It’s the tennis off-season and you want to find a workout for a busy day? Or you simply want to stay in shape during the season with as little effort as possible timewise? The answer to your problem might be a high-intensity workout, which prepares you for your match and gets your conditioning ready for any situation. Below are a few of my favorites to go for! Check our fitness …
You are looking to improve your tennis and want to start training your fitness? Let’s do this – I am convinced that this is the way to go. But there a few things to look out for, so that the effect of your training is in line with your expectations. I personally fell to some of these traps, that keep you from reaching your goals or might even hurt you. …
Off-Season Tennis Fitness Tips If you are located in the northern hemisphere, chances are that the days are getting shorter and colder. With this, playing tennis might become a bit harder day-by-day, so how do you get the best out of your off-season? Personally, with a background in fitness and competitive sports, I like to improve my fitness during this time, as it will allow me to perform even better …
The offering in the racket market is constantly extending, and while we are of course always looking for new releases, you also need the right strings in those rackets. Some are rather string sensitive, others work well with a variety, but there are some combinations that work especially well. Here are some of the top picks right now when it comes to combining the right racket with the right string. …
While most players outside of the top 100 in the world struggle with making a living from their play, the best paid stars reel in millions per year. The main difference for the sport’s top earners? Sponsorships and endorsements. For players like Carlos Alcaraz, the main income these days is off the court, where they not only endorse rackets and tennis clothes, but luxury and daily goods. Today, we want …
The first week of our last Grand Slam this year is through and well, it goes without saying that there have been a ton of surprises. Numerous top seeds have been eliminated, including Djokovic, Alcaraz and Gauff. This has changed the outlook immensely and might even produce a new Slam champion on the men’s side of things. Let’s look back at the biggest stories from this week and how they …
As we all know, hybrid string setups have been around on and off tour for quite some time. Players like Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev or Novak Djokovic have been playing with hybrid setups of gut and poly for some time. String manufacturers, such as Wilson and Babolat, often even have pre-packed hybrid gut setups for sale. But high prices and sometimes limited playability in humid regions remain a problem for …
Of course, the women’s draw has also been published last night. And as per usual, Iga Swiatek is the player in the top spot coming into the US Open. She might be leading the rankings, but she struggled a bit with certain opponents within the last weeks, and all of those will be coming for her at this tournament. Aryna Sabalenka seems to be all back from a shoulder injury, …
The US Open draw is out, and the last of four Grand Slams is already kicked off with the qualifications. Time for us to see who has been lucky and who might be on the bad end of the men’s draw. With the defending champion Novak Djokovic coming back from his post Olympics break, he will face off against the two new stars, Alcaraz and Sinner. The latter has just …
We all remember the footage from this years Cincinnati Masters very well – the electronic line-calling failed mid-point and Taylor Fritz was on the worse end of the ensuing argument. While it was clear to any tennis nerd that he should have been awarded that point, the umpire made them replay the point. Brandon Nakashima won the point and the match, and it seems the electronic aid has lost its …
