On a recent morning, my quiet predawn
breakfast at a local restaurant was upended
by another patron, two tables away, chatting
on the phone.
Isn't that Nick Bollettieri, whose academy is
just around the corner, I wondered.
"Sorry to call so early!" he was saying. "When
you wake up, come see me. I have something
for you."
He left abruptly. Without paying? No. Out to
his car then back to glad-hand a friend at the
breakfast counter. Minutes later, our collision
Nick Bollettieri, 82, will be enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 12. Photo
courtesy IMG Academy
TENNIS, ANYONE?
NICK BOLLETTIERI EARNED RENOWN FOR DOING THINGS HIS WAY,
JUST AS A FRENCH FEMALE STAR DID DECADES EARLIER
By Barbara Dondero
Contributing Writer
