Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Getting Ready for the US Open
I’ve been off the blogging grid for a while, watching and playing tennis but not had time to write for this site. One of the more exciting reasons is that I’m working on a third novel, this time set in the world of a journeyman tennis player. It’s release date will be in the first […]
GOATs on Grass and More
We have hardly been able to catch our breath from a dramatic French Open final and now the grass season is already under way with Federer and Nadal playing in Halle and Murray and Wawrinka in Queens. Winning Ugly author (must-read book for all tennis players and fans) and tennis guru Brad Gilbert was impressed […]
Nadal Wins Ninth French Open
Nadal beat Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 to win a record ninth French Open, his 14th grand slam (equalling Pete Sampras in second spot of the all-time list) and to keep the number one spot in the rankings. The match didn’t hold the quality of last year’s semi-final, but it was a great match with lots […]
Djokovic = Djokopong?
I think Djokovic must have played a lot of Pong as a little boy (although he’s probably too young). His baseline defence game is like playing a computer on max level. You can’t break through. I’m writing this in the middle of his casual win against Ernests Gulbis. He’s 6-3 6-3 up and I can’t […]
Rafole or Murrovic or Gulbadal or Mulbis?
Come up with your caption in the comments section below and you can win…ultimate tennis honour. Or…pick any topic I should write about for my next post and I’ll do it. It started with Fedal (Federer and Nadal) and then came Djodal or Rafole. Maybe we’ll get a Gulbadal or a Murrovic in this year’s […]
Can Missile Milos hurt the Djoker?
Yes, the headline sounds like something out of a Marvel or DC Comics Hollywood production. But tennis can be equally (or more) exciting of course when we’re going into the quarter-finals of Roland Garros 2014. Superhero server (The silver server?) Missile Milos is making quite a run for himself in the grandest dirt ball tournament of […]
Condolences to Federer fans – Congrats Gulbis
Somehow I felt it all along. Gulbis has the kind of game to intimidate anyone (and himself!) and Federer hadn’t looked in top form in the beginning matches. It was ripe for the “upset”. And by now we all now it happened in a gruelling five-setter with the scoreline: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. […]
Topsy-Turvy Roland Garros
Image from Roland Garros official website. So far we haven’t been disappointment in the drama department of Roland Garros with plenty of upsets, tricky weather conditions, and some very good matches. Yesterday was no exception with two interesting five setters – although they were interesting for very different reasons. Dudes of drama: Foggy vs Le […]
Tennis strings used by top players
Found this great post on strings used by top players at tennisthis and will list it below. Luxilon Big Banger is a bestseller but we knew that already and that players like to play with hybrid stringing is not news to most people, but still an interesting list. I wonder what you would have to do […]
Where was Stan the Man?
I held high hopes for Australian Open and Monte Carlo champion Stan “the Man” Wawrinka going into Roland Garros. Ranked three in the world, he was surely one of the favourites already Djokovic and Nadal seem to have their own little standing in the world of tennis right now. Despite great results like winning his first […]