Talking Shop with Coach Paul Annacone | ATP
Annacone started his tennis journey as a high-level player, where he had a very respectable pro career that saw him peak at No. 12 in the singles rankings. But he […]
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Tennis By The Numbers | AskThePro
When I was a young aspiring player, I often lost tennis matches by being too adventurous, which is my attempt to avoid admitting I was very impatient. I enjoyed playing […]
Technique Is NOT The Answer | AskThePro
Technique improvements are great, but if you’re in a pattern of losing to lower level players it’s NOT the answer. A quick story from Olivier in France illustrates that perfectly. […]
Mental Toughness | ATP
Whether or not you agree, it’d be tough to argue Serena Williams hasn’t had an impact on women’s tennis and what it means to be an athlete, period. Her 27-year […]
How Ajla Tomljanovic Faced Down Serena Williams and 24,000 Others
When Ajla Tomljanovic was a little girl, she asked her father about a prized photograph of him holding a big trophy on his head. Ratko Tomljanovic was a great professional […]
Badge Tie Breaker Strategy | ATP
This week’s question comes from our club captain: Denis. “With finals approaching do you have a philosophy for tiebreakers?” Ah… tie breakers. Regrettably most people hate playing tiebreakers! Why? For […]
NCAA champion Ben Shelton
ATLANTA — The phrase “future of American men’s tennis” mostly inspires groans these days, as 74 Grand Slams have come and gone since Andy Roddick lifted the U.S. Open trophy […]
A Good String Job Can Manage Your Limitations
In our previous column on rackets, we make reference to the key advantages of a good restring in managing your limitations! The tournament pros are absolutely fanatical about their choice […]
DO WE LIKE KYRGIOS? IT’S COMPLICATED | SMH
Wimbledon still has a couple of days to go, which is helpful because 48 hours gives us time to have another 48 opinions on Nick Kyrgios, to add to the […]
Coaching Comes Out of the Shadows
One of the last barriers separating tennis from other sports came tumbling down on Tuesday, when the ATP and even the USTA opted to allow coaching during matches on a […]
Tennis has an anger-management problem, and it’s getting worse | Washington Post
PARIS — On an obscure court at Roland Garros, in a women’s singles match that drew scant attention, 63rd-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu thrust herself into the global spotlight as the latest […]
ATP: May 14 Badge Lessons:
More valuable ‘how 2 play’ lessons from yesterday’s match and a repeat of some from the previous match. In a repeating pattern, both our pairs started well (after good prematch […]
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