TW Blog: Tony's Tennis Tales

[gmatheis]

WAY TO GO TONY!

What did you think of that surface ?

 

[Torres]

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

 

[TW Staff]

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

He is off to Iowa for another tournament.

Michelle, TW

 

[Dags]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[TonLars]

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]

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

 

[NLBwell]

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

I believe Tony is married now.

 

[Overdrive]

I believe Tony is married now.

Oh, I didn't know that.

 

[TonLars]

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]

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

Michelle, TW

 

[Overdrive]

Good luck against your SF opponent Tony.

 

[Gut4Tennis]

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]

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

 

[TW Staff]

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]

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

 

[Overdrive]

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

 

[asusundevils1971]

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]

Congrats Tony!

 

[Overdrive]

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]

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]

Damn. Good luck with everything Tony. Sounds rough.

 

[NLBwell]

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

 

[BIGJ98]

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

 

[arche3]

Yes tony. All the best.

 

[Gut4Tennis]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[JimBob24]

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

 

[Gut4Tennis]

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]

link to the draw please?

Thanks

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

 

[JLyon]

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

Plays at Stanford

 

[Gut4Tennis]

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]

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

 

[JimBob24]

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]

Congrats Tony and Continued Success!!

 

[jhick]

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

 

[Topaz]

Gooooo Tony!!!!

 

[JLyon]

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

 

[TW Staff]

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]

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]

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]

wow unbelievable progress and story

 

[Overdrive]

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

 

[Gut4Tennis]

tony you really are improving

keep up the great work.

 

[TW Staff]

Reflecting on the semifinals at the USONP:

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

Michelle, TW

 

[Overdrive]

Humble words from Tony Larson.