#nick bollettieri

[cruyffista]

90s men's tennis is so underrated in terms of Narrative... a nightmarish vision of the American dream mixed with daddy issues mixed with psychotic coaches mixed with rivalry bordering on psychosexual obsession filtered through the nascent lens of Nike monoculture

[sportskeeda-updates]

"One of the worst times in my life, I just wanted to go home" - When Monica Seles lamented being sent to Nick Bollettieri's academy with her brother https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/one-worst-times-life-i-just-wanted-go-home-when-monica-seles-lamented-sent-nick-bollettieri-s-academy-brother?key4=sktumblr&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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French Open Doubles Champion Austin Krajicek Goes For a Repeat at Wimbledon

At 14, Krajicek enrolled in the IMG Academy in Bradenton, where Nick Bollettieri famously churned out future champions under the often stifling Florida sun. At 18, Krajicek won the U.S. national junior championship in Kalamazoo, Mich., and flirted with turning professional. He opted instead to attend Texas A&M, to give his body and his game a few more years to develop. In 2011, he won the…

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L’impero dei segni: il tennis tra solitudine, angoscia ed empatia

  Il grande scrittore americano David Forster Wallace ne ha scritto come di un’esperienza religiosa, c’è chi ha parlato di ‘partita esteriore e partita interiore’ e  Nick Bollettieri, il guru violento del tennis moderno, ha ridefinito la mentalità dei campioni (oltre che la loro tecnica) lavorando sull’aspetto mentale. Per Adriano Panatta però il ‘gesto bianco’ (definizione di Gianni Clerici) è…

[sardarsaransinghsports]

It's difficult to say which sports academy is the "best" as it depends on various factors such as the sport, location, facilities, coaches, programs, and individual needs and preferences of the athlete. There are several sports academies around the world that have gained recognition and produced successful athletes. Here are some examples: IMG Academy in Florida, USA - This academy has a variety of sports programs and world-class facilities, and has produced many successful athletes in tennis, golf, and football. La Masia in Barcelona, Spain - This academy is the youth academy of FC Barcelona and has produced many successful football players, including Lionel Messi. Red Bull Salzburg Academy in Austria - This academy focuses on football and has produced many successful players who have gone on to play for top clubs in Europe. Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA - This academy has produced many successful tennis players, including Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova. AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) in Canberra, Australia - This academy has produced many successful athletes in various sports, including swimming, cycling, and basketball. Sardar Saran singh sports academy - This academy has a variety of sports programs and world-class facilities, and has produced successful football etc.

[usaitbari]

Celebrity tennis coach Bollettieri dies | The Express Tribune

Celebrity tennis coach Bollettieri dies | The Express Tribune

MIAMI: Nick Bollettieri, the celebrity tennis coach who helped develop such icons as Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, died on Monday aged 91. While his methods were sometimes controversial, his academy in Florida churned out top players. Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Seles, Jim Courier, Anna Kournikova and Mary Pierce all passed through his Bradenton complex. Bollettieri also advised Venus and Serena…

[thinkwinwincom]

Nick Bollettieri, entrenador de muchas estrellas del tenis, ha muerto a los 91 años

Nick Bollettieri, entrenador de muchas estrellas del tenis, ha muerto a los 91 años

Entrenador de tenis del Salón de la Fama que trabajó con algunas de las estrellas más grandes del deporte, incluidos Andre Agassi y Monica Seles, Nick Politieri falleció y fundó una academia que revolucionó el desarrollo de los atletas jóvenes. Tenía 91 años. Bollettieri murió el domingo por la noche en su casa de Florida luego de una serie de problemas de salud, dijo su manager Steve Shula en…

[novaknole]

Novak and Nick Bollettieri at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells last week

(via NickBollettieri on Twitter)

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Nick Bollettieri: Tennis-Trainer-Legende ist tot

Nick Bollettieri: Tennis-Trainer-Legende ist tot

Tennis-Legende Nick Bollettieri ist tot. Er starb am Sonntag im Alter von 91 Jahren. Das berichtet die „Tennis World USA“ . In den letzten Wochen hatte es immer wieder Berichte über den schlecht werdenden Gesundheitszustand von Bollettieri gegeben.  Nick Bollettieri trainiert die ganz Großen – auch Boris Becker Bollettieri hatte 1978 in Bradenton (US-Bundesstaat Florida) seine legendäre…

[adribosch-fan]

Muere Nick Bollettieri, el entrenador de Andre Agassi y las hermanas Williams, a los 91 años

Muere Nick Bollettieri, el entrenador de Andre Agassi y las hermanas Williams, a los 91 años

Considerado como el mejor preparador de tenis de todos los tiempos llevó la carrera de grandes figuras del deporte de la raqueta. Nick Bollettieri, con Tommy Haas, uno de sus pupilos. Alberto Marcos  @albermg Nick Bollettieri, considerado el mejor entrenador de tenis de todos los tiempos, murió a los 91 años de edad dejando detrás de él un legado prácticamente insuperable. Por sus manos y sus…

[adilovers]

La Française Mary Pierce et son ancien entraîneur Nick Bollettieri à l'entraînement aux Internationnaux de France, en juin 1994.

