Hola Madrid!
What a feeling it is to see your “old friends” once again after 6 months! The last time I saw pro tennis live was in Singapore last year during the women´s season ending championships. Madrid is one of the best chances to see many top pros live in a couple of days. Yesterday I … Continue reading
Cheap and greedy at the same time
Greetings from the Madrid Open! It´s a tournament you can attend at such a small budget it´s even laughable. On the first Sunday almost all the top women are in action, but the ticket price for the ground is 5 euros. Yesterday I saw Kerber, Kvitova and Azarenka up close. On the other hand I … Continue reading
The magic of saving a match point
The first round of the Australian Open was anything but easy for Angelique Kerber. She fought hard but her opponent matched her stroke by stroke. In the first set Kerber led by a break, but let the lead slip away and lost a tiebreaker. In the second set she led again, but lost the advantage. … Continue reading
What makes a champion?
Wednesday looked like not so special day as far as the order of play was concerned. Pretty boring matchups, I thought as I decided not to record anything before I was supposed to wake up. How wrong I was! On paper, Sharapova vs. Panova or Nadal vs. Smyczek were just an ordinary day at the … Continue reading
You never know how much you are going to play
Rafael Nadal pulls out of the US Open. Juan Martin del Potro is not going to play after all. Li Na is out the whole hard-court season because of knee injury. Azarenka is injured again. We are just not going to get rid of these announcements. And it is no wonder because tennis is not … Continue reading
Better luck this time
On first Monday at Wimbledon Victoria Azarenka didn´t fall, didn´t get injured and didn´t give up. The same stage was just misery for Vika 12 months ago. She hurt her knee badly in a fall and had to withdraw from her second match. Victoria played her first match for many months in Eastbourne and lost … Continue reading
Is the end of the season important?
As the tennis season is fast approaching its conclusion, we start to see news feeds containing information like “He can still qualify for the year-end championships, if he reaches the semifinal in this tournament and the final next week.” This talk increases week by week. The tour organizations are the main forces behind these statements, … Continue reading
Just say no to status quo
After Rafa Nadal won the US Open and will surely soon regain the No. 1 ranking, we get some movement in the pecking order of men´s tennis. From my point of view, these changes are a good thing to have. Less than three months ago, I witnessed in person one of the great upsets … Continue reading
USsssszzzzz Open
It´s US Open time, so I should be a little more enthustiastic about writing this blog, creating hair-raising stories about the demise of Roger Federer, the rebirth of Rafael Nadal or the falling of almost all women top seeds, except for the top two. But here I am, on second Tuesday, trying to create something … Continue reading
Full day of drama on Court no 1
In my opinion, the best thing about a Grand Slam tournament is its first day. It is full of excitement, full of unknown possibilities about the future outcomes. Everything is wide open. As the rounds go on and on, we know more and more about who is the possible champion. I feel the finals … Continue reading
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