Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Federer’s New Racquet – Still Blacked Out
Joey Hanf of the excellent blog Tennisnerds (not affiliated with this one! :)) wrote a good post about the first day at Roland Garros where he, among other things, said he was baffled that Wilson hasn’t come up with a paint job for Federer’s new racquet yet. I have wondered the same for quite some time. […]
Roland Garros Draw 2014
The draw for Roland Garros is out and you can find it here: Roland Garros Draw sheet. My first glance: Federer has a good draw and Nadal’s side look like a nightmare. Interesting!
Improving your game by daring more
To become better at something you need to challenge yourself and move outside your comfort zone (besides practice, practice, practice of course). You need to dare trying different shots and losing training matches you wouldn’t lose or lose as badly with your standard game plan. Let’s say you want to broaden your tennis game and […]
Djokovic wins Rome Masters
It was a titanic battle that ebbed and flowed like the sea. Fitting for two Gods of the tennis court. Nadal started in positive style while Djokovic looked remarkably subdued. People started whispering about his tender wrist. The Spaniard went up 4-1 before something sparked to life inside of the Serb and he came back […]
A proper Roland Garros warm-up
We’ve seen some amazing tennis so far in Rome and the best match I’ve seen until now is the swashbuckling thriller between Nadal and Murray last night. That was a spectacular show that started with Murray playing out of skin to almost bagel Nadal 6-0, but then became familiar in the second set when the […]
Nadal on Struggles: “Get Used to It”
It’s a bit funny the journalist ask why I struggle when I win, no? When Nadal was asked why he was struggling after two three set wins against Simon and Youzhny. Nadal smiled and said: “Get used to it. With the years that’s the normal thing. Everybody suffers. That’s part of the sport. It’s not possible […]
Rome Masters Upset Alert Round 3
Screen from Bet365 So. For you who like tennis betting we have some interesting matches in this round’s Tennisnerd upset alert (insert trademark sign). Here are my predictions for round 3 of Rome Masters with my match winners in bold. Wawrinka – Haas = Wawrinka is playing well as demonstrated in his 6-3 6-0 demolition […]
Chardy Chardonnay Beats Federer Moet
Strange headline, yes, but tennis guru Brad Gilbert’s nicknames for top players are sometimes worth re-using. And since Federer is sponsored (among other luxury brands) by Moet, well, it fits together. What doesn’t fit well together is wind and tennis and it was evident in blustery Rome yesterday. The red dirt whirled around the court, […]
Tommy Haas in 2014
Last year 35-year-old ex number two in the world (2002!), Tommy Haas, came back to win the headlines with his rise up to nr 15 in the world. This is how the ATP World Tour website summarizes his year: 2013 — The oldest player in Top 20 and top German reached QF or better 11 times […]
Nadal in big trouble, but wins Madrid Masters
Like I wrote yesterday, I thought Nadal would win the Madrid Masters final two sets to one. He ended up doing just that. Or well, not really since Nishikori had to retire 0-3 down in the deciding set. It didn’t come as a complete shock that Nishikori had problems with injuries as is evident with […]