Age: 30 Weight: 170 lbs. Height: 6’2” Birthplace: Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia Singles Ranking: 12 Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach: Marián Vajda Career Titles: 68 Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco At 30 years of age, Novak...
Rafael Nadal Age: 31 Weight: 188 Height: 6’1” Birthplace: Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain Singles Ranking: 1 Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach: Carlos Moya (2016–) Francisco Roig (2005–) Toni Nadal (1990–2017) Career Titles: 76 Residence: Manacor,...
I just finished watching the tail end of the Maria Sharapova – Caroline Garcia first round match at the Porsche Grand Prix Open. She will drop out of the top 50 with this loss. This is a tournament Maria has won three times. As she walks out of this tournament,...
I think all players should just go home for the rest of the clay court season. Nadal just came back from injury after not playing since January and defended his Monte Carlo Masters title with ease. Nobody gave him any sort of trouble. Given that this was his first...
Nick has been at it again lately – living up to his bad boy of tennis image. Although, in Nick’s defense, he seems to get into bad boy altercations mostly on Social Media. I suspect he’s probably a super chill guy that likes to play pick-up basketball and video games...
Rafa is back! He’s currently tearing up the field at the Monte Carlo Masters, which he has won a record 10 times. The guy hadn’t played a match since he retired in the quarters of the Australian in the fifth set against Cilic with an injury. As I write this blog, on...
I don’t typically review tennis gear, let alone shoes. I usually know what I like and stick to it without visiting hundreds of reviews or demoing a million rackets. In terms of shoes, they have always been a bit of an afterthought. I’m about a 4.5 player and for years...
In my last blog post we looked at numbers 3-5 of the “Best and Totally Sick Backhands” of the Open era. It’s time to look at my top 2. Coincidentally, my top 2 includes two bad boys of tennis. Andre was considered a bad boy when he started out, and as he grew older...
I love myself a cool looking backhand. When I was a kid I watched in awe as some of my hero tennis players executed the shot. I loved the intensity of the Agassi backhand, but was also fond of the style and touch of the McEnroe backhand. This post looks at my...
Age: 36 years Weight: 155 lbs Height: 5’9” Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan Singles Ranking: 449 Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach: Patrick Mouratoglou Career Titles: 23 Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Serena Williams is one...
Age: 20 Weight: 137 lbs. Height: 5’7” Birthplace: Toyatti, Russia Singles Ranking: 11 Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach: Philippe Dehaes (2017-present) Vladimír Pláteník (2014-2017) Career Titles: 2 Residence: Tolyatti, Russia At...
