The first question you have when you see the scoreline in the Alcaraz vs Djokovic RG semi-final is: What happened to Alcaraz? What happened to Alcaraz? Alcaraz vs Djokovic was the match many deemed to be the final and we were all looking forward to a titanic battle where the winner would likely take the title and the number one spot in the rankings. However, after two hard-fought sets with spectacular tennis, something was visibly wrong with Alcaraz. It seemed like he couldn’t move properly and was shaking his leg. Even Djokovic went down to the other side of the …
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Thanks to Tennis Warehouse for inviting me to have a French Open Experience together with Adidas and other content creators. The French Open Experience Having been a tennis nerd my whole life and running Tennisnerd for quite a few years, it’s perhaps strange that I have never visited the French Open before. I don’t know why. It just hasn’t happened. Well, now I was invited to an event with Adidas and Tennis Warehouse and got at least a couple of matches at the famous Roland Garros. You can watch a video detailing my experience here. AdiHouse When I get invited …
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Can Alcaraz keep winning? Will Isner repeat his magical performance? Here are our Wimbledon 2022 Day 5 Predictions by Alex Mann. Wimbledon 2022 Day 5 Predictions The Championships are well underway. It’s the first day of the third-round matches, so this is the first time in the tournament that seeds can face off against each other. My Day 4 predictions didn’t work out too well, as I correctly predicted only three matches. This included a win for Kyrgios in 3 sets, a win for Halep in 2 and a victory for Gauff in 2. Let’s try to improve my predictions …
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 …
Here is our Wimbledon 2022 Day 4 Predictions, courtesy of our excellent guest contributor, Alex Mann. What are your predictions? WIMBLEDON 2022 DAY 4 PREDICTIONS Day 3 of The Championships was a relatively upset-free day, with many top contenders progressing to the third round. Djokovic, Pliskova, Alcaraz, Jabeur and Ostapenko all won in straight sets. However, it was the end of the road for Raducanu, Ruud, and Murray. Centre Court Karolína Plíšková (6) vs Katie Boulter Pliskova will battle it out against the in-form Brit, Katie Boulter. In a rematch from last week’s Eastbourne tournament, which Boulter won in three …
Alex Mann is back with his daily Wimbledon predictions. What do you think of his Wimbledon 2022 Day 3 Predictions? WIMBLEDON 2022 DAY 3 PREDICTIONS The second day of the Championships didn’t disappoint, with the final round-one matches providing us with some spectacular moments in another action-packed day of play. Iga Swiatek continued her impressive form, Nadal overcame an inspired Cerundolo to progress and Serena returned with an epic performance, narrowly losing to Harmony Tan. The withdrawal of Berrettini and Cilic due to Covid-19 will be a loss to the tournament, but the stacked order of play on day three …
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Our guest contributor, Alex Mann, is back with his Wimbledon 2022 Day 1 Predictions. Do you think differently? Let us know! Alex is currently a university student and has been playing tennis since he was 4 years old. In the past few years, he has been coaching as well as writing about the best sport in the world (his own words!). Let’s get into his Wimbledon predictions! Wimbledon 2022 Day 1 Predictions by Alex Mann It’s day one of Wimbledon, so grab your strawberries and cream and let’s break down some of the mouthwatering first-round matches. Centre Court Novak Djokovic …