Djokovic Rd1 AusOpen Victory: 10 Quick & Quirky Stats
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
G’day from Melbourne! 🇦🇺🎾 Novak Djokovic returned to Melbourne Park last night with a dominant 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 victory over Roberto Carballes Baena. Here are 10 stats from the match that drill down into his Rd 1 victory. 1: RALLY LENGTH The first thing to understand is that the vast majority of points Novak played
- Published in Australian Open, Novak Djokovic
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Learn From Rublev’s Meltdown At ATP Finals
Thursday, 17 November 2022
G’day from Torino, I was courtside yesterday for Novak Djokovic’s victory over Andrey Rublev in the group stage of the ATP Finals. Everything was going along just fine until Rublev served at 4-5. His negative emotions erupted out of nowhere like a volcano. The video below starts with Rublev hitting an ace to get
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The Art Of Winning 2nd Serve Points
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
G’day, Is your second serve a strength of your game? I can say with almost certainty that it is not because it’s not for almost everyone on the 🌏. Winning more points on 2nd serve will be covered in extensive detail in the webinar Serve Strategy: Patterns, Percentages & Drills, which is now available for
- Published in 2nd Serves, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open, Webinars
Serve Webinar: The Eight Serve Factors
Monday, 08 August 2022
G’day! You always play two matches when you step onto the court to compete. During the point. Between the points. We have all heard how tennis is such a mental game. Staying focused on your game plan and the opponent is a crucial element of that. The August 18th webinar (Serve Strategy: Patterns, Percentages &
- Published in Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serve Webinar, Serving, Stefanos Tsitsipas
Pro Forehands: Technique & Tactics
Friday, 15 July 2022
G’day! This is a very cool way to watch a forehand = on repeat! Let yourself be mesmerized by the forehands playing again & again every 1-2 seconds. These GIFs are meant to be watched for 30 seconds to a minute and sometimes more before you go on to the next one. Here’s how
2022 Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic Tournament Stats
Monday, 11 July 2022
G’day! Novak Djokovic has done it again! The Super Serb won his seventh Wimbledon yesterday, which includes the last four in a row. Stunning numbers any way you want to slice them! The following breakdown combines all seven matches in one data set. Those 2022 matches were: Rd 1 def. Soonwoo Kwon 6-3, 3-6,
- Published in Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Rally Length, Serve And Volley, The First 4 Shots, Wimbledon
Nick Kyrgios’ Serve. Unreadable. Unhittable. Unstoppable.
Saturday, 09 July 2022
G’day, Is Nick Kyrgios a legitimate chance to upset the Novak Djokovic apple cart 🍎🛒 in the Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday? Anything is possible, but the Super Serb is looking to win his fourth Wimbledon in a row and seventh overall. Djokovic has experience to burn. This will be his 32nd Grand Slam
- Published in Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon
2022 Roland Garros Preview: 25 Match Metrics For Nadal & Djokovic
Monday, 30 May 2022
G’day from Paris, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will play for the 59th time in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros on Wednesday. Overall, Djokovic leads the head-to-head 30-28. Djokovic won their last meeting, which was at Roland Garros in 2021. All of that will be water under the bridge when they do battle in the
- Published in Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Rally Length, Roland Garros
The Brilliance Of Novak Djokovic In 10 GIFs
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
G’day From Paris, You see something different when you watch something many times instead of just once or twice. You see the same thing happening again & again & again. You learn more. You appreciate the subtleties and nuances that you never really picked up on before. The last week I have been putting some
- Published in Novak Djokovic
Rome 2022: Return Serve Position Analysis
Sunday, 15 May 2022
G’day from Roma, You can break down what happens in a tennis match into four simple categories. Serving Returning Rallying Approaching Different players are going to employ different strategies, but in general, you are going to find minor variations in the patterns of play because players know what works and what doesn’t from playing hundreds
- Published in ATP Tour, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Return Of Serve, Rome
Five Areas Djokovic Must Improve In Belgrade
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
G’day, In the first three and a half months of 2022, Novak Djokovic played just three matches. Dubai def. Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-3 Dubai def. Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6(2) Dubai lost to Jiri Vesely 6-4, 7-6(4) Last week in Monte Carlo, he played another one: 4. Monte Carlo lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Published in ATP Tour, Monte Carlo, Novak Djokovic
10 Keys To Novak’s 2021 Wimbledon Success
Monday, 12 July 2021
Imagine winning Wimbledon… one, two, three, four, five… six times!!! Novak just powered through the 2021 Wimbledon draw for the loss of just two sets. Dominant. Controlling. Commanding. Superior. Supreme. Here are 10 keys to his tournament victory. 1: Serve & Volley = 88% Won (36/44) Novak served and volleyed nine times in the
- Published in Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon
2015-21: Monte Carlo Matches
Saturday, 10 April 2021
G’day, It’s clay court season again so here is a little refresher from the Monte Carlo Country Club. Below are links to several recent matches as well as the full analysis from the 2016 final Rolex Monte Carlo Final. Enjoy! 2021 Final: Tsitsipas def. Rublev Summary Andrey Rublev’s forehand went missing in the final. He
- Published in ATP Tour, Dominic Thiem, Monte Carlo, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal
Five Take Aways: 2018 Monte Carlo Thiem def Djokovic
Thursday, 19 April 2018
G’day from Monte Carlo, What a match that was! 👍👍 Congratulations to Dominic Thiem who defeated Novak Djokovic 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-3 in 2:29. It was a battle royale, and then some!!! It’s important to note that Novak served at 3-3, 40-15 in the 3rd set and had a lot of momentum. That’s tough to see
- Published in ATP Tour, Dominic Thiem, Monte Carlo, Novak Djokovic