Holger Rune is quite a passionate player who shows a wide array of emotions on the court, something he needs to keep doing, according to a tennis legend.
Holger Rune hasn't been in tennis for a long time, but the Dane has already had a few controversies. He's shown a lot of emotion on the court, ranging from pure rage to extreme joy, which some have criticized.
We've all gotten used to the stoic tennis players of the past, but this new generation brings a lot of fire to the game. Rune is one of those players that burns really hot, and it's earned him a fair share of criticism in the past.
He's been branded as cocky, disrespectful, and all sorts of other things which aren't really true. One former legend of the sport, Jimmy Connors, gave him advice when the Dane took part in his podcast recently.
I’m gonna say this,...
Holger Rune hasn't been in tennis for a long time, but the Dane has already had a few controversies. He's shown a lot of emotion on the court, ranging from pure rage to extreme joy, which some have criticized.
We've all gotten used to the stoic tennis players of the past, but this new generation brings a lot of fire to the game. Rune is one of those players that burns really hot, and it's earned him a fair share of criticism in the past.
He's been branded as cocky, disrespectful, and all sorts of other things which aren't really true. One former legend of the sport, Jimmy Connors, gave him advice when the Dane took part in his podcast recently.
I’m gonna say this,...
- 12/2/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Carlos Alcaraz is already enjoying his fourth stint as the highest-ranked player on the Atp Tour, but how does he compare to the tennis greats?
When the young Spaniard won the 2022 US Open, he became the youngest man ever to become the world number one . Since then, he has lost the spot because of injuries, but also because of Novak Djokovic's dominance early in the season.
After the two players traded the top spot multiple times, Alcaraz started his reign again on June 26th, 2023 , and he has kept the spot since then. Djokovic had a chance to retake it during the 2023 Wimbledon final , but since he lost, it's the 20-year-old who sits atop also now.
That means that Alcaraz spent already 30 weeks as the highest-ranked player on the Atp Tour, and the number is excepted to increase even further, but where does he rank right now among all men that reached the world no.
When the young Spaniard won the 2022 US Open, he became the youngest man ever to become the world number one . Since then, he has lost the spot because of injuries, but also because of Novak Djokovic's dominance early in the season.
After the two players traded the top spot multiple times, Alcaraz started his reign again on June 26th, 2023 , and he has kept the spot since then. Djokovic had a chance to retake it during the 2023 Wimbledon final , but since he lost, it's the 20-year-old who sits atop also now.
That means that Alcaraz spent already 30 weeks as the highest-ranked player on the Atp Tour, and the number is excepted to increase even further, but where does he rank right now among all men that reached the world no.
- 7/26/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
International sales agents, producers and programmers salute 2023 edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop
Attendees praised the projects, atmosphere and organisation.
Romania-born, Berlin-based director Cosmin Nicolae’s debut feature project Pyrrhic was the big winner at this year’s Transilvania Pitch Stop during TIFF’s industry programme.
The drama, which has already secured more than half of its €1.4m budget, was awarded €25,000 in post-production services as part of the Chainsaw Europe post-production award as well as the CoCo Award’s five-day residency from the Connecting Cottbus East-West Co-Production Market.
Nicolae’s screenplay centres on a 40-year-old woman army veteran returning from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast and making a...
Romania-born, Berlin-based director Cosmin Nicolae’s debut feature project Pyrrhic was the big winner at this year’s Transilvania Pitch Stop during TIFF’s industry programme.
The drama, which has already secured more than half of its €1.4m budget, was awarded €25,000 in post-production services as part of the Chainsaw Europe post-production award as well as the CoCo Award’s five-day residency from the Connecting Cottbus East-West Co-Production Market.
Nicolae’s screenplay centres on a 40-year-old woman army veteran returning from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast and making a...
- 6/19/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
International sales agents, producers and programmers salute 2024 edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop
Attendees praised the projects, atmosphere and organisation
Romania-born, Berlin-based director Cosmin Nicolae’s debut feature project Pyrrhic was the big winner at this year’s Transilvania Pitch Stop during TIFF’s industry programme.
