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| Tennis's Scud - Mark Philippoussis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi everyone! I'm Aims and I'm dedicating a site to my most looked-up to idol... Mark Philippoussis. He's my favourite tennis player out of all the players I like. There aren't many sites on the web about Mark so I hope to add to that list with this page. I'll include info about him, pictures, tournament results... and just anything I can gather about the 'Scud'. Hope y'all enjoy!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Scud' - word meaning 'Missile' - Describing Mark's fierce and powerful serve. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Article Written About Mark Some Time Ago: NO PARK FOR SCUD MOBILE MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS is having car trouble again. Having made the critical life decision to drive a yellow Lamborghini instead of a Ferrari, the Scudster found himself in a spot of bother in the Melbourne Park carpark yesterday. He was seen - and heard - having a verbal stoush with a parking officer. According to an eyewitness, the parking man told Scud to park elsewhere. Scud objected strongly, cursing the pesky official. He marched off, leaving the car in the (reserved)parking place. The parking man grabbed his walky-talky in search of reinforcements. "I've just been sworn at and I'm f. . .ing sick of it," he said. "He's taken my name and he's going to report me to . . .. . .(inaudible, but believed to be a higher power at Flinders Park)." Scud's father, Nick, then picked up the argument. By this stage two parking officers, a security guard and a man guessed to be a tournament official had gathered by the car. The guards told the Patriarchal Missile (Big Scud) that if the car wasn't moved to the nearby players' parking spots, it would be towed away. Big Nick countered that the car was a courtesy vehicle from Ford and it had been parked in the courtesy spot. The battle raged for several minutes and there was no sign of a ceasefire when our spy left the carpark. From the media's point of view, the biggest difference between Wimbledon and the Australian Open is the domination of the former by London's aggressive tabloids. This is most evident at media conferences. At Wimbledon, the lead off question will often focus on the private life of a player: "Steffi, did your father . . .? Mary, have you seen your father??" Here, the questioning is more tame. For example, it took until yesterday for Andre Agassi to receive a question about his celebrity wife, Brooke Shields. But the foray into his marriage was not exactly rugged stuff by Wimbledon standards and Andre's reply was a clean winner. Question: I think it was in Stuttgart last year you said how your wife was always a force in helping you get back there? Agassi: According to the media, she's the reason I got to number one and she's the reason why I fell, and now she is the reason why I came back, so God bless Brooke." Best question from one of the hordes of horny teenagers who turned out to receive autographs and a close-up gawk at Anna Kournikova at the "fanfest" yesterday. "Anna, after you finish tennis, will you become a supermodel?" Kournikova: "Uhm, we'll see when I finish." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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PHILI FACTS: | Nationality: AUS Birth Date: November 7, 1976 Birthplace: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Residence: Melbourne, AUS & Monte Carlo Height: 6 ft 4 in Weight: 202 lbs. Plays: Right Turned Pro: 1994 Current rank for singles: 17 Current rank for doubles: 31 High rank for singles: 13 High rank date for singles: June 16, 1997 High rank for doubles: 18 High rank date for doubles: August 11, 1997 Career titles for singles: 4 Career titles for doubles: 3 Career matches won: 109 Career matches lost: 64 Year end matches won: 48 Year end matches lost: 21 Career prize money: $1,844,837 Year end prize money for singles: $743,257 Year end prize money for doubles: $160,954
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