Rest in peace, coach. I spent three summers down there in Bradenton. I never got to hit with Nick, naturally, but I did watch a 13 year old Maria Sharapova blast backhands off the clay with him for a half hour once.
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Tennis icon Bollettieri, coach for 10 No. 1s, dies
Hall of Fame tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, the self-dubbed "Michelangelo of Tennis" who guided 10 players to No. 1 in the world rankings, has died at the age of 91.
