Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
What’s up James Blake?
Found this on erikzona.com: James Blake. One of the most exciting players on the ATP tour. Explosive power, great personality, sportsmanship, fantastic returns and a killer forehand. Always positive. Always going for the lines. He sure is exciting, James, but not so much anymore. Yesterday he played a miserable match against Denis Istomin and lost […]
Nalbandian is back!
Is there anything better than seeing Nalbandian hit the ball? Nope, not really. He hits the ball so wonderfully you want to write a poem about it. I am not going to write a poem here, I am just happy to see the Baloo-like tennis talent back to his former and greater self. Today I […]
Gear vs Footwork
We all love to buy stuff. New rackets, new strings, new shoes, in our hope to become better players. Maybe that extra kilo in your stringing will make you hit with more control and get rid of some mistakes? You try a new racket. You are inspired. You concentrate, you are powered by the NEW […]
Where is the real Roger Federer?
I don’t want to jump on the Federer is not going to win another slam bandwagon, but there is something about him lately that is very, very mortal and I don’t like it. Going in to the Halle final he had a H2H stats of winning the last 15 encounters against Leyton Hewitt and he did […]
Rafael Nadal, champion for the fifth time
It wasn’t slaughter, but it did show, clearly, who is the best clay courter of all time. Rafael Nadal couldn’t put a foot wrong against Robin Soderling in today’s French Open final. It was brutal at times, but the biggest problem for the Swede was that he couldn’t capitalize on any of his many break […]
I was wrong – French Open predictions
Yesterday was a strange day at the French Open. It wasn’t easy to predict how the action was going to unfold, but at least there should be a few “given” matches. But it didn’t pan out that way. Firstly, Roddick played a horrible match, losing against Gabashvili in three straight sets. He just couldn’t get […]
Fantastic French Open day
After a rain-filled yesterday, the matches today have been of extremely high class. Some highlights and thoughts: I am happy short Italian Fognini beat Monfils after that darkness debacle. They should have stopped at 4-4. You can’t play if you can’t see the ball. But Monfils got the crowd all wired up and they started […]
Why I don’t like Andy Murray
There are some players you just don’t like and for me, Andy Murray is one of them. I respect his talent, but there are other annoying things about him. He complains a lot on court and makes childish cry-baby faces when someone wins a good point against him. Like it would never happen if he […]
The French Open 2010 has started
The biggest clay tournament of the year is on and if day 1 wasn’t that exciting to be honest, day nr 2 is something completely different. Firstly we saw Roger Federer win quite easily against Peter Luczak. Federer wasn’t fedtastic, but he definitely was on cruise control and didn’t lose his serve once and only […]
Strokes of Genius
I recently ordered three tennis-related items. The DVDs for the Wimbledon finals 2008 and 2009 and L Jon Wertheim critically acclaimed book about the 2008 final called Strokes of Genius, Federer v Nadal, Rivals in Greatness. I started out by watching the Roddick vs Federer final from 2009 and is struck, because I was too […]