Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Finding the best tennis strings for your racquet
Yes, thats my latest quest – finding the best tennis strings. Or maybe I shouldn’t call it “the best”, but just the tennis strings that fit my game the best. I have decided to start testing four different strings: Babolat RPM Blast Nadal’s string of choice and a super-spin-friendly string. Has received decent reviews. Curious […]
The Best Tennis Rackets for Intermediate Players
Following up on the very popular article “The Best Tennis Racket for Intermediate Players” here is my most recent take on the subject of so called “tweener rackets”. I hope to be able to shed some light on good options for people who have stepped up from beginner level rackets and want to take the […]
Hot-headed Nicolas Almagro
A great way to improve your tennis is watching practice videos where you can focus on pro player technique. Since Federer is my favorite, I mostly watch his videos. You can definitely pick up a trick or three in those videos. Since Nicolas Almagro hits the ball with such power I was curious about how […]
287 weeks
Federer: 287 weeks as world number one and all I got was this stinking shoe?
Greatest of All Time: Roger Federer
Is there any other way you can describe Federer’s 17th Grand Slam, 7th Wimbledon title and step back on the #1 throne? Congrats Roger, you deserve it!
Federer or Murray? Wimbledon final 2012
Today is the day of the Wimbledon final, another one where history is about to be made. Either Federer wins his 17th grand slam and his 7th Wimbledon title or Andy Murray is the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the cherished home slam. If Federer wins he’s again back to […]
Celebrate Federer: Exclusive Wilson & Dunlop offers
Today Roger Federer took one step closer to the number one position in the world through beating Novak Djokovic in a fireworks display that ended 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3. Since I’m such a Federer fan and a “racquetaholic”, I’ve managed to set up a good deal exclusive for Tennisnerd readers. The first offer is $30 […]
The Best Tennis Racket for Intermediate Players Part 2
I’ve gotten quite feedback on my post The Best Tennis Racket for Intermediate Players and decided it was time for an update. In my previous post I reached the rather obvious conclusion that there is no Best Tennis Racket for Intermediate Players, but that everything is very individual. A club player might prefer playing with his […]
First week: Wimbledon insights
The first week of Wimbledon has passed and on the tennis free Sunday I will try to summarize some of the highlights or insights I’ve gathered in the first week with a dash of humor – the Tennisnerd way. Rosol who? We who follow tennis knows how hard it is to play the match of your life, […]
The mental strength of Roger Federer
Sometimes we doubt Federer’s resolve and hunger to keep on winning tennis matches. He has been prone to leave the court mentally in critical stages the last few years and the way he deflated against Djokovic in the French Open semifinal doesn’t exactly fill a Federer fan with confidence. Against Julien Benneteau in the third […]