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Monday Oct 25th

Roger Federer won his 64th ATP title ion sunday in Sweden at the Stockholm Open.Good news for swedish tennis ’cause when you win a tournament,your’e likely to go back there next year.”Act as if you belong” is an expression that I personally,morally disagree with,but when you are playing tennis it’s most probably the single most […]

Just my thoughts!

Roger Federer won his 900th ATP tour match on thursday at the Stockholm Open and I would be very surprised if he hasn’t won his 1000th match before the end of 2012.Not only is he winning matches,he’s actually a better player right now than ever before.Hiring Paul Annacone as his coach was nessecary to try […]

Who’s the favorite?

Robin Soderling-Tomas Berdych,this is like a videogame.There really is no gameplan here,just hit the ball “better”than your opponent.Soderling has the “edge”,fasten your seatbelts!!

Playing like the guys!

Finally,we have a great match-up in the womens final. Samantha Stosur-Franchesca Schiavone are pretty much unknown to people on the street,but to me they are real players,as in,they don’t have to play their best to still win!Both are very “crafty” and move really well,which then translates into “I will give myself the best chance to […]

Days 8, 9, 10

Have not written for a few days due to social commitments and late nights (of tennis). The past few days have been unbelievable…the most notable being yesterday where Mats’ fellow Swede, Robin Soderling, defeated Goliath in convincing fashion. It is worthy to note, that this is the first time a player has defeated defending Champions […]

French Open Day 7

Another rainy day at Roland Garros. What a small difference there is between the top pros. Henin should have lost that match or at least I think it should have been closer. Sharapova came out firing. She was up 2-0 and 40-0 against Henin’s serve. She was blasting balls on the first break point, and […]

Rafael Nadal has changed his game

Rafael Nadal lost last year in the French Open to Robin Soderling,the only loss so far at the claycourts of Roland Garros. Why? If you are able to hit shots from both sides at shoulderheight with a lot of power you will feel like “this guy” isn’t as good as everyone says!Suddenly the unbeatable “Rafa” […]

French Open Day 6

Only took one picture today!!!!!!! It was all that needed to be taken. Practiced twice today for two hours with Mats on the clay. Holy smokes! There is a reason he was the king of Clay. Probably the best he has ever played against me. As a heavy American I could never get my feet […]

French Open Day 5

Rain, rain and more rain…matches at Roland Garros did not start until 3:30. Had a nice five-mile run in the rain through Paris and headed to the courts. Watched the beginning of the Dementieva match vs. Garrigues on court 2. What a court!!!!! Pedestrians walking the street can stop and peer over to watch the […]

Day four French Open

Holy smokes what a day! Arrived to Roland Garros at 12:30 to make a 1 o’clock luncheon with Lacoste (Mats sponsor) where we had lunch with Madame Lacoste (Mrs. Lacoste) and friends. Ran into Bahrami (exhibition specialist) as well as Jason Richardson (one of the greatest handball players of all time). Had an unbelievable meal, […]