Tag archive for ‘Yannick Noah’
Ask Bill: Looking Back to Paris; Looking Ahead to Wimbledon
Roger Federer’s performance in the Roland Garros final against Rafael Nadal was reminiscent of Muhammad Ali’s fight against Larry Holmes. A mismatch from the start, Ali pulled out his tricks but had no answers for the younger, stronger Holmes, and was battered mercilessly.
25 Years Ago Today: Noah Triumphs!
It was 25 years ago today on June 5, 1983 when Yannick Noah set off the perhaps the biggest celebration in French tennis since the Four Musketeers won the Davis Cup for France for the first time in 1927, by becoming the first man from his nation to win the French Open singles title, defeating Mats Wilander in the final. June 5 is a day of big occurrences in tennis history, as seen below in this exclusive early excerpt from my upcoming book On This Day in Tennis History.
The Journeyman: Bud Schultz, A Retrospective
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.
Tennis‘ April issue: a look at the best of the Open Era
TENNIS Magazine looks back at the past 40 years of tennis – known as The Open Era – the most spectacular and controversial four decades in tennis history
The Rooster Crows: Le Coq Sportif’s Spring 2008 line
We showed you Le Coq Sportif’s Myth Shoe last week, and now here’s the rest of the Spring 2008 line, aka the first collection into the brand’s American relaunch.
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