Our resident analyst and creative writer, Evan Gaudreau, is back with a match analysis. This time Ivashka vs Kwon. Enjoy! Check out Evan’s other pieces here. Ivashka vs Kwon – 3-6 2-6. Gaudreau has his view on how it happened and finds one particular flaw in Ivashka’s game. Over to Evan. 99 bottles of beer on the wall This piece is sponsored by Greater Good, Pulp Daddy, the Nectar of the Hop Gods. “99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall.” And, we begin. I …
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Our guest tennis analyst, Evan Gaudreau, is back with another piece of match analysis. This time it’s the latest instalment in the Nadal vs Medvedev saga. I think most of us were surprised to see the latest match in Nadal vs Medvedev end 6-3 6-3 in Nadal’s favor! Yes, the Acapulco hard courts are quite slow and the scoreline mainly reflects how clutch Nadal is in tough moments. But it’s still a bit of a shock to see 36-year-old Nadal beat Medvedev in straight sets on a hard court. The match took place in the semi-finals of the Acapulco ATP …
Our guest tennis analyst, Evan Gadreau is a prolific writer. Here are some of his findings from the recent Djokovic matches. We call it Novak’s stretch combo. Let the chips fall where they may… This piece will be small. I have bigger fish to fry at the moment. Four kids on vacation week rampaging around the house. Strangers kids running through my house too. Enough! I get it. Novak played Musetti in the first round. I feel like this is going to be a broken record but I call this match a grip change match sponsored by hand feeds or …
Our prolific guest contributor, coach and tennis analyst, Evan Gaudreau is back with “Felix and Andrey” – a tennis short story about a recent meeting between two pro players. The story features the two viewpoints of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andrey Rublev and their recent matches. The format is slightly different to make reading it more entertaining. You have to give it to Evan for being creative around his analysis! If you like this type of content and want to find more information about strategy and how to win tennis matches – let me know in the comments below. I will …
Evan is back with his new take on the second serve. He calls it “Change is on the horizon.” Let me know what you think about in the comments below. Look in the distance. Can you see it? Something’s coming. Can you feel it? Probably not. It’s going to pass you by if you’re not paying attention. Change is on the horizon. What is it? It’s a big wave. A wave full of knowledge but if you can’t see it or feel it, you will be crushed and washed away with your dogmatic thoughts. I first felt the wave when I read pieces by Craig O Shannessy, The …
Evan Gaudreau is back with his analysis of the Australian Open Junior Final. This time we get to the meat! Read his first part take here. The Meat. If I wrote this after watching the quarterfinals between Bruno Kuzuhara and Edas Butvilas, I would be solely talking about body language and anxiety. But after watching the semis and the finals, I changed a little. It was a little frustrating to watch the high level of anxiety and the constant “Come On’s,” the constant missed returns and the errant first ball mistakes. But as I watched Bruno get to the finals, …
Evan Gaudreu is back with another match analysis. This time it’s junior tennis vs pro tennis. The Junior Boys Australian Open part 1 featuring Bruno Kuzuhara. If you want to read similar posts to Junior Tennis vs Pro Tennis, check out The Myth About Consistency, Consistent Game Planning, Australian Open 2022 Men’s Final Analysis and Australian Open 2022 Women’s Final Analysis. Junior Boys Australian Open Part 1 – The Bun. Listen. When you talk about juniors these days, you have to use the sandwich method, apparently. That’s what was told to me by a parent who doesn’t teach. But, I’ll tell ya. …
Our guest contributor Evan Gaudreau is back with another match analysis. This time he deals with Medvedev vs Aliassime from the Australian Open Quarter-finals. We call it Brains vs Power. Daniil Medvedev d. Felix-Auger Aliassime 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5, 6-4. Was it a cause of Brains vs Power? Let’s take a deep look…If you like this type of analysis, check out the Australian Open 2022 Final analysis here. Evan has a Facebook page called Lone Wolf Tennis. To Gilles Cervara I think Medvedev could have won the match in straight sets! First, let me explain. Felix is what I call a …
Our guest contributor Evan Gaudreau is back. This time with a marathon Australian Open 2022 Men’s Final Analysis. Enjoy! Australian Open 2022 Men’s Final Analysis: Nadal d. Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 Was this match won or lost by metrics? Stats? Winners to unforced errors ratio? Serve plus 1? Or maybe the length of the points 0-4, 5-9 or 10+? Or maybe it was none of the above. Maybe it had to do with something called strategy, and more specifically, mixing combos. Reader! Make a choice. Do you take the RED pill or the BLUE one? Did you choose RED? What …
Our guest writer Evan Gaudreau is back with an interesting post covering the Australian Open 2022 Women’s Final analysis. I hope you like it! Australian Open 2022 Women’s Final analysis: Barty d. Collins 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) I received a text from a buddy. He loves the women’s game more than the men’s because he likes the rawness of the points, and to be honest, it can be more exciting to watch, at times, because they play so many more risky patterns. I’d like to say comparing the men’s game to the women’s is like comparing chess to checkers. It’s not. …