Here is another fictional-style analysis by Coach Evan Gaudreu. He reasons why Casper Ruud might win the US Open. Why Casper Ruud might win the US Open 2022 The temperature was rising on the court as Christian Ruud was putting down an Evian bottle a foot away from the right side of the hash mark in the middle of the court. “Normal” people never felt what it was like to get cooked on the court. It was rough. Like a flower wilting and drying up. “At points in the match, we need to work off this spot here,” Christian said …
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Coach Evan likes to dabble in fictional pieces and here is one about what might be going on in Casper Ruud’s hotel room. In Casper Ruud’s hotel room Christian Ruud sat at the table and opened the MacBook Air while Casper lay on the floor, getting his thighs massaged. He clicked on the ESPN icon and searched through ESPN+, looking for the Khachanov vs Carreno Busta match. “We probably don’t need to focus on the Kyrgios match,” Casper said, not expecting an answer. Nick played Nick’s tennis. That wasn’t going to help plan for the upcoming match. “Can you see the …
Coach Evan went through the trouble of going through Corentin Moutet’s matches at the US Open 2022. It revealed some interesting ideas. Corentin Moutet Round 1 vs. Stan Wawrinka. This was a case of a guy not back to form yet and another guy (Lucky Loser) playing on House money. It was also a bad matchup for Stan. Moutet plays far behind the baseline and makes you hit many balls. From a game plan standpoint, Corentin Moutet started the match going after Wawrinka’s backhand on the return games and the forehand on the service games. A flip/flop plan. These plans …
Carlos Alcaraz the incredible hulk, that’s how Evan Gaudreu sees the young Spanish star. What drills did he do to develop this game? Carlos Alcaraz the Incredible Hulk If you see my gram page, I throw a pic of the Incredible Hulk every time I post about Alcaraz. The rumor is that Alcaraz is leaving the tour to pursue an acting career as Bruce Banner, but in Spain, they call him El Blancho, and their version is less based on the Incredible Hulk and more based on Tromaville’s “Toxic Avenger.” They call him the “Lost Avenger.” Think about that! Why was Toxic …
No one gets sidetracked like Coach Evan, but it’s always entertaining to read. Here is Kyrgios vs Medvedev – some kind of analysis. Kyrgios d Medvedev analysis What to take out of the first game? Kyrgios served ‘T” on the Duece side, and “T” first serves on the AD (His second serve went out wide). What’s Medvedev doing? Targeting Krygios backhand corner (Box 4). Why? Hmm! In his first service game, Medvedev is still targeting the backhand corner of Kyrgios. After winning the first point, Nick gets aggressive with his backhand out of Box 4, hits a “puncher” down the …
Coach Evan Gaudreu is back with another piece centered around the tricky American youngster, Jenson Brooksby called Brooksby’s back, alright! Brooksby’s back, alright! “Where, oh where has my Brooksby gone? Oh where, oh where can he be? With his crusty clay court outfit And his….” Shit! He’s got new duds. The shirt’s kinda cool but those Wilson shoes? Yellow? They look like bananas! There are two rules in life. Wash your hands after you go to the bathroom And… Stay away from the color yellow. Where has Coach Evan been? I took most of the summer off (busy doing actual …
Novak Djokovic has recently won his 7th Wimbledon title. Why makes him so great? Coach Evan talks about how Djokovic plays differently. How Djokovic Plays Differently Coach Evan Gaudreau is back for yet another podcast. We focused on Djokovic, his patterns and how he plays differently to achieve the heights of tennis that he does. Even if he often loses an early set in a Grand Slam, he wins those matches 90% of the time. He doesn’t seem prone to nerves and tends to feel that if he just sticks to his game and his plan, he will be fine. …
Evan Gaudreau is back with another Wimbledon match analysis: This time he deals with R2: Sinner vs Ymer. Wimbledon Match Analysis R2: Sinner vs Ymer Sinner is serving the first game of the match and the first point is a doozy. Better players generally have a bigger game plan and how they construct points. He hits the first ball to the middle of the Ad side and then doubles up with two strong Forehands crosscourt to the Deuce side. He “taps” the center of the court and then hits the next two shots (backhands) crosscourt to the Ad side (another …
Coach Evan Gaudreau is back with a match analysis. This time he deals with Djokovic vs Kwon Wimbledon R1. Djokovic vs Kwon Wimbledon Match Analysis I’m not saying Djokovic plays mini-combos, but let’s say he does, and look at how he hides his combos. He hits a mini-corner combo in the first game and on the first point. One to the center of the Ad side, the next shot to the singles sideline and then the third shot (which he hits into the net) was heading towards the center of the court. With the three other points played, sandwiched between …
Coach Evan is back with another match analysis, this time of the much hyped-up match Nadal vs Djokovic, French Open Quarter-finals 2022. Match analysis: Nadal vs Djokovic, French Open QF 2022 Ps. Check out more analysis and coaching pieces from Evan here. Ds. Watch the highlights from Nadal vs Djokovic, French Open quarter-final 2022 here. Nadal vs Djokovic (match 59!) What I have seen up until this point is Novak using a variation of a four-ball combo during the clay-court season. He manipulates his opponent by what he does with his first few shots, whether he wants to start with …