The drama, which has already secured more than half of its €1.4m budget, was awarded €25,000 in post-production services as part of the Chainsaw Europe post-production award as well as the CoCo Award’s five-day residency from the Connecting Cottbus East-West Co-Production Market.
Nicolae’s screenplay centres on a 40-year-old woman army veteran returning from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast and making a harrowing...
Romania-born, Berlin-based director Cosmin Nicolae’s debut feature project Pyrrhic was the big winner at this year’s Transilvania Pitch Stop during TIFF’s industry programme.
The drama, which has already secured more than half of its €1.4m budget, was awarded €25,000 in post-production services as part of the Chainsaw Europe post-production award as well as the CoCo Award’s five-day residency from the Connecting Cottbus East-West Co-Production Market.
Nicolae’s screenplay centres on a 40-year-old woman army veteran returning from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast and making a harrowing...
- 6/19/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Former player Ilie Nastase believes that Rafael Nadal 's 14 Roland Garros wins are a harder achievement than Novak Djokovic 's 23 Grand Slams.
Comparing things in sports is very difficult to do because sports are fluid and it's never the same thing. Even the same sport changes from year to year and in tennis and on the Atp Tour particularly, the change is constant.
What happens one year rarely happens the other year so it's very hard to compare players, eras, and achievements. Yet it's been done because people like to compare things, whether it's sports, jewelry, cars, or phones.
Djokovic recently won Roland Garros becoming the first male player to ever win 23 Grand Slam trophies . It's an incredible achievement simply as it was never done before and his biggest rival, Rafael Nadal quickly congratulated him on the 'impossible achievement' . As impressive as it is former player Ilie Nastase feels like...
Comparing things in sports is very difficult to do because sports are fluid and it's never the same thing. Even the same sport changes from year to year and in tennis and on the Atp Tour particularly, the change is constant.
What happens one year rarely happens the other year so it's very hard to compare players, eras, and achievements. Yet it's been done because people like to compare things, whether it's sports, jewelry, cars, or phones.
Djokovic recently won Roland Garros becoming the first male player to ever win 23 Grand Slam trophies . It's an incredible achievement simply as it was never done before and his biggest rival, Rafael Nadal quickly congratulated him on the 'impossible achievement' . As impressive as it is former player Ilie Nastase feels like...
- 6/16/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
‘Nasty’ is about the legendary Romanian tennis player and is direted by festival president Tudor Giurgiu.
New films by Tudor Giurgiu and Marian Crisan are to be shown in Ro Days’ Closed Screenings at this week’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Cluj-Napoca.
The screenings are open to distributors, festival programmers, and sales agents.
Transilvania festival president Giurgiu’s documentary Nasty about the legendary Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase includes interviews with Rafa Nadal, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, and Billie Jean King.
At last year’s TIFF, the director had given a sneak preview of around 15 minutes...
New films by Tudor Giurgiu and Marian Crisan are to be shown in Ro Days’ Closed Screenings at this week’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Cluj-Napoca.
The screenings are open to distributors, festival programmers, and sales agents.
Transilvania festival president Giurgiu’s documentary Nasty about the legendary Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase includes interviews with Rafa Nadal, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, and Billie Jean King.
At last year’s TIFF, the director had given a sneak preview of around 15 minutes...
- 6/12/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“Show me the money” was the memorable battle cry in Jerry Maguire, the 1996 movie about a sports agent who must “deliver” for his manic client.
Matt Damon, the negotiator at the center of his and Ben Affleck’s new movie, delivers big time for his client, and so does the film. Air is an angry, trash-talking movie that somehow, in its final minutes, switches into a “feel good” epic.
In Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise survives both a love affair and a crisis of conscience. Air is about neither love nor conscience, but the $90 million movie — Amazon reportedly paid $120 million for the rights and package — carries a daunting bundle of expectations about the future of distribution (its producers include Peter Guber and David Ellison).
Its box office numbers for the opening week were auspicious but inevitably did not fully match those expectations. “There’s too much riding on every new theatrical release,...
Matt Damon, the negotiator at the center of his and Ben Affleck’s new movie, delivers big time for his client, and so does the film. Air is an angry, trash-talking movie that somehow, in its final minutes, switches into a “feel good” epic.
In Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise survives both a love affair and a crisis of conscience. Air is about neither love nor conscience, but the $90 million movie — Amazon reportedly paid $120 million for the rights and package — carries a daunting bundle of expectations about the future of distribution (its producers include Peter Guber and David Ellison).
Its box office numbers for the opening week were auspicious but inevitably did not fully match those expectations. “There’s too much riding on every new theatrical release,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Stefanos Tsitsipas said Rafael Nadal's historic achievements on clay place him on another planet ahead of other Atp players.
World number three Tsitsipas has won the last two Monte-Carlo Masters and hopes to become the third player to win the competition on three separate occasions. The only other players to achieve this feat were Nadal and Ilie Nastase.
Speaking after his round of 32 win against Benjamin Bonzi, Tsitsipas remained humble and emphasised the true magnitude of Nadal's previous accomplishments on clay surfaces.
"To compare yourself to Nadal here, or anywhere else on clay, you have to come from another planet,"
But Greek player Tsitsipas could not hold back his excitement about the forthcoming clay season, which kicked off at Monte Carlo on Monday.
"I'm always excited when the clay season starts up again, Tennis is different on this surface and I missed the clay. The first day you put your foot on it,...
World number three Tsitsipas has won the last two Monte-Carlo Masters and hopes to become the third player to win the competition on three separate occasions. The only other players to achieve this feat were Nadal and Ilie Nastase.
Speaking after his round of 32 win against Benjamin Bonzi, Tsitsipas remained humble and emphasised the true magnitude of Nadal's previous accomplishments on clay surfaces.
"To compare yourself to Nadal here, or anywhere else on clay, you have to come from another planet,"
But Greek player Tsitsipas could not hold back his excitement about the forthcoming clay season, which kicked off at Monte Carlo on Monday.
"I'm always excited when the clay season starts up again, Tennis is different on this surface and I missed the clay. The first day you put your foot on it,...
- 4/12/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
This review of “The French” was first published on June 17, 2021, after its Metrograph.com streaming debut.
Tennis fans exhausted by two weeks of a Grand Slam competition in Paris that ended last Sunday with a thrilling new champion on the women’s side, and perhaps the cementing of Goat status on the men’s, may believe they’re ready to leave the spring’s red clay season behind for the summer grass and regulation whites at Wimbledon.
But a new reissue of a sports documentary artifact is now available to offer tennis diehards one more rewarding reminder of the enduring thrills and frustrations of battling on the terre battue, William Klein’s movie about the 1981 Roland Garros tournament, “The French.”
Klein, an American-born, French-identified photographer and filmmaker now in his 90s, had long been lauded for his street-smart, irony-laden, instinctively artistic work. His feature debut, the 1966 fashion satire “Who Are You,...
Tennis fans exhausted by two weeks of a Grand Slam competition in Paris that ended last Sunday with a thrilling new champion on the women’s side, and perhaps the cementing of Goat status on the men’s, may believe they’re ready to leave the spring’s red clay season behind for the summer grass and regulation whites at Wimbledon.
But a new reissue of a sports documentary artifact is now available to offer tennis diehards one more rewarding reminder of the enduring thrills and frustrations of battling on the terre battue, William Klein’s movie about the 1981 Roland Garros tournament, “The French.”
Klein, an American-born, French-identified photographer and filmmaker now in his 90s, had long been lauded for his street-smart, irony-laden, instinctively artistic work. His feature debut, the 1966 fashion satire “Who Are You,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Italian producer Domenico Procacci, after shepherding more than 100 movies and several TV series, including Netflix’s upcoming Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lying Life of Adults,” via his Fandango shingle, is debuting as a director with six-part documentary series “The Team.” Variety speaks to Procacci exclusively about what prompted him to go behind the camera for what he says is just a one-off experience as a director, and debuts the English-language subtitled version of the trailer, above.
The project is a deeply researched reconstruction of the complex – and sometimes comical – dynamics behind the Italian tennis team that won the 1976 Davis Cup and reached the finals for this trophy three other times between 1976 and 1980.
In “The Team,” which is being presented as a work-in-progress at the Torino Film Festival, the protagonists are the team’s players, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Paolo Bertolucci, Tonino Zugarelli, and its captain, Italian tennis legend Nicola Pietrangeli.
