Ivan Lendl
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 16: Former tennis players Wojciech Fibak (L) and Ivan Lendl share a joke as they watch the action during day one of the final Davis Cup match between Czech Republic and Spain at the 02 Arena on November 16, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Technology and science have changed the game tremendously ... Not (only) the rackets and strings, but also the knowledge about training, nutrition and health. The guys take better care of themselves. They're stronger, they're quicker. It has made tremendous progress.
If you give players rackets which don't spin the ball and courts which are lightning fast, they're all going to be serving and volleying
I think we can look up times from swimming and compare them from 20 years ago and nowMore quotes »
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Lendl to display collection of art nouveau posters
-- Tennis star Ivan Lendl is displaying his full collection of posters by the Czech art nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha for the first time.The eight-time Grand Slam winner's collection of 116 posters is being exhibited in Prague 's Municipal House, an art nouveau Read more »
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Coaches’ Corner: Closing the Match
to enjoy feeling uncomfortable. Better tennis, more learning and more enjoyment will follow. Ivan Lendl IJTA exemplifies Ivan Lendl’s desire to give back to tennis and develop future champions through a new-era curriculum and holistic training approach. The from Tennis Grandstand Read more »
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Andy Murray on course for French Open
Lendl still has a flight booked from America to Paris this week as Andy Murray keeps alive his chances of playing in the French Open, which begins next Sunday. Murray had feared the worst when he retired, due to a pain in his back, in mid-match against Spaniard from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Ivan Lendl wants you to know: He likes to smile
Lendl does smile, he even laughs, as he is doing here during the semifinals of the U.S. Open in 2012. His guy, Andy Murray, defeated Tomas Berdych.(Photo: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images) Ivan Lendl has helped Andy Murray become a major championWith his academy, from USA Today Read more »
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Golf tournament benefits New Britain's Hospital for Special Care
— Teeing off at the Wethersfield Country Club Monday was former tennis world champion Ivan Lendl, who partnered with New Britain’s Hospital for Special Care to help children living with disabilities experience sports. It was the 18th year of the annual tournament, from New Britain Herald Read more »
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Brilliance and Buffoonery
with Maria Sharapova), but until recently he hasn’t had a taste for the hard work that most Top 10 players embrace. As Ivan Lendl remarked a few months ago, after Dimitrov appeared to run out of steam in matches against his protégé Andy Murray as well as Novak from Peter Bodo's TennisWorld Read more »
