Now that the tennis season is over, let's take a quick look back at 2009 and a quick look forward. Roger Federer. Federer started off 2009 making it to yet another Slam final. Although he started 2009 much like 2008, that is, struggling to find form, he still did his part by reaching the final.
Today we want to begin looking at the specific body types that we defined in last week's article and address the strengths and weaknesses of each one and how it relates to on court performance. If you'll recall, we discussed three distinct body types: the ectom0rph, the endomorph, and the mesomorph. As noted, most people
You would think, with the year-end championship, this year called ATP World Tour Finals, which was played November 29th, that there would be no more tennis to be played. Au contraire. There was one last piece of unfinished business. The Davis Cup Final. Spain, again, found itself in the finals. They were heavily favored on
Belgian Kim Clijsters, who just came out of retirement this year, beat American Venus Williams at the Diamond Games exhibition match in Antwerp, 6-1, 7-5. It was the first high-level match that Clijsters had played in her native country since returning to tennis this year. They were playing in front of 14,000 people in the
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario may have to get a part-time job to pay off her back-tax debt. The Spanish Supreme Court has ordered the former top-ranked women's player to pay back approximately $5.1 million in unpaid income tax. The court rejected Sanchez-Vicario’s assertion that she was a resident of Andorra and not Spain from 1989 to 1993.
Steffe Graff and Andre Agassi make a good mixed doubles duo on the tennis court. Now you will be able to see some of your favorite mixed doubles duos in the Olympics. Olympic leaders made the change Thursday, December 10 for the 2012 London Games. Mixed doubles was played at several Olympics from 1900 to
The current world No. 2, and 3-time Grand Slam finalist, Dinara Safina of Russia, is pulling out of the Brisbane International scheduled for January 3-10, 2010, because of a lingering back injury. The back pain forced Safina to quit in tears after just 12 minutes and two games into a match against Jelena Jankovic at
Back by popular demand is mental tennis expert and coach David Groemping! Together we tackle several new and interesting topics having to do with mental tennis in a two part series. In today’s show we talk about playing against somebody who cheats, playing against somebody who’s injured or your friend, and lastly we talk about
Venus Williams was honored last week as Sportswoman of the Year by the March of Dimes New York Division at its 26th Annual Sports Luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. The March of Dimes honors the outstanding achievements of men and women in the sports industry. Past
In this video I compare the service technique of Sri Dog to that of my friend Jason Cole who’s a 5.0+ player. We take a look at a list of technique cues including core rotation, shoulder tilt, racket drop, knee bend, and contact point. Check it out!
