Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Early Impressions: First Few Days 2014
Federer played his first singles match of the year in Brisbane today and beat Nieminen comfortably 6-4 6-2. What impressed me the most is how lethal his forehand was. It really looked like the increased racquet size (from 90 to 98) helped his pace on that shot. If that’s the case we have interesting things […]
New Racquet, New Coach = Federer 2014
Exciting news! Besides being a father again in 2014, Federer has also said that he will use his childhood idol Stefan Edberg as a coach for at least ten weeks starting from Australian Open. And he will be using the larger head size racquet he was tinkering with in 2013 permanently! Two quotes from the […]
What to Expect from the 2014 Tennis Season
The wait is soon over. In a few days the 2014 ATP World Tour Tennis Season starts in Brisbane (Federer) and Doha (Nadal, Murray) and Chennai (Wavrinka). Here are some of my predictions for the season in bullet form: Federer starts winning tournaments again. His wife is pregnant and he’s tired of being talked of […]
Fighting Federer
Watching the ATP Basel final yesterday I couldn’t help but feel the desperation in Roger Federer. He was more animated than I’ve seen him in a long time, talked with himself, contested the umpire, shot a ball into the roof of the stadium and seemed agitated with every shot that didn’t go his way. This […]
The New Wilson Spin Series
The racquet war between tennis manufacturers like Wilson, Babolat, and Head are ramping up around this time of year when the new lines (or in many cases, paint jobs) of racquets are released. This year is probably the biggest I’ve seen in terms of technology changes since I became a racquetaholic and gear junkie. What […]
Dimitrov, Gasquet and Haas Winners
Week 42 brought out three winners on the ATP Tour. Three players with interesting styles and an ability to hit wonderful winners from pretty much anywhere on court: Grigor Dimitrov, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Haas. It was nice to see Haas win in Vienna, a title he won in 2001 (!). Talk about making an […]
Another Display of Rafa the Fighter
He’s relentless. He’s fearless. He never gives up. These are just a few words that describes soon to be(?) world number one, Rafael Nadal. He has just beaten the talented Italian, Fabio Fognini after being down 6-2 4-2 and game point at the China Open quarter-finals. The game at 4-2 in the second set seemed […]
Federer at an All-time Low?
I haven’t been posting of late due to other writing commitments, work, family, you name it. I’ve even started playing more myself again and the game is coming along decently – with the only worry being the body holding up. But I’m going to try to get back to the blog and Twitter and follow […]
For Sale
I am selling plenty of tennis stuff. See the list below and email me at tennisnerd.netATgmail.com if you are interested. Shipping: EU €15 tracked for one racquet, €22 for two US/WORLD €25 tracked for one racquet, €32 for two Current list of racquets for sale: Dunlop SX 300 Lite = L2, 10/10, €100 Dunlop SX […]
From Clay to Grass in One Day
We’re in a hectic part of the tennis season right now. After two intense week of clay court action we’re thrown right into Queens and Halle where players need to adjust their clay-infested shoes to the green surface. It seems a little quick this change after the slow and interesting build-up of the clay court […]