TW Blog: Tony's Tennis Tales

gmatheis · Jul 18, 2013

WAY TO GO TONY!

What did you think of that surface ?

Torres · Jul 18, 2013

Any non live videos of this online? Didn't manage to catch the live web cast.

TW Staff · Jul 19, 2013

Blog update from Tony:
http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/miscellaneous/aquatennial-semis-finals/

He is off to Iowa for another tournament.

Michelle, TW

Dags · Jul 19, 2013

When a player wins a tournament, isn't it now customary to slip on the sponsor's watch before the trophy presentation? Come on Michelle, rustle up some TW bling for the man! ;-)

Great result, Tony. Hope you're loving every minute.

TonLars · Jul 19, 2013

Haha well my shirt did have a TW patch on the sleeve, and the Mac announced my blog here during player introductions as well!

TW Staff · Jul 19, 2013

Dags said:
When a player wins a tournament, isn't it now customary to slip on the sponsor's watch before the trophy presentation? Come on Michelle, rustle up some TW bling for the man! ;-)

Great result, Tony. Hope you're loving every minute.

Haha, we will get on that

I wish we had watches and bling at TW!!

Michelle, TW

arche3 · Jul 19, 2013

Good job tony. Nice to get paid to play tennis!

TonLars · Jul 19, 2013

gmatheis said:
WAY TO GO TONY!

What did you think of that surface ?

Thanks!! Yeah the surface is tough to play on. I don't think anyone really likes it but you have to adapt. In reality I think it helps my game for the most part

Overdrive · Jul 19, 2013

Tony, I read your blog and it stated that you saw a movie.. it wasn't Grown Ups 2... right?

NLBwell · Jul 20, 2013

Overdrive said:
Question for Tony: Do you even use the money for yourself besides expenses?

I believe Tony is married now.

Overdrive · Jul 21, 2013

NLBwell said:
I believe Tony is married now.

Oh, I didn't know that.

TonLars · Jul 21, 2013

Overdrive said:
Tony, I read your blog and it stated that you saw a movie.. it wasn't Grown Ups 2... right?

Haha no it was the Conjuring. If you like creepy and suspense it was very good!

TW Staff · Jul 21, 2013

An update from Iowa:
http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/dubuque-open/

Michelle, TW

Overdrive · Jul 21, 2013

Good luck against your SF opponent Tony.

Gut4Tennis · Jul 21, 2013

TW Staff said:
An update from Iowa:
http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/dubuque-open/

Michelle, TW

Looks like Tony ran into a 61 61 buzz saw in the final

wow i really have a problem with events that make guys play 3 matches in 1 day. Its just totally irresponsible IMO

Govnor · Jul 22, 2013

Yeah he did. I wonder how the injuries impacted it. If they did.

TW Staff · Jul 22, 2013

Update from the semis and finals of Iowa.

Looks like it was an off day for Tony against a tough opponent.

On to the next one!

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/miscellaneous/dubuque-finals/

Michelle, TW

asusundevils1971 · Jul 30, 2013

Congrats on your win in Ontario on the weekend Tony..

Overdrive · Jul 30, 2013

At least it wasn't a weak draw as the other tournaments..

asusundevils1971 · Jul 30, 2013

Overdrive said:
At least it wasn't a weak draw as the other tournaments..

No Tony beat Robert Rotaru in the finals. Robert is a former D1 player that played for the Louisville Cardinals. He had a good college career.

Govnor · Aug 1, 2013

Congrats Tony!

Overdrive · Aug 1, 2013

asusundevils1971 said:
No Tony beat Robert Rotaru in the finals. Robert is a former D1 player that played for the Louisville Cardinals. He had a good college career.

?????

I didn't mention this tournament.

TW Staff · Aug 5, 2013

An update from Tony:

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/miscellaneous/august-update/

He's been struggling with some personal stuff and could use some extra strength, so let's show our support for him here!!

Michelle, TW

Govnor · Aug 5, 2013

Damn. Good luck with everything Tony. Sounds rough.

NLBwell · Aug 5, 2013

Tony, you have more people supporting you than you will ever know. All the best to you.

BIGJ98 · Aug 5, 2013

Good luck with tennis Tony. I hope the best to you

arche3 · Aug 5, 2013

Yes tony. All the best.

Gut4Tennis · Aug 5, 2013

Tony I feel your pain. Stay positive as you're a very lucky person. Life is a gift and we all have our ups and downs. Weather its a family death, health issue or a lost love, we are lucky to have the opportunity to live life. Most people live in poverty and never get a chance to thrive. I know its easy for me to say this, as I can only speculate what is going on, as its none of my business. We are with you.

