Players
About the top tennis players such as Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray but also other players who play ATP World Tour events or Challengers and Futures.
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How frustrating it is to play Karlovic
[Image of Elias Ymer from Corbis.] I don’t know exactly how frustrating it is, because I haven’t played Dr Ivo myself, but for anyone who has played a big server knows how it feels to be walking from one side to the other without the chance of playing for the point. Yesterday 19-year-old Swede Elias […]
Hewitt’s last Wimbledon
Two hardworking veterans met on their retirement tour yesterday in round 1 in Wimbledon. Lleyton Hewitt had his bunch of yellow-dressed fans chanting for him to get back in the match after losing the fourth set 6-0 to Finnish Jarkko Nieminen. Everyone who follows tennis knows that you should never count out Lleyton Hewitt. That is […]
Nadal wins first grass title since 2010
It was a joy, as always, to watch Nadal play tennis live. This time I was lucky to enjoy it from the first row as the company I’m working for were sponsoring Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. What you could see after only the first few minutes of play, was that Nadal seemed to have his […]
Nadal vs Sock
One of the most exciting young players on the tour right now is Jack Sock. The American plays a heavy top spin game with a monster forehand. Does that description make you think of someone? Well, obviously, Rafael Nadal. Today these top spin monsters take the centre stage (and court) at the fourth round of Roland […]
Can a player be too good for tennis?
The picture will be explained (somewhat) below. I used to ask myself that question when Federer had his golden years between 2004-2007. Was it even fun to watch unless Nadal was on the other side of the net? I think many people thought no, too many matches were a given for the Swiss, but personally […]
Where is Rafa?
I wrote a few tweets yesterday with the hashtag #whereisrafa which was rather the opposite to my previous post “Nadal back in biz“. Why? Well, he shockingly lost his clay court encounter with Andy Murray 6-3 6-2. I will write that again. Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal, also known as the King of Clay, on […]
What can Björkman do for Murray?
Most tennis fans know that Swede and former world number 4, Jonas Björkman, has joined camp Murray. Despite getting married, Andy haven’t had a great start to the season and hopefully this can recharge his inspiration for the grass season. Yes, I don’t see how a grass court lover and doubles expert is going to benefit […]
Pro Tennis Players Are Human
I think the first two minutes of this practice video between Andy Murray and Julien Benneteau proves that.
Mixing it up with Andujar
Congrats to Nishikori and Garcia-Lopez who both got titles this week in Barcelona and Bucharest respectively. My attention however went to the Andujar who had a great week in Barcelona and defeated David Ferrer with some really clever clay court tennis including drop shots, varying pace, spin, and finishing many points at the net. If […]
Ferrer the silent winner
Barcelona. The tennis world moves on. Fognini beats Nadal after a spellbinding performance, then loses miserably to Andujar. Hothead Klizan is playing his best tennis in a while and will pose a threat to last year’s winner Nishikori. Or will he? Tennis is “on the daily”. Time jump. Cilic wins US Open in 2014. Has […]