2024 US Open Serve Analysis. Which Is Better? Foot Back Or Foot Up?
Tuesday, 01 October 2024
G’day, Is it better to keep your foot back or bring it up in your service motion? On the surface, both seem to work just fine. It really depends on what feels right for you and what you were taught when you were younger. It feels like players get to load more and explode upward
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The Hidden Force In the US Open Men’s Final
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in Sunday’s US Open men’s singles final. Sinner was the better player. He won 96 points to 79, 60 baseline points to 32, and only committed 26 forehand errors to Fritz’s 39. I was in the stadium paying particular attention to the shape of the ball, court
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Sinner v Fritz = Baseline Armageddon In The US Open Final
Sunday, 08 September 2024
G’day from New York, 🗽 It will be baseline armageddon on Arthur Ashe tonight for the US Open men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz. It will feel like two guys with sledgehammers repeatedly going at each other across the net. Throwing haymakers. Throwing the kitchen sink. Throwing everything they can possibly throw to
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2024 US Open Men’s Semi-Finals. How Fast Should You Hit Your 2nd Serve?
Friday, 06 September 2024
G’day from New York, 🗽 How hard should your 2nd serve be relative to your 1st serve? How much speed do the best players in the world take off their 1st serve to create an ideal 2nd serve speed? We have answers for that… Let’s take a look at the four men in the semis
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2024 Men’s Semi-Final Analysis. The First Point Serving.
Thursday, 05 September 2024
G’day from New York, 🗽 The men’s semi-finals are set at Flushing Meadows. (1) Jannik Sinner vs. (25) Jack Draper (12) Taylor Fritz vs. (20) Frances Tiafoe Tennis is a game of getting ahead. Putting scoreboard pressure on your opponent is crucial to winning on the biggest stage. I analyzed the four semi-finalists and their
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US Open Men’s Quarter-Finals. Rally Length Analysis.
Tuesday, 03 September 2024
G’day from New York. 🗽 We are now getting to the pointy end of the tournament. Here’s the quarter-final match-ups in the men’s draw. Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil Medvedev Jack Draper v Alex De Minaur Taylor Fritz v Alexander Zverev Grigor Dimitrov v Frances Tiafoe Let’s take a slightly different viewpoint of the eight players