Rafa’s Roma Practice Today. Five Takeaways.
Sunday, 05 May 2024
G’day from Roma, It’s so good to be back in Italy working with the Italian Federation. The Rome Masters 1000 starts in three days, and all eyes are on Rafael Nadal as he probably competes in his last tournament here in the Italian capital. Rafa (37yo) practiced from 11.00 am-12.00 pm this morning with 24-year-old
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Single Digit Rallies Dominate Double Digit Rallies
Saturday, 27 April 2024
Clay court tennis is dominated by single-digit rallies over double-digit rallies. By a country mile. 🏃♂️ Carlos Alcaraz took his first step towards a three-peat at the Madrid Masters 1000 by defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-2, 6-1 in an hour and some change on Thursday. It’s important to note that Alcaraz did not play in Monte
- Published in Carlos Alcaraz, Madrid, Rally Length
The perfect percentage is 54%.
Monday, 19 February 2024
G’day, Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world today. Period. Sinner won Rotterdam yesterday with a gutsy 7-5, 6-4 victory over Alex De Minaur. He has now won 15 matches in a row and collected back-to-back titles after winning the Australian Open at the start of the year. But Sinner’s current purple patch
- Published in ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner
2024 Australian Open Men’s Final: 8 Keys To Victory
Saturday, 27 January 2024
G’day from Melbourne! It’s the 🦊 vs. the 🐙 in the men’s final this evening! Jannik Sinner will take on Daniil Medvedev in an intriguing match-up that will decide Grand Slam glory to start 2024. Here are seven things that will go a long way to deciding the final outcome. 1: TIME ON COURT TO
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2024 Australian Open Rd1: More Points At Net
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
G’day from Melbourne, Points played at the net are on the rise again at Melbourne Park this year. 📈 Hip, hip, hooray!!! 🥳 As you may well know, I am always championing players venturing to the net to win points for a variety of reasons. Taking time away, pressuring with court position, and taking the
- Published in Approach & Volley, Australian Open
Novak’s Forehand Is Being Put To Sleep
Saturday, 18 November 2023
NEW Webinar: Tuesday, November 21: 1.00 pm US Central / 8.00 pm CET Webinar 35: The Backhand Cage G’day From Torino, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have won the year-end ATP Finals six times. Djokovic could very well be sitting alone at the top of the mountain after the dust has settled in Torino this
- Published in ATP Finals, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Webinars
Sinner d Djokovic in ATP Finals. 5 Things To Know Why
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
G’day From Torino, I had the privilege of sitting in the front row to watch Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals last night. What a high-energy, high-level match! Sinner prevailed 7-5, 6-7(5), 7-6 (2) in three hours and nine minutes of scintillating tennis. The crowd was going ape droppings for Sinner, and
- Published in ATP Finals, ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic
The Key Stat To Break Serve More Often
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
G’day from Torino, Through the first four matches here at the 2023 ATP Finals, there have been 16 breaks of serve from 102 service games. That means players are holding 84% of the time. That’s a very solid number. As a comparison, the men held serve 78% at the US Open this year. One factor
- Published in ATP Finals, Serving
When Is The Right Time To Approach?
Monday, 13 November 2023
G’day from Torino, Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune combined to come to the net an eye-opening 56 times in their ATP Finals match last night. Djokovic defeated Rune 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 6-3 in three hours and four minutes. It was a very entertaining match, with Rune trying to throw the proverbial kitchen sink at Djokovic to
- Published in ATP Finals, Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz Has 10 Red Flags
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Is Carlos Alcaraz in a post-Wimbledon slump? After winning both Queens and Wimbledon this year, the 20-year-old Spaniard has competed in Toronto, Cincinnati, the US Open, Beijing, and Shanghai. He failed to win any of those five events and only made one final (Cincy). So what gives? Let’s put the magnifying glass over his two
- Published in ATP Tour, Carlos Alcaraz
How Coco Gauff Won The US Open Final
Saturday, 09 September 2023
G’day from New York! Defense defeated offense. Speed of foot defeated speed of racket. Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff defeated Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a remarkable display of courage, determination, positive match rituals, defensive prowess, and a single-minded between-point routine that never changed, no matter if she won or lost the point. Everything
- Published in Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, US Open
2023 US Open Djokovic d Shelton. How It Went Down.
Saturday, 09 September 2023
To Read The Match Preview, Click HERE 2023 US OPEN: MATCH REVIEW N. Djokovic def. B. Shelton 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(4) This match promised so much but, unfortunately, didn’t deliver on the hype. I watched it courtside and spent most of the match underwhelmed with the one-sided nature of the contest. I thought Ben played strategically
- Published in Ben Shelton, Novak Djokovic, US Open
2023 US Open Semi Djokovic v Shelton. The Only 5 Things That Matter
Friday, 08 September 2023
Let’s say for a moment that Ben Shelton somehow finds a way to defeat Novak Djokovic in their US Open semi-final this afternoon (3:00 pm start). How would it happen? How in the world would he pull it off? There are five distinct pathways to victory that all need to merge to spawn such a
- Published in Ben Shelton, Novak Djokovic, Rally Length
The First Point Of The Match Was An Ambush
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
G’day From New York, It was the first point of the match. Frances Tiafoe hit his first serve wide, and Ben Shelton took up a regular return position for the 2nd serve. It was your average, standard, run-of-the-mill start of the match. Until it wasn’t. Shelton waited until the toss went up so Tiafoe couldn’t
- Published in Ben Shelton, Strategy Courses, Strategy Products, US Open
Ben Shelton’s Super Power Is?
Tuesday, 05 September 2023
Gday from New York. UPDATE: BOTTOM OF THE PAGE QUARTER-FINAL – SHELTON DEF. TIAFOE 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 Ben Shelton has blasted his way to the quarter-finals of the 2023 US Open and plays Frances Tiafoe tonight on Arthur Ashe. The 20-year-old is the youngest American player to reach the quarters since Andy Roddick in
- Published in 0-4 Shots, Ben Shelton, US Open
2023 US Open Round: 16 Men. Who Is Crushing So Far?
Sunday, 03 September 2023
G’day from New York! We are down to the last 16 players at the US Open, so let’s check in and see who has been excelling when serving, returning, rallying and getting to the net. These are the men’s match-ups for the Rd of 16. Carlos Alcaraz v Matteo Arnaldi Alexander Zverev v Jannik Sinner
- Published in Alex De Minaur, Andrey Rublev, Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Matteo Arnaldi, Novak Djokovic, US Open