Latest posts by Simon Zeitler
2024 US Open – Women’s Draw Breakdown
Of course, the women’s draw has also been published last night. And as per usual, Iga Swiatek is the player in the top spot coming into the US Open. She might be leading the rankings, but she struggled a bit with certain opponents within the last weeks, and all of those will be coming for […]
2024 US Open – Men’s draw breakdown
The US Open draw is out, and the last of four Grand Slams is already kicked off with the qualifications. Time for us to see who has been lucky and who might be on the bad end of the men’s draw. With the defending champion Novak Djokovic coming back from his post Olympics break, he […]
The Fritz – Nakashima scandal, a turning point for electronic line-calling?
We all remember the footage from this years Cincinnati Masters very well – the electronic line-calling failed mid-point and Taylor Fritz was on the worse end of the ensuing argument. While it was clear to any tennis nerd that he should have been awarded that point, the umpire made them replay the point. Brandon Nakashima […]
Popyrin Masters champion – who are the most underrated ATP players?
Previously, in the era of the Big Three, the ATP was known as the more consistent ones of the pro circuits. Usually, the biggest stars were sharing the titles amongst each other, and even players like Stan Wawrinka needed to hustle hard for any Masters or Grand Slam titles. But with the departure of Federer, […]
Players to watch at Cincinnati 2024
It seems like Wimbledon just finished yesterday, but we are already through the Olympics and one of two Masters tournaments of the American hard-court swing. Alexei Popyrin is the surprising winner of the 2024 Montreal Masters, beating Andrey Rublev in the final. Now, with just a couple more weeks to go until the final Slam […]
How Tennis Technique has Evolved
The picture of the wear and tear on Wimbledon courts between the 1970s and today (see image below) have gone viral amongst tennis sites. It shows that, while in the 70s the court was worn all over, it now gets mainly used behind the baseline. Surely, the game style has changed and this is mainly […]
Olympic Final 2024, Preview and Predictions – Alcaraz vs Djokovic
Let’s face it, we all were hoping for a final like this, when the Olympic tennis tournament started. The men’s final is no other than the 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic against the currently best tennis player in Carlos Alcaraz. We don’t need to introduce those two or how they match up, but we […]
Women’s Olympic Final Preview and Predictions – Zheng vs Vekic
The Olympic Games are progressing, and we now have the final for the women set – with a rather surprising matchup. Chinese Qinwen Zheng will face Croatian Donna Vekic for the gold medal match, where both of them could make history for their respective countries. We want to give you a preview, with our predictions, […]
The best forehands of 2024
Tennis is a sport of beauty, as you can win in many ways and use many different tools to do so. The most dominant tool arguably is the serve these days, but the true king of tennis shots is the forehand, which can be the decisive factor in both serve and return games. How to […]
String Review – base12 Alpha
Next to writing about the latest tennis news and events, I also occasionally play some tennis myself. And for the last couple of weeks, I have been testing a string from a German company called base12. The founders are two former college players, who came back to Germany and according to their website wanted to […]
