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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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Top players as inspiration: Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer played a great match against Rafael Nadal yesterday in the quarterfinals of Madrid Open. He hit the ball aggressively, used his backhand up the line to great effect and managed to get a lead of 6-4 4-2. Then something happened. Nerves, doubts, you name it. Nadal broke back to love and managed to […]
Federer’s future after losing to Nishikori
On the heels of a Federer early-round loss there ‘s always talk about when he’s going to retire, whether he’s lost his appetite for the competitive aspect of the sport and the possibility of the surprising defeat being the start of his downfall. Yesterday the mighty Fed Express lost against up-and-coming Kei Nishikori in a […]
Tommy Haas returned
Sorry for the pun on your name, Tommy. I’m sure it’s not the first time you’ve heard that. But it’s sure nice to see him back on the courts, playing amazingly well at the less tender age of 35. Beating Djokovic in Miami wasn’t a one-off – Haas has been playing consistently well over months […]
Player to watch: Pablo Carreno-Busta
Today 21-year-old Pablo Carreno-Busta (ranked 228 in the world, but was as high as 133 last year) beat Julien Benneteau in straight sets in Portugal Open. He already has a great clay court game and is definitely a guy to watch for the future. Some info on Pablo Carreno-Busta from the official ATP website: Age:21 […]
The Battle of Legends – Federer vs Nadal
The above clip reminded me about an old article I wrote about the Fedal rivalry or as I called it then: The Battle of Legends – Federer vs Nadal. I wrote it before Djokovic came thundering in and changed the conversation. Despite the Federer vs Nadal rivalry not being as competitive in head-to-head stats (Nadal […]
Remember Lukas Rosol? No One Match Wonder.
Yes, he is the guy who beat Rafa Nadal in Wimbledon 2012 after blasting winners left, right and center. People were raving about him then, but as soon as he lost the next match without much of a fight, he was rather quickly forgotten. But in ATP Bucharest he showed he is more than a […]
A Nadal Set of Tennis
I rarely want to write about the same player two times in a row, but I have just watched the conclusion of the first set of Almagro vs Nadal in ATP Barcelona. It was such a typical “Nadal set of tennis”. Let me tell you why. Nadal rarely comes out of the starting blocks strongly […]
Neurotic Nadal – Pulling Pants Out of His Ass
I wrote a post for Sportsuntapped a while ago about Nadal’s habit to pull his pants out of his ass between points. Now this is a very hot topic, first and foremost because Nadal-lovers want to defend his habit and Nadal-bashers want to label it as something disgusting. Personally I think that what a man […]
Tommy Robredo is back
There is no denying Tommy Robredo‘s return to the upper echelons of men’s tennis after first beating young star Grigor Dimitrov and today tournament number three seed and top ten player Tomas Berdych. It must feel strange to be a solid top ten player and then fall out for so long. Here is the chart […]
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 […]