Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Predictions Round 3 Australian Open 2017
After the big howler of the tournament so far, where Denis Istomin beat reigning champion Novak Djokovic, I’m sure the Australian Open draw looks far more interesting for a few players. Let’s look at the next round through the lenses of the bookies at Bet365. First up is big hitters Jack Sock vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Sock […]
Benoit Paire Tennis Racquet
Benoit Paire is a flashy French player with an affection for smashing racquets. He also claims to “hate Wimbledon” (see pic below for proof). The guy can play some good tennis when he’s “on” however and he showed that in this year’s Australian Open by beating Fabio Fognini in a tense five-setter. Benoit Paire was […]
Denis Istomin Tennis Racquet
Denis Istomin gave us the biggest surprise of this year’s Australian Open (some say the decade) when he, ranked #117 in the world, beat six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in a five set thriller: 7-6 (8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. “I feel sorry for Novak. I was playing so good today.” What racquet does […]
Predictions Round 2 Australian Open 2017
The first round of the Australian Open 2017 didn’t have the upsets that perhaps the punters or journalists were looking for, but was still full of spectacular tennis. What about Dr Ivo Karlovic breaking the ace record (75!) in his five hour match against Zeballos! Or juniors Alexander Bublik or Frances Tiafoe showing their talent […]
Ways You Can Prepare For Tennis in 2017
Professional tennis has already started back up and with the Australian Open in full swing the season has officially begun for the rest of us. As the first Grand Slam event of the season, and one that happens almost immediately upon the onset of the New Year, the Aussie Open truly feels like a starting […]
Feliciano Lopez Tennis Racquet
Spaniard Feliciano Lopez has been a breath of fresh air on the ATP World Tour since he became a pro in 1997. He’s still going strong and is ranked within the top 30, which is nice to see for someone who tries to uphold and rejuvenate aggressive serve-and-volley tennis in the age of massive top-spin […]
Reilly Opelka Tennis Racquet
There are so many promising American players challenging the established pros on tour right now that it’s hard not to foresee an American world number one within the next ten years. One of the players who have made the biggest waves despite his young age is 19-year-old Reilly Opelka who in the first round of […]
Marcos Baghdatis Tennis Racquet
Marcos Baghdatis made a huge splash when he in 2007’s Australian Open tore through the draw and despite a ranking outside the top 100, qualified for the final against Roger Federer. Federer managed to win that match and the title, but it was still thought to be the start of something big for the Cypriot […]
Luca Vanni Tennis Racquet
Italian Luca Vanni has just qualified for his first Australian Open and our friends at Tennisportalen (Swedish website about tennis) took some photos from his practice session where he used a blue racquet with no branding on it. Luca Vanni has previously used the Wilson Blade 98 so we instantly got curious about this likely […]
Bet 365 bookies: Round 1 Australian Open
It makes you sad to read stories about players fixing matches to make a buck from betting. One of the latest most shocking stories was about Oliver Anderson, previous Australian Open Boys’ Champion, who was charged with match-fixing by the Tennis Integrity Unit. Besides the match fixing you also see a lot of rage from […]