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Legendary Coach Nick Bollettieri To Participate in 2019 New York Tennis Expo … Legendary Coach Nick Bollettieri To Participate in 2019 New York Tennis Expo Source by GolfHub24

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Sharapova ends a career that was stuff of Hollywood

PARIS: From the shadow of Chernobyl's nuclear wasteland to international super-stardom and from penniless arrival in the United States, without a word of English, to estimated earnings of at least US$300 million.

For a long time Maria Sharapova's story was the stuff of Hollywood dreams, a testament to the power of one individual to make it, whatever the odds, whatever people think.

A drugs ban in 2016 and persistent injuries cast a shadow over her career and on Wednesday, with an announcement in Vogue magazine, the 32-year-old brought her eventful career to an end.

"How do you leave behind the only life you've ever known? How do you walk away from the courts you've trained on since you were a little girl, the game that you love," she wrote.

"Tennis — I'm saying goodbye."

Sharapova shot to international fame as a giggly 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 2004 -- the third youngest player to conquer the All England Club's famous grass courts.

She would go on to win the Australian and US Opens while claiming two titles at the French Open, despite famously likening her movement on Roland Garros's crushed red brick to a "cow on ice".

Siberia-born Sharapova first picked up a racquet at the age of four in Sochi, where her Belarus-born parents had settled after escaping the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Overnight celebrity

Spotted by Martina Navratilova, she was encouraged to move to Nick Bollettieri's Florida academy, the proving ground of Andre Agassi and Monica Seles.

Father Yuri and the seven-year-old Maria left for the US in 1994 with just $700 to their names.

Yuri took odd jobs like dishwashing to finance his daughter's dreams although visa restrictions meant mother Yelena was back in Russia, separated from her daughter for two years.

Sharapova made her professional debut at 14 in 2001 and by 2003 reached the world top 50. She won her first tour titles in Japan and Quebec.

Then in 2004, her Wimbledon final triumph in straight sets over Serena Williams made her an overnight international celebrity.

One year later, she became the first Russian woman to be ranked number one in the world while, in 2006, she won her second major at the US Open.

But in 2007 and 2008, she began her long, on-off battle with shoulder trouble.

She still had time to win the 2008 Australian Open before a second shoulder injury. But in 2012 she captured the French Open to become the 10th woman to complete a career Grand Slam. She added Olympic silver to her resume that year.

Her 2014 French Open title was another high after a dispiriting injury low.

More injury troubles followed before the bombshell announcement of her positive test for meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open -- where she fell in the quarter-finals to Williams, her last match before a 15-month suspension.

With Williams, she endured her most testing rivalry -- on and off the court.

The two famously exchanged personal insults over their love lives when Sharapova began a two-year romance with Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov, a rumoured previous suitor of the American.

Sharapova had previously been engaged to former Los Angeles Laker Sasha Vujacic.

Commercial Jackpot

She may have been unlucky in love, but Sharapova hit the jackpot in her commercial affairs.

She once signed a contract extension with Nike worth a reported $70 million and Forbes calculated in 2016 that she had made more than $300 million over her career from playing and endorsements.

"Beauty sells. I have to realise that's a part of why people want me. I'm not going to make myself ugly," she said.

She owns luxury homes and made a lucrative career as an entrepreneur.

In 2012, she launched her own line of candy, 'Sugarpova', and during her suspension, signed up for a Harvard Business School course.

For 11 years before her doping ban, Sharapova was the highest-paid female athlete in the world, said Forbes. When she was suspended Tag Heuer cut off talks over a new deal and Porsche and Nike suspended promotional plans, though they did not sever their links.

When Sharapova returned in 2017 her world ranking had disappeared, leaving her at the mercy of wildcards into tournaments.

Those free-passes irked many of her contemporaries already suspicious of the Russian's aloofness.

Troubled by her shoulder, she struggled to recapture her best form.

When she lost in straight sets to Donna Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open in January, the writing seemed on the wall.

"You realise that you're not immortal, you're never going to play this forever," Sharapova said. "At one point, life goes on and there's a lot of things to look forward to."

"You have family, children, other business ventures. To me, that doesn't make me sad, that makes me excited."

In her farewell note in Vogue, she wrote: "In giving my life to tennis, tennis gave me a life. I'll miss it every day."

[newslabs]

Nick Bollettieri, famed tennis coach, dies aged 91 | CNN

Nick Bollettieri, famed tennis coach, dies aged 91 | CNN

CNN  —  Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, has died aged 91. Bollettieri’s death was confirmed by the IMG Academy, which Bollettieri is the founder of, in a statement sent to CNN. “Anyone who knew Nick knows how much he loved developing the potential in young people, coaching tennis and this Academy,” Tim…

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Tennis coach to the stars Nick Bollettieri dies, aged 91

Tennis coach to the stars Nick Bollettieri dies, aged 91

Nick Bollettieri ) began coaching in the 1950s (Picture: Joe Toth/BPI/Shutterstock) Charismatic tennis coach Nick Bollettieri – who guided the likes of Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles and Boris Becker in his long career – has died at the age of 91. The American, born in New York to Italian parents, began coaching in the 1950s and, after dropping out of law school to focus on the…