Hello. I'm not the greatest at playing tennis. My serve is terrible and when I'm into the point I'm okay at keeping a rally going. I recently read about padel tennis and was drawn to the fact that it's really easy to pick up. Has anyone heard of the sport? If so, what are your thoughts? Worth giving a shot?...
Everybody knows that success in tennis depends not only on its physical aspect, but also on the players psychological ability to compete. I am very grateful that Dr. Allen Fox will be cooperating with me on this blog. There is a excerpt from his new book Tennis. Winning the mental match. "Point...
QR1: (q2) James Ward WR 143 vs (WC) Nicolas Devilder (FRA) WR 281 Dino's match is second on the centre court tomorrow, the first match kicking off at 08.30 BST. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 13th of May 2012 11:42:27 AM
L32: (6) Elena Baltacha WR 67 v Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (ESP) WR 131 (CH 105 in Feb) Perhaps not the nicest draw, given that the Spaniard won the (seemingly rather weak given the players she had to beat on the way) WTA event in Bogotá earlier this year. If Bally does get on a roll here, heavily GB-conne...
L32: Melanie South WR 281 v Shuko Aoyama (JPN) WR 349 - H2H 1-0, 3 sets, Fukuoka 2008 L32: Tara Moore WR 333 v Emily Webley-Smith WR 427 - definitely a 'Kurume' draw L32: Samantha Murray WR 353 v Jessica Pegula (USA) WR 294 Despite the irresistibly dreadful pun, not abad draw really, with all 4 of them avoi...
Bloomers and Chris Eaton are the top two seeds here, the quarters and semis are scheduled for today. -- Edited by Shhh on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:08:09 AM
L32: (WC) Ciprian Alexandru Porumb (ROU) UNR beat Darren Walsh WR 1533 4-6 6-1 6-1 L16: (2) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh v Bogdan Sturzu & Andras Szekely (ROU/ROU) Face tough competition in the doubles, with Daescu & Mergea being the top seeds, and Copil & Crivoi in thei...
L32: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v David Nalbandian (ARG) WR 43 (CH 3 in 2006) or Qualifier (16) Gasquet, Melzer, Davydenko or (WC) Lorenzi could await the winner in R3 (8) David Ferrer and (11) Gilles Simon are the other seeds in Andy's quarter (2) Rafael Nadal is the top seed in his half A bit of a minefield, to sa...
The Italian circuit ramps up to a Grade 1, and Eleanor Dean gets a seeding here. The first seed she is scheduled to meet though is top seed and Wimbledon champion Ash Barty R1 (L64) (15) Eleanor Dean (GBR) Bye
Ed Corrie might actually get a seeding in the main draw here - a far cry from all those 4-round Futures qualifying draws he was having to play earlier in the year! QR1: Damian Gryzelko UNR beat Dylan M Roberts (USA) INR by 2 & 1 QR1: Matthew Gordon UNR beat Colin Edwards (USA) UNR by 3 & 1 Q...
L32: (8) Lewis Burton WR 641 v (WC) Viktor Stjern (SWE) WR 1721 L32: George Morgan WR 664 v Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 744 L32: (4) Josh Milton WR 431 v (WC) Pierre Bonfre (SWE) WR 1328 The winners of the last two matches above will meet in R2.
Joshua Sapwell was forced to qualify here, something he accomplished in style. Joshua Page has to take on the Italian who ended Evan Hoyt's campaign yesterday, but saw his 11 match winning streak end in the final R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Fred Simonsson (SWE) Peter Ashley (GBR) v (13) Thai-Son Kwiatko...
There is a proverb A man is what he eats. Success in tennis also depends on what a player eats. I very often see in tournaments the same picture: during a break between matches, players eat junk food, like fast food and processed food, as well as drink soft beverages full of sugar. It is very rare to see a k...
Sean Thornley and James Marsalek are likely to be seeded in the main draw here, where they will be joined by Toby Martin, Richard Gabb and Joshua Jones. QR1: David Hodgetts UNR lost to (q3) Eyal Cohen (ISR) WR 1721 by 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
QR1: Damian Gryzelko UNR beat Dylan M Roberts (USA) INR by 2 & 1 
