18 PROFESSIONAL TENNIS - MARTIN EMMRICH artwork
CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

18 PROFESSIONAL TENNIS - MARTIN EMMRICH

  • S2019E18
  • 27:31
  • January 28th 2019

Martin Emmrich was born on Dec. 17, 1984 in Magdeburg in East Germany. He is a retired professional tennis player who specialized in doubles on the ATP tour (Association of Tennis Professionals). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 604 on October 12, 2009 and his highest doubles ranking of 35 on August 5, 2013. Martin Emmrich is the son of Thomas Emmrich (who also played for East Germany) and is the only one from that country to ever hold an ATP ranking.

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.


Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.