Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Olympic gold to Andy Murray
After more than four hours of gruelling tennis, Andy Murray won his second Olympic gold medal after beating Juan Martin Del Potro in the final 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. It was a thriller of a match, but you couldn’t help but feel that Murray, with his easier road to the final and outstanding physique, would outlast […]
What is so great about the AeroPro Drive Original?
This is a true icon among racquet nerds. But what is so great about the AeroPro Drive Original? I wish we could ask Rafa Nadal. What is so great about the AeroPro Drive Original? I’ve been wondering this question for quite a while. After all, this is the racquet Rafael Nadal still plays with, despite […]
Del Potro beats Djokovic in Rio Olympics
If you didn’t watch the match, try to find the highlights (sadly, due to Olympic airing rights, the highlight reel I saw previously has been removed). Del Potro was back to good old US Open 2009 form and his forehand was painting all corners in his massive 7-6 7-6 upset of the world number one […]
What’s New
Tennis is in a slightly “dead” period at the moment with many players traveling to the Rio Olympics to try to win a medal for their country. News reports from the games have mostly talked about Brazil’s flimsy economy at the moment, the players’ rough accommodations and every other article is another tennis player withdrawing from […]
Federer out for the rest of 2016
For most people this is old news, but I thought there was no way around making a post about it. A few days ago Roger Federer announced his departure from the 2016 season on his website: Dear Fans, I’m extremely disappointed to announce that I will not be able to represent Switzerland at the Olympic Games […]
New racquet for Federer – all black
The new design for the Wilson Roger Federer Autograph is revealed and it’s all black everything! Apparently Federer was involved in the design process himself and wanted something classy and timeless that moves away from the “busy” designs of the ATP tour. Personally I think they’ve succeded in crafting something really appealing visually (it’s also a great […]
Wimbledon 2016: Murray wins
Wimbledon is over for this year and I’m sure the home crowd is elated that Andy Murray won his second title and his third grand slam, again creating the feeling of the big four (edging Stan Wawrinka by one slam). Murray won a match that was never in doubt: 6-4 7-6 7-6. I predicted Murray as […]
Wimbledon Draw Predictions: Federer’s turn?
Wimbledon has become a far more dramatic tournament than Roland Garros and the results have been very difficult to predict. But this is how tennis should be! Federer got a “get out of jail free”-card against a “bring-back-US-Open-2014-monster-serving-Cilic” and luckily for my own nerves I was on a tennis court myself at the time of […]
Sam does the impossible
In my predictions I gave Sam Querrey a 40% chance to finish what he started against the world number one, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic had done it before (against Kevin Anderson last year) and like I wrote on Twitter: “Djokovic will come back poised & with a clear strategy while Sam will feel like he can […]
Wimbledon Draw Predictions: R3 onwards
The nasty weather in Europe continues and Wimbledon has become a quite hard tournament to follow. My plan was to predict the matches ahead of each round and post accordingly, but it’s become difficult to keep up the rhythm with all the broken rounds so I will post all my predictions for the rest of […]