Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Viktor Troicki’s Racquet
Viktor Troicki is a player with a big game who can beat pretty much anyone, but lacks the consistency to do it on a regular basis. He endorses the Babolat Pure Aero Plus, but is actually an older model of the Babolat Pure Aero VS strung with a hybrid of Babolat RPM Blast and Babolat […]
Get your racquet strung – Rapid Racquet Repair
I found about out this great racquet service, Rapid Racquet Repair where a Master Racquet Technician strings your racquet and ships it back to you for a good price. I wish we had this service in Europe, because I’m kind of picky with my string jobs, but don’t have the time to string for myself. […]
Tommy Robredo’s Racquet
Tommy Robredo has had a rough couple of years with injuries and inconsistent results. In 2007 he was a top ten player, but he’s currently ranked 438 in the world. Today he plays his first match at Miami Open against Nikoloz Bashilashvili (click the name to learn what racquet Bashilashvili uses). What racquet will Robredo bring to […]
Miami Open Preview
Roger Federer has said that he didn’t expect such a start to his 2017 season. Well, even with the mighty resume of king Fed, who could? But now he finds himself leading the ATP race to London after winning both Australian Open and Indian Wells. How will he perform in Miami after a full week […]
Federer’s Year
I was going to put a question mark after the wording “Federer’s Year” initially since there’s only been 3,5 months so far, but even if he didn’t win another match you can still call it his year. At soon 36 years of age, Roger Federer has won his 18th slam and 25th Masters title (with […]
Murray and Djokovic out of Miami Masters
On the eve of the all-Swiss final in Indian Wells where Stan Wawrinka takes on 18 grand slam champ Roger Federer, world number one and two, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, announce that they won’t take part in Miami Masters next week. It’s a significant loss for the tournament and the tour and will give […]
Jack Sock’s weird forehand
Jack Sock has a fierce forehand with a really “weird” swing. It’s simply not something you teach people to hit, but the fact is that it works amazingly well for him since he can impart massive top spin from anywhere on the court. How does he do it? And could we learn anything from it? […]
Kyrgios withdraws and hands Federer semi-final spot
It was a highly anticipated match. Federer (and especially his one-handed backhand) was on fire against Nadal in his 6-2 6-3 win and Kyrgios looked supremely confident in his straight sets win over Djokovic. They had only played once, with Federer losing a narrow battle after three tie-breaks. But Kyrgios had to withdraw due to […]
The resurgence of the one-handed backhand
For a while it seemed on the verge of extinction. The game was moving towards faster and faster baseline rallies and the two-hander is an easier shot to take on the rise. Then Federer came, dominated and now we are in a situation where the one-handed backhanded seems to be thriving. Just looking at this year’s […]
Fedal number 36
It’s happening again, the two best players of all time, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal face off for the 36th time with Rafa leading their head-to-head 23 to 12. To me, Nadal has looked sharper so far, but Federer looks to be in a playful mood and is serving well which is the key for […]