When we think about the popularity of the biggest tennis tournaments taking place all year round, we see competition and great sportsmanship. This elitist sport, highly charged with athletic brilliance, has been and continues to amaze all tennis fans. Every decade brought new changes in the rules of tennis and higher standards, which represented the perfect context for newcomers. This way, new names stole fans’ hearts by making history, which …
Bosworth racquets is a brand made by the industry famous Bosworth family. They have specialized in stringing and customization for many top tennis pros. Tennis pros like Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Stefan Edberg, Patrick Rafter, Pete Sampras, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, and Andre Agassi have all used Bosworth racquet services at some point in their careers. But the one who is most connected to the Bosworth racquets and their unique …
Novak Djokovic has done it! and won the fourth Grand Slams of equalling Roger Federer’s record haul after beating the Swiss maestro in a pulsating Wimbledon final. The questions is now: who wins the most grand slams? Djokovic and Federer played out a titanic battle on a humid afternoon in London and it was ultimately Djokovic that prevailed in a tie-break after the fifth set finished 12-12. That took his …
It was a titanic battle that ebbed and flowed like the sea. Fitting for two Gods of the tennis court. Nadal started in positive style while Djokovic looked remarkably subdued. People started whispering about his tender wrist. The Spaniard went up 4-1 before something sparked to life inside of the Serb and he came back firing winners. Suddenly the score was 3-4 0-40 = three break-back points to level the …
No, I don’t mean if he can call him or not. What I’m talking about is excellent tennis writer Steve Tignor’s article called the Big 4 O where he starts like this: This past Sunday, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic officially entered middle age together. It was their 40th meeting—the Big 4-Oh—though from a competitive standpoint it was one of their least memorable. For the third straight time, Djokovic was by far the better player. …
Sometimes it’s refreshing and entertaining to read old books. Last week I stumbled upon an old classic in a used book fair called “How to Play Winning Tennis” by a certain Rod Laver. It offers Grand Slam champion Laver talking about his career, interspersed with tennis instruction and general advice such as “use the Eastern grip.” with a drawing of how that grip looks like. Laver is one of the …
The battle that was on display between Nadal and Djokovic yesterday and which ended in the fifth hour with: 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7 9-7 in the favor of Nadal – is hard to put into words. The match had everything. Fantastic points, high drama, nerves, comebacks, and brute physicality. It was another classic in their rivalry. In the end, Nadal had the edge of being (almost) unbeatable at Roland Garros …
Being spoiled with the era of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray – I’m worried that the coming generation won’t be up to the same standard. I know it’s almost impossible to reach the drama of the last 8-9 years, but I want to keep watching tennis and I want to enjoy it to the max. Federer drew me back to the game after a stint of disenchantment and I would …
GOAT stands for Greatest Player of All Time and the discussion of who can rightfully claim that “title”. Since Federer holds many of the records, especially the heaviest one with 17 Grand Slam titles, most people seem to think that he deserves the GOAT distinction, but when he keeps losing to Nadal and Nadal keeps winning title after title, the discussion starts again. The facts are (Federer first, Nadal second): …
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 always seemed to be quite a convincing favourite), it was magical in the contrast of …
