The backhand slice is mostly seen as a defensive shot to win time, change pace, and get back into position. But there are pros that use it as a weapon. Have you been watching the Western and Southern Open? It’s nice to have ATP tennis back and I try to watch as much as time allows through TennisTV. They usually do a solid highlights package per match if you can’t …
Tennis returns! From today you can watch tennis live on the Challenger Tour. There are two tournaments this week. Prague and Todi. I should really write, “Men’s Tennis returns” because the women are already underway from last week with Fiona Ferro winning the WTA Tournament in Palermo. There is also an exciting tournament on the WTA Tour this week called the Top Seed Open in Lexington. Serena Williams was upset …
I am not sure if you have watched the Ultimate Tennis Showdown by now, but I really enjoy the new format and the production of the event… The Ultimate Tennis Showdown is an exhibition event with a bunch of experimental rule changes. I wrote about it in my first posts about this summer’s tennis exhibitions. You can use cards to serve twice in a row (called “stealing a serve”), your …
It might sound like a stupid question: Do you need to be tall to play tennis? But looking at the average height of top tennis players… Whenever I’ve been fortunate to “hang around” a players’ lounge during an ATP tournament, I’ve felt like a midget. I’m not tall by tennis player means, especially when you’re talking about the upper echelons of the game. It has almost made me ponder the …
Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, being watched and played by hosts of people across the globe each and every day. For most people, tennis is an entertaining sport to watch on television or a fun past time to be kept as a hobby. But there are those ambitious few who see tennis as something more and aspire to make a career out of playing tennis professionally. …
