Dec 20, 2024 10:37 PM IST
Eight-time grand slam champion Ivan Lendl is taking the court docket in Daytona Seashore Open pickleball event.
Ivan Lendl appears to be the most recent tennis nice to be transformed right into a lover of pickleball. Lendl took the court docket within the Daytona Seashore Open, which is a part of the PPA Tour, within the senior division. Lendl admitted that he hated pickleball, like a number of throughout the tennis neighborhood, however enjoying it a fvew instances has modified his thoughts.
Britain Tennis – Aegon Championships – Queens Membership, London – 14/6/16 Coach Ivan Lendl of Nice Britain’s Andy Murray in the course of the first spherical Motion Pictures through Reuters / Tony O’Brien Livepic
“I am a little too old to play tennis and keep running around too much. So I picked doubles and play half the court. I enjoyed it,” stated Lendl on pickleball.com. “I hated it too at first and then I played a few times and I changed my mind.” Lendl, nonetheless, stated that he is not going to take into account teaching within the sport. “I don’t think I’m qualified,” he stated.
There is likely to be a number of who disagree with Lendl due to the Czech-American’s extraordinary enjoying profession. Having turned professional in 1978, Lendl received a complete of eight Grand Slams in his profession. This included three French Open and US Open titles every and two Australian Open victories. He reached the ultimate of Wimbledon twice, shedding to Boris Becker in 1986 and Pat Money in 1987. Lendl is broadly credited with popularising enjoying power-based baseline tennis with a very robust forehand.
Pickleball is a sport that has gained recognition all over the world fairly rapidly and India’s city centres aren’t any exception. There have been studies on social media of pickeball courts being booked weeks upfront in Mumbai. The game is sort of just like tennis, which is why one would see movies of the likes of John McEnroe and Andre Agassi participating in occasions just like the ‘Pickleball Slam’.
There was additionally a video of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna making an attempt their hand on the sport in February this yr. India’s Armaan Bhatia received a treble of titles on the not too long ago held $50,000 PWR DUPR India Masters Pickleball event, profitable the lads’s singles and doubles, and blended doubles on the Delhi Garden Tennis Affiliation Stadium (DLTA) in October.
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