The project is a deeply researched reconstruction of the complex – and sometimes comical – dynamics behind the Italian tennis team that won the 1976 Davis Cup and reached the finals for this trophy three other times between 1976 and 1980.
In “The Team,” which is being presented as a work-in-progress at the Torino Film Festival, the protagonists are the team’s players, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Paolo Bertolucci, Tonino Zugarelli, and its captain, Italian tennis legend Nicola Pietrangeli.
- 11/28/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
With this year’s French Open recently concluding, it’s the opportune time to watch one of cinema’s greatest sports documentaries. Capturing the annual tennis event 40 years ago, Muhammed Ali, the Greatest director William Klein’s The Open takes an intimate look at the 1981 French Open with John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Yannick Noah, Arthur Ashe, Martina Navratilova, and Björn Borg. Set to open virtually at Metrograph starting this Friday, we’re pleased to present the exclusive trailer.
As the official synopsis reads, “In 1981, Klein and three camera crews were given exclusive, unprecedented access to the tournament for the first time in its 90-year history, and using that doorway into locker rooms, TV studios, and players’ boxes, he shot the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open. With Klein’s customary eagle eye and whirlwind energy, The French showcases the noisy bedlam that accompanies any major sporting event, while also...
As the official synopsis reads, “In 1981, Klein and three camera crews were given exclusive, unprecedented access to the tournament for the first time in its 90-year history, and using that doorway into locker rooms, TV studios, and players’ boxes, he shot the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open. With Klein’s customary eagle eye and whirlwind energy, The French showcases the noisy bedlam that accompanies any major sporting event, while also...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The baby countdown is on for Serena Williams.
The tennis star stepped out Monday evening at the Met Gala in New York City, fully showing off her baby bump for the first time since announcing her pregnancy on April 19.
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Williams and fiancé Alexis Ohanian, 34, will welcome their first child this fall, her rep confirmed to People last month following an accidental post the athlete made on Snapchat before quickly deleting.
The tennis star stepped out Monday evening at the Met Gala in New York City, fully showing off her baby bump for the first time since announcing her pregnancy on April 19.
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Williams and fiancé Alexis Ohanian, 34, will welcome their first child this fall, her rep confirmed to People last month following an accidental post the athlete made on Snapchat before quickly deleting.
- 5/2/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
Following offensive, “racist” comments made about her unborn child, Serena Williams says it’s important to lift women up.
At a press conference last week, former world No. 1 tennis star Ilie Nastase was overheard making inappropriate comments about Williams’ baby, telling a reporter: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” reports Espn.
Williams addressed the hurtful commentary during a Ted talk in Vancouver on Tuesday.
“I’ve been really supportive of my peers and the people that I work with. I’ve been a pro for almost 20 years,” she said. “For me it’s really important to hold women up.
At a press conference last week, former world No. 1 tennis star Ilie Nastase was overheard making inappropriate comments about Williams’ baby, telling a reporter: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” reports Espn.
Williams addressed the hurtful commentary during a Ted talk in Vancouver on Tuesday.
“I’ve been really supportive of my peers and the people that I work with. I’ve been a pro for almost 20 years,” she said. “For me it’s really important to hold women up.
- 4/26/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Serena Williams just confirmed her pregnancy announcement was made by accident ... but was only off by about 5 or 6 days. The tennis star admitted to the social media flub Tuesday at a Ted Talks conference in Vancouver with Gayle King -- where she said she had meant to take the pic in private ... but somehow blasted it out to the world. Serena told Gayle ... "On social media, you press the wrong button and thirty minutes later...
- 4/26/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Serena Williams has responded to alleged comments from fellow tennis star Ilie Nastase about what color skin her baby will have.
Williams confirmed her pregnancy last week, and on Saturday, Espn reported that former world champ Nastase was overheard telling a journalist in Romanian, “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?”
Watch: Surprise! Serena Williams Anounces She’s Pregnant in Swimsuit-Clad Snapchat
In a photo posted on Instagram, Williams, 35, called out her peer’s reported comments as “racist.”
“It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers,” Williams wrote.
