{"id":341648,"date":"2025-12-13T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/341648\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:52:09","slug":"the-tennis-player-snoop-dogg-once-labelled-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/341648\/","title":{"rendered":"The tennis player Snoop Dogg once labelled \u2018the truth\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Like many big-name celebrities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/entertainment\/players\/snoop_dogg\/88501\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snoop Dogg<\/a> is an avid tennis fan.  <\/p>\n<p> The famous rapper has been spotted at some of the biggest events over the years and was sitting next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/tennis\/players\/billie_jean_king\/127479\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Jean King<\/a> at the Paris Olympics, watching Novak Djokovic\u2019s last match against Rafael Nadal. <\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Snoop Dogg was asked in an interview to name a sport he was into that most people wouldn\u2019t have imagined. <\/p>\n<p>He answered tennis, and then proceeded to name his favourite player, whom he labelled \u2018the truth\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2245911306-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" border=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Photo by Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images\n                <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnoop Dogg said that Ivan Lendl was \u2018the truth\u2019 back in 2004<\/p>\n<p>As per the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/tennis\/3725045.stm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> in May that year, Snoop Dogg said: \u201cI used to like Ivan Lendl. He was sharp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn old schooler. Make it happen and roll out. Now I like Venus and Serena, but Ivan was the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Lendl won a total of 94 tour-level titles throughout his career, eight of which he picked up at Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>Lendl clinched two Australian Open crowns, three French Open championships and three-peated at the US Open from 1985 to 1987. <\/p>\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-155525423-1024x687.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"469\" border=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images\n                <\/p>\n<p>He came close to achieving the Career Grand Slam, having reached the Wimbledon final two times in a row in 1986 and 1987, but suffered near misses on both occasions. <\/p>\n<p>After his playing days, he became a coach, and was in Andy Murray\u2019s corner during the most successful period of the Briton\u2019s career. <\/p>\n<p>Ivan Lendl\u2019s coaching success with Andy Murray <\/p>\n<p>Lendl was first appointed by Murray in December 2011, and he quickly guided him to his first two Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n<p>He helped him clinch a maiden major at the US Open in 2012, and in 2013, Murray ended the 77-year-long wait for a British men\u2019s singles champion at Wimbledon. <\/p>\n<p>The two parted ways in 2014, but Murray reappointed Lendl in June 2016, before going on to win Wimbledon for the second time and claim world number one status. <\/p>\n<p>Lendl had a brief spell with Alexander Zverev from 2018 to 2019, but the two ultimately split due to personal differences. <\/p>\n<p>The Czech-born American rejoined Murray again in 2022 to help the Scot in the twilight of his career, before splitting for a third time in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like many big-name celebrities, Snoop Dogg is an avid tennis fan. 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