Wimbledon has become a far more dramatic tournament than Roland Garros and the results have been very difficult to predict. But this is how tennis should be! Federer got a “get out of jail free”-card against a “bring-back-US-Open-2014-monster-serving-Cilic” and luckily for my own nerves I was on a tennis court myself at the time of the match. Amazed that Federer got through in the end and now he faces another power-server in Milos Raonic in the semi-finals. I really feel that Federer deserves another slam in his trophy cabinet, but this match will likely be a tough one. I still …
The ATP Tour has moved to Rome and fitting of the world’s style capital (Romans are the most show-offy people in the world in my opinion – in a good way) most of the talk today was about Federer’s new haircut. Being a big fan of Federer, I take notice of these changes while part of me wants to scream – get on with your lives, it’s a haircut! But even the smallest features of the famous makes headlines so I shouldn’t be surprised. What should have received a headline of some kind was Federer’s play against Italian Potato Starch (his …
Here’s my list of tennis booksyou have to read. I love reading about tennis, but a lot of the writing is dry and uninteresting. Since I’ve read a lot of the stuff on the tennis book market, I hope I can give you some valuable recommendations on tennis books you might’ve missed out on. Just click on the link to get to Amazon where you can buy the book, read excerpts (for some) or read some more reviews. The Inner Game Of Tennis is about becoming a better playing by focus on your mental skills and technique. Timothy Gallwey talks …
When you are playing on a decent club level you come up against a lot of retrievers. Guys that run everything down but don’t give you any pace and you need to hit solid shot after solid shot and after a while you break down completely and start missing. Today I played retriever. He has a solid game, no real strengths except for the willingness to run, but no obvious weaknesses either. I decide to pound on his one-handed backhanded that he insists on blocking back and then go for all short shots. I started out well, winning the first …
