Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
It’s all about speed
There’s no doubt that the pace of the world is increasing and it’s also reflected in the game of tennis. You need to hit harder, swing faster for maximum spin and move at blistering speeds with shoes that are light as feathers. Brands are no longer talking about precision like in the days of the Prestige […]
Nadal back in form
The Nadal that was a pummelling players with his left hook of a banana whip forehand has been MIA. Suddenly, in what you can guess is one of his favourite tournaments on tour, he’s back and he looks ready for a ninth (!) title. Murray played well in the Monte Carlo Masters semi-final today, but […]
Tsonga beats Federer, Murray trashes Raonic
It was a strange day in Monte Carlo. It started off with Murray, who has struggled quite a bit in previous matches, only giving two games to Milos Raonic in a 6-2 6-0 slaughter. Hard to say what happened, but Murray had a day where everything went right. With his return and great defense he […]
New racquet for Alexander Zverev
I recently posted about Dominic Thiem getting a signature model made by Babolat and now Head posted above picture on their Instagram account with the caption: “Sascha and our design head can sure be proud of this new beauty. Looks like they are (clap icon). More news coming soon”. EDIT: Racquet is now out and it’s called Head Graphene XT […]
Favourites through in Monte Carlo
Like I wrote in my previous post with the predictions of the third round in Monte Carlo Masters, Federer, Nadal and Murray all come through, but it wasn’t easy. Murray, for example, looked down and out at 2-6 0-3 vs Paire. But Paire is a streaky player and Murray is a fighter and everyone knew […]
Upset Alert in Monte Carlo Masters
Transitioning from one surface to another is never easy, even for the pros. Yesterday Djokovic and Berdych struggled with their moment and were both beaten by their far less experienced opponents. The red dirt throws you challenges that take some time getting used to, especially after months on hard courts. Today Federer plays Bautista-Agut, Nadal […]
Tennis racquets endorsed by ATP pros
Found an excellent list of tennis racquets used by ATP pros at tennisthis but I would just like to add that a quite large percentage is not using the actual model found in the store, but a paint job of it with an older or different model underneath. Some of them use highly customized versions of […]
The loss no one saw coming
Novak Djokovic has had a stellar season so far. Until today he had only lost one match, against Feliciano Lopez in Dubai where he retired due to an eye-infection. Otherwise he’s been pretty much unbeatable. He won both Indian Wells and Miami and my prediction was he would keep on not losing for a good while […]
What’s new from Wilson tennis?
Tennis product companies create new products in cycles and we can expect new batches of gear coming out ahead of each Grand Slam, especially when it comes to apparel but also paint jobs on current racquet models and sometimes entirely new racquet lines. This post deals with what’s been happening of late in the ever-expanding […]
Tennis racquets for sale
I play-test a lot of racquets and usually do not put a lot of wear on them. So this is your chance TO FIND SOME NICE TENNIS RACQUETS FOR SALE AT A GOOD PRICE. Do not hesitate to ask questions about any of them. Personal TennisNerd stuff for sale: All prices are somewhat negotiable if […]