are cricket fields with tennis lines drawn on them. There’s nothing really special about the place at all. There is prize money in the qualifying, so it is beneficial to play. Usually the first 104 ranked male and female players are accepted straight into the main draw if Wimbledon. Then the next 128 or so best players on the ATP/WTA computer ranking lists play for the 16 open main draw spots.
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Posted by Mark Keil on June 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It was on this day in tennis history, June 11, 1991 when Mark Keil, ranked No. 224 playing in only his second career ATP tour event, staged a staggering upset of future seven-times Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras 6-2, 7-6 in the first round of the Stella Artois Championships at Queen’s Club [...]
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Posted by Mark Keil on May 13, 2008 · 1 Comment
This week’s Masters Series tournament at the Tennis Club am Rothenbaum in Hamburg brings back some awfully good memories for me.
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Posted by Mark Keil on May 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Jeff Coetzee is slowly becoming one of the biggest sporting icon’s in the history of South Africa. The black right-handed professional tennis player from the town of Okiep in the northern cape of South Africa began playing tennis when he was nine years old.
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Posted by Mark Keil on April 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Mark Keil, former professional tennis player and now coach at Bosse Sports in Sudbury, Mass. writes this week on the life of one of New England’s finest players, Bud Schultz.
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Posted by Mark Keil on April 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Eric Butorac, the American doubles specialist currently ranked No. 45 in the world, has made a few visits to Bosse Sports, my club in Boston, where I have taught over the past few months.
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Posted by Mark Keil on March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Yves Allegro, the Swiss doubles specialist, grew up in the small town of Grone, Switzerland. His father built a tennis club, and that’s where Allegro was introduced to the sport as a toddler.
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Posted by Mark Keil on March 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Buster Mottram was once ranked as high as number fourteen in the world and reached the round of sixteen at Wimbledon in 1982.
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