Monday, August 1, 2016

TIM MAYOTTE AND TECHNIQUE...ALWAYS TECHNIQUE

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I came across a clip of Tim Mayotte speaking this year at The Tennis Congress, about the fundamentals of technique in tennis.  As I watched...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

2016 CITI OPEN: WRAP UP AND TENNISFILES PODCAST

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So long, 2016 Citi Open:  you came and went too soon, but it was well worth the wait.  Here's episode 26 of Tennis Files podcast, by Meh...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

2016 CITI OPEN FINAL: THE AIR UP THERE

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Let's be honest - that started out the worst final I've ever seen.  Not just at the Citi Open, mind you.  Even Newport had some agon...

2016 FINAL THOUGHTS: A GAEL FORCE WIND AT HIS BACK...AND IN HIS FACE

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History hates nothing more than a crown unworn, a throne unseated, a title unearned.  The history of Gael Monfils is no different.  In 2004,...

2016 CITI OPEN FINAL THOUGHTS: LIKE IT OR NOT...IVO KARLOVIC JUST KEEPS COMING

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3 years Ivo Karlovic nearly died.   He woke up one morning with numbness in his arm, that began to spread throughout his body.  A profes...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

2016 CITI OPEN DAY 6: THE YANKS ARE COMING

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Maybe it was the chronological proximity to the Olympic games , or the Davis Cup , or the Rogers Cup .  For whatever reason, the...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

2016 CITI OPEN PLUS: TENNIS FILES

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I met the author of the Tennis Files, Mehrban Iranshad, last year at the Citi Open.  For both of us, this was our first year as members of t...

2016 CITI OPEN DAY 4: THE QUIET AMERICAN

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Last year I generously extolled the virtues of the Mesomorph , Sam Groth - a man with a rocket launcher of a serve and the physique of a man...