JimBob24 · Aug 5, 2013

Congratulations on all your success this summer! Focus on the positive and know that you have a lot of supporters that wish you nothing but the best. Good luck in your upcoming tournaments!

gmatheis · Aug 5, 2013

Congrats on the win Tony!

Sorry things are down for you ... hope they get better! You've always seemed to be such a nice guy on the boards and I think all of us hacks are lucky to have someone at your level interacting and sharing with us.

Best of luck man, I really hope I can watch you play in person some day!

Shangri La · Aug 6, 2013

We've all had those moments in our lives. Be well, Tony.

JimBob24 · Aug 9, 2013

Looks like next up for Tony at US Open Nationals is Nolan Paige. Anyone know anything about him?

Gut4Tennis · Aug 9, 2013

JimBob24 said:
Looks like next up for Tony at US Open Nationals is Nolan Paige. Anyone know anything about him?

link to the draw please?

Thanks

darrinbaker00 · Aug 9, 2013

Gut4Tennis said:
link to the draw please?

Thanks

Here it is:
http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/2013_USONP_Mens_Singles_Championship_Draw.pdf

JLyon · Aug 9, 2013

JimBob24 said:
Looks like next up for Tony at US Open Nationals is Nolan Paige. Anyone know anything about him?

Plays at Stanford

Gut4Tennis · Aug 9, 2013

darrinbaker00 said:
Here it is:
http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/2013_USONP_Mens_Singles_Championship_Draw.pdf

thanks.

after looking at the draw, anyone can win this.

Tony has as good of a chance as any.

Actually this draw is not any tougher then the open hard courts, might even be less

anyway, i believe Tony can do it

#1 DADAMO is 24yrs old, 551 atp, high of 480
#2 SCHNEIDER is 18 yrs old, 1197 high of 1197
#3 DACIEK 23yrs old , atp 1025, high of 979
#4 BOYCE, 19 yrs old, atp 1549, high of 1522

Tony plays

NOLAN PAIGE 19 yrs old, no atp pts ever

From the atp website, with many favorite spelling mistakes, unless there are 2 ways to spell it that I'm not aware.

Father, Ed, is a Fairfield University tennis coach, mother, Jacque, is an Executive Recruiter... Also has a brother named, Sayer...Started playing tennis in Fairfield with his Dad...Favourite surface is hard court, favourite shot is backhand and favourite tournament is ATP (New Haven)...Idol growing up was James Blake...Trains at the Stamford Indoor Tennis Academy...Hobbies outside of tennis include basketball and if he wasn’t a tennis player he would play basketball...Favourite sporting teams are North Cartholina baskbetball, the Mets and and the Knicks... Mother represented Purdue in volleyball and father played soccer for North Carolina... Assists with the Operation Hope charity...Has played the final of the Easter Bowl and won the National Gold Ball (USA) in doubles...Coached by John Defilippo.

JimBob24 · Aug 15, 2013

Good luck tomorrow Tony! Just know that you have a lot of people pulling for you.

JimBob24 · Aug 16, 2013

Nice work Tony! 6-2 6-0 win over Nolan Paige from Stanford. Next up, Andrew Ball who is committed to Harvard. Good luck.

Squidward · Aug 16, 2013

Congrats Tony and Continued Success!!

jhick · Aug 17, 2013

Looks like Tony advanced to the semis. Next up is Dadamo, the #1 seed.

Topaz · Aug 17, 2013

Gooooo Tony!!!!

JLyon · Aug 17, 2013

wow nice wins over an established Pac12 player and then and upcoming Crimson player

TW Staff · Aug 18, 2013

Tony is into the semis...

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/us-open-national-playoffs/

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/us-open-national-playoffs/

Michelle, TW

JimBob24 · Aug 18, 2013

Good job getting to the semi's. I guess the #1 seed was just too good. Maybe next year, keep believing and chasing your dream.

jhick · Aug 19, 2013

Here is an interesting article on Tony from USTA northern website.

http://www.northern.usta.com/news/tony_larson_falls_in_semis_at_us_open_qualifier/

zapvor · Aug 19, 2013

wow unbelievable progress and story

Overdrive · Aug 19, 2013

Tony! Tony! Tony! Tony! Tony! Tony!.............

Gut4Tennis · Aug 20, 2013

tony you really are improving

keep up the great work.

TW Staff · Aug 23, 2013

Reflecting on the semifinals at the USONP:

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/usonp-semis-2/

Michelle, TW

Overdrive · Aug 23, 2013

Humble words from Tony Larson.

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