Fantastic Federer and Roaring Back Rafa

Two spectacular quarter-finals took place today, and they were spectacular in very different ways. Federer‘s trashing of Del Potro was masterclass in efficient and brilliant tennis. Whatever Del Potro threw at the great Swiss, the tennis maestro had an answer to which shows in the final score 6-4 6-3 6-2. Del Potro didn’t play bad […]

Australian Open 2012: Quarterfinals

I can’t say I’m very surprised with how Australian Open has turned out so far. All the top players are still in the draw and no really major upsets have taken place. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray are all ready for the quarters and so let’s look at the opposition: Federer vs Del Potro – […]

Australian Open 2012: Day 1

It has begun! For all us tennis fans the wait from the ATP World Tour Finals to the first slam of the year is excruciating, but at last we don’t need to wait no more. Here’s my brief summary of an exciting first day of Australian Open 2012. Australian youngster Bernard Tomic managed to come […]

Rafa, Djokovic and Federer in training

Fedal’s First Week

The tennis year was supposed to start with a bang with Federer and Nadal (Fedal) playing in Qatar. It looked like a very likely final. In the end neither Federer nor Nadal made it all the way there; Federer withdrew for the first time since 2008 because of back pain and Nadal was swashbuckled by […]

Roger Federer hitting

The best way to improve your tennis game is undoubtedly to play a lot and train a lot and get a good coach or playing partner that can keep you on your toes. This is an active approach. But you can also improve your game in a passive, comfortable way, by studying the greats playing […]

Federer’s last match of 2011…

Was an exhibition in Abu Dhabi against Novak Djokovic that lasted 44 minutes and ended up with the scoreline 2-6 1-6 in the Serbs favor. It was Federer‘s first match since he won the ATP World Tour Championships and he mishit quite a few balls badly, likely due to a rusty racquet. Talking about his […]

What I’m Reading Right Now: Rafa

I’m 30 pages in and I’m loving it! Highly recommended already, but a full-blown review to come… Check Rafa out! Merry Xmas!

Federer’s new racquet – Pro Staff Six.One BLX

Wilson Tennis seems to head towards the Djokovic white (his Head Speed has this nice retro color) with their BLX series update and I’m not sure what to think of it. It The biggest change to this series is definitely the introduction of the Pro Staff Six.One 100 BLX, which is a big increase in […]

The One and Only Federer

What a nice end to a bittersweet 2011 for Federer and us Fed fans! Let’s hope he can carry the 17-match momentum into 2012!