Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Peter Figasinski – Designer of Federer’s Racquet
Peter Figasinski is the man behind the new Wilson racquet designs and the person who, together with Roger Federer, designed the already legendary Wilson RF 97 Autograph. I got the chance to interview him briefly and talk about his work with Wilson. Tell us a bit about yourself and your background. When did your career […]
Pouille and Muller Winners of the Week
The grass season started this week in Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch with 23-year-old Lucas Pouille winning Stuttgart and 34-year-old Muller winning the second title of the year and his career. Grass court tennis is almost like a different sport at times, especially when you watch it so soon after the long rallies of the French Open. […]
HEAD Graphene Touch Extreme MP
HEAD is releasing their Graphene Touch line across all racquet models and this time it’s the Extreme line who gets the more muted, comfortable feel with HEAD Graphene Touch Extreme MP. The HEAD Extreme line has always felt like a push towards Babolat Pure Drive and Pure Aero sticks with a user-friendly, powerful response. I […]
Denis Shapovalov to Yonex
Canadian young talent Denis Shapovalov, who is perhaps most famous for unintentionally hitting a referee with a ball in the eye, is switching racquets from Wilson to Yonex. Shapovalov has been using the legendary Wilson Six One 95 (this classic and popular line of racquets have recently been re-issued) for most of his young tennis life, but […]
Federer Loses to Haas at the Mercedes Cup
Roger Federer had a lukewarm comeback after his two-month break from tennis – he lost his first tournament match against Tommy Haas at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. It was a mixed bag performance from Roger Federer in Stuttgart today. He started out winning the first set in spectacular fashion, 6-2, and got a break […]
Stan Wawrinka to be coached by Paul Annacone
French Open finalist Stan Wawrinka will bring on Paul Annacone to his coaching team led by Magnus Norman to help him during the grass court season. “I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I have added Paul Annacone to our existing coaching staff to help during the grass-court season over the next […]
Roger Federer Practicing on Grass at Mercedes Cup
Roger Federer is starting the grass season 2017 at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart and has just had his first practice with old friend and fellow tennis player, Tommy Haas. Tournament Director Edwin Weindorfer talks in the short film about the extended grass court season and a Roger Federer in good shape and mood, ready […]
Rafael Nadal Wins 10th French Open
Today Rafael Nadal made history when he won his tenth French Open title after defeating Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets: 6-2 6-3 6-1. Did you ever really doubt it? (As you can see in my French Open predictions, I never did :))After Nadal’s dominating path to the final and Wawrinka’s nail-biting and energy-draining semi-final against […]
French Open 2017 final: Wawrinka and Nadal
Before the French Open 2017 started, I tried to predict how the draw would play out and I’m pretty happy to get lots of things right, such as the Wawrinka vs Nadal final. Find my original predictions post here. If you look at the table below you’ll see that I predicted Nadal and Wawrinka to be […]
Goran Ivanisevic using the Head MxG
The HEAD MxG series is a new line of powerful racquets with an interesting bridge design. Tennis legend Goran Ivanisevic was recently seen using the HEAD MxG during an exhibition. Tennisnerd recently reviewed the HEAD MxG 3 and 5 (read the HEAD MxG review here) and we were positive towards the racquets, although they did […]