“I have said it once and I’ll say it again, this world has come so far but yet we have so much further to go,” she continued. “Yes, we have broken down so many barriers -- however there are a plethora more to...
Williams confirmed her pregnancy last week, and on Saturday, Espn reported that former world champ Nastase was overheard telling a journalist in Romanian, “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?”
Watch: Surprise! Serena Williams Anounces She’s Pregnant in Swimsuit-Clad Snapchat
In a photo posted on Instagram, Williams, 35, called out her peer’s reported comments as “racist.”
“It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers,” Williams wrote.
“I have said it once and I’ll say it again, this world has come so far but yet we have so much further to go,” she continued. “Yes, we have broken down so many barriers -- however there are a plethora more to...
- 4/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Right now should be pure bliss for Serena Williams. Not only is she the best tennis player in the world (Nbd) and enjoying a lavish vacation with fiancé Alexis Ohanian, but she's also pregnant with her first child. Unfortunately, because the world is garbage, she was forced to address a racist comment made about her baby by a fellow tennis player via Instagram on Monday: It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers. I have said it once and I'll say it again, this world has come so far but yet we have so much further to go. Yes, we have broken down so many barriers- however there are a plethora more to go. This or anything else will not stop me from pouring love, light and...
- 4/25/2017
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Serena Williams on Monday called the alleged comments about her unborn child made by former world number one Ilie Nastase “racist” and applauded the International Tennis Federation for launching a probe into the remarks. Former tennis bad boy Nastase, who won two grand slam titles in the 1970s, was quoted by Romanian and some British […]...
- 4/25/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Serena Williams hit back hard at former tennis pro Ilie Nastase over an comment he made about the color of her unborn child. According to Espn and the Telegraph, Nastase was caught on tape Friday ahead of Great Britain’s Fed Cup saying: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” The 70-year-old former world No. 1 player from Bucharest was referring to Williams’ announcement last week that she is expecting her first baby with fiancé Alex Ohanian. His comment in Romanian is clearly audible during the press conference, Espn reported, and was made to the other players while...
- 4/24/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Serena Williams has addressed the comments made by Romanian tennis captain Ilie Nastase about her pregnancy. The professional athlete shared a lengthy message to Instagram on Monday in which she expressed her disappointment over Nastase's offensive remarks regarding Serena and fiancée Alex Ohanian's unborn baby. During a recent press conference held at the Fed Cup in Romania, Nastase was heard to have said of Williams' child, "Let's see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?" As a result, the International Tennis Federation launched an investigation into the incident, which Williams said she fully supports. "It disappoints me to know we live in...
- 4/24/2017
- E! Online
Serena Williams is calling remarks made by former world No. 1 tennis star Ilie Nastase about her unborn baby “racist.”
At a press conference on Friday, Nastase was overheard telling a reporter: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” reports Espn.
Williams, who confirmed her pregnancy with Alexis Ohanian to People last week, penned a response to social media on Monday.
“It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers,” the 35-year-old athlete wrote on Instagram.
At a press conference on Friday, Nastase was overheard telling a reporter: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” reports Espn.
Williams, who confirmed her pregnancy with Alexis Ohanian to People last week, penned a response to social media on Monday.
“It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers,” the 35-year-old athlete wrote on Instagram.
- 4/24/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Sachin Tendulkar was among a host of sports stars who packed out the royal box on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday, with top internationals and Olympic gold medallists among the throng.India's master batsman Tendulkar and West Indies hero Brian Lara were in attendance from the world of cricket, while England football greats Bobby Charlton and Glenn Hoddle were also invited.Former Wimbledon champions included Martina Navratilova, Budge Patty, Jan Kodes and Australian trio Ashley Cooper, Neale Fraser and Evonne Goolagong-Cawley.Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase and former British number one Roger Taylor joined them.From rugby union, the world's most capped forward Jason Leonard, England captain Lewis Moody, and former England internationals Alastair Hignell and Martin Bayfield watched the action.Among the British Olympic gold medallists present were cyclists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, athlete Kelly Holmes, canoeist Tim Brabants and skeleton racer Amy Williams.Us skiing gold medallist Julia Mancuso,...
- 6/26/2010
- Filmicafe
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