Jack Sock Talks Nebraska Cornhusker Football

Tennis pro Jack Sock fielded questions from the media about his upcoming tennis schedule and he also talked Nebraska Cornhusker Football. 

The Nebraska native attended a game this year and out of the blue gives Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini a "vote of confidence."  I'm sure that is comforting to Pelini.

BTW - Jack was wearing a black Nebraska pullover and underneath, a Nebraska tee.

Hear Jack talk 'Husker football here:

Jack Sock in action in Atlanta

Robby Ginepri Talks About Tennis and His Bicycle Injury From 2010

Robby Ginepri talks everything tennis as he spoke to members of the media following his victory on Friday in the USTA Australian Open Wildcard Playoff.

He even sets the record straight on what really happened when he got injured riding his bike at Kennesaw Mountain in 2010.

Listen to Robby in this AudioBoo:

Pictures From 2011 USTA Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs: Day 1

An interesting day to say the least at the 2011 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs put on by the USTA today Atlanta.

The winner of the men's and women's fields get a coveted wildcard entry into the 2012 Australian Open in January. 

Results today on the women's side:

Coco Vandeweghe over Taylor Townsend

Madison Keys over Jamie Hampton

Alison Riske over Grace Min

Gail Brodsky over Melanie Oudin

Coco Vandeweghe

Taylor Townsend

Jamie HamptonMadison KeysGail Brodsky

Melanie OudinAlison Riske

Grace Min

USTA Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs Kick Off With Media Day

The USTA will be hosting their annual Australian Open Tennis Wildcard Playoffs this weekend outside of Atlanta. 

The event kicked off today with media festivities which I was fortunate enough to participate in.

It included a doubles match with world #84 Irina Falconi as my partner against local sports anchor Sam Crenshaw and his partner in ATP #127 Bobby Reynolds.  Additional press and tennis fans were watching the action and a couple Atlanta news channels were rolling tape.

My serve was rusty, but I hit a nice angle drop volley that Bobby made a great play on, a nice backhand topspin lop for a winner and a forehand down the line winner past Bobby.  Irina was a great partner.

Following the set a half of doubles, the players answered questions at a press conference and ate lunch and talked further with the media.

 

A Quick Chat With USTA Troy 50K Tournament Director - Eric Hayes

There was nobody working harder this week in the world of tennis that Eric Hayes.

Who is Eric Hayes, you ask? 

He's this guy...

Here's a quick interview with Eric Hayes, the tournament director of the USTA Classic of Troy women's circuit event held this past week in Alabama.  Hayes is the men's and women's tennis coach at Troy and he's pretty much a one man show running this tournament.

From driving the players around to setting up the tennis center for play and everything in between including spending time on the court as a ball boy during some of the matches.

Hayes is a long time college coach and a former coach of players on the pro tours.  This is the ninth year for this event in Troy and as you can tell by the interview, Hayes is looking forward to next year and the 10th year of professional tennis on the campus of Troy University.

Here's an Audioboo of the interview, give it a listen.

Here's the USTA Tennis Classic of Troy.  You can see Hayes as a ball boy on the far court.

Congrats to Eric Hayes on another successful event.