If you’re into predicting tennis matches or tennis draws or perhaps placing the odd bet on tennis, I’m sure you’re checking the draw sheet. This is day 3 of Wimbledon 2017. Here is a list of today’s matches in Wimbledon 2017, courtesy of Bet365. Let’s run through them briefly and I’ll give my thoughts and predictions. Click the name of the player to find out what racquet they play with. In some cases, there is no article yet. David Ferrer vs Steve Darcis Ferrer was amazing against Gasquet in the previous round and looks focused on reversing his disappointing form in …
Tennis Tips
After watching the action in today’s Madrid Masters, I have drawn up 5 quick tips about how to play good clay court tennis. 1. You need confidence. How do you get confidence? You win matches. The lack of won matches was obvious in Flag-Pole Jerzy Janowicz lacked patience today againt Gulbis so despite that he played a good set and had Gulbis on the melt-down, he couldn’t keep his level up in the decider. 2. You need patience. Longer rallies. Far longer rallies. You can’t keep going for broke because the opponent will retrieve and retrieve and retrieve. And you can …
It’s the shot that most people have great trouble executing properly – the backhand. Then you look at guys like Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray (double-handed backhand) or Stanislas Wavrinka or Richard Gasquet (one-handed backhand) and it looks so damn SIMPLE! So how do you improve this often weaker wing? Well, you obviously have to make sure you practice it. Most people tend to avoid hitting the shot even in practice, because they’re scared of fucking it up. Fear never got you anywhere in life, right? Hitting a backhand requires footwork and some technical basics, but the main thing is …
This post is intended to give you tips, advice and instruction around preparation for tennis matches. If you want to have any kind of success in tennis you need to come to the court physically and mentally prepared. This goes for any kind of level you compete on. The level of preparation is of course different depending on if you’re a tour or a club player, but it will still impact your game a great deal. I had one of my worst experiences in my amateur tennis life yesterday and a lot of it was due to lack of mental …