Archive: roy-emerson

REFLECTIONS ON INDIAN WELLS TENNIS 2018 • BNP PARIBAS OPEN •

Living virtually a topspin lob from Queens, NY my whole life, the U.S. Open has always been my hometown tournament.

TENNIS WAKE-UP CALL FROM 10SBALLS • WHERE ARE THE LEGENDS / HEROES?

Where have all the heroes gone? Some have gone to higher ground, others are still here. Do we care? Some do and some don't. I care. I care because all those long forgotten heroes still live inside of me and bring back unforgettable memories of days gone by.

Ten Fittest Male Players by Richard Evans

HARRY HOPMAN has to be the marker for real fitness in the modern era.

ROY EMERSON TENNIS CHAMPION RUNS THE BEST TENNIS CAMP IN THE WORLD @ THE PALACE HOTEL IN GSTAAD , SWITZERLAND BY RICHARD EVANS

By the time Roy Emerson had won the Swiss Open title at Gstaad five times in the sixties and returned to lose in the final to Ilie Natsase in 1973, he was falling in the love with the place. For a country boy from the flat Out Back of Queensland, the soaring Alps encased in their mountain greenery which were so visible from his room at the imposing Palace Hotel offered a spellbindingly different view during the summer months.

Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, and Mark Woodforde all to play with John Newcombe’s Camp

Rod Laver, (The Rocket) is considered one of the best players in tennis history, will make his debut at tennis’ original fantasy camp, Tennis Fantasies with John Newcombe and the Legends, this coming October.