Sun soaked again at the Pacific Life Open. After a cold and gloomy Sunday, the quality of matches, as well as the weather, have clearly picked up. Another day filled with 83 degrees and world class tennis. Our day started on Stadium 3, with David Nalbandian taking off the unorthodox Radek Stepanek. Nalbandian, squeaked out [...]

To start off todays post let me just say that the weather change between yesterday and today, was very similar to the results that occur on the mens tour, anything can happen on any given day. Temperatures in the high 70’s to low 80’s proved to be a crowd pleaser and I have the [...]

This is California right? Someone please tell the weather man that 45 degrees is not ideal tennis conditions! The unsettled conditions clearly did nothing for Americas top hopeful Andy Roddick, as he was bounced in the 1st round by Tommy Haas. Not the result Roddick was looking for, as he was looking to really make [...]

The years first masters series is here and the ATP’s best are ready to shine in the desert. The 96 man hardcourt field will be spearheaded by Swiss number one Roger Federer, and the two men vying for his number 1 ranking, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. The fab 3, each have some work to do [...]

Even though the tour had only 2 tournament stops this week, there was still more than enough action for fans to embrace. Its starting to become the norm this year as most tournaments are having surprise winners or finalist. Dubai and Las Vegas continued in this trend and did not disappoint in bringing forth new [...]

I had a tough choice this time, picking which player deserved player of the month honor’s. There were many good results from lower ranked players, most notably, Nicolas Almagro (ESP) who captured both Brazil and Mexico, during the South American swing. The Spaniard, will surely be 1 of the favorites at this years French Open. Robin Soderling (SWE), also had [...]

Super Heroes all have their kryptonite. Whether, it’s dealing with high backhands on a slow clay court, over anxious umpires, or even the pressure of defending tournament points.
Roger Federer’s second straight loss this week at the Dubai Championships to Andy Murray, raised many eyebrow’s as to whether his reign atop the ATP is coming to a close. Opponents [...]

The European and South American swings, came to a conclusion with Sundays finals. All focus will shift to the hard courts, and the top players in the world. This weeks review takes the tour to United Arab Emirates, and the Dubai Open as well as Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Tennis Channel Open. Clearly, the Dubai [...]

This weeks wrap up provided some suprises, as well as 2, potential French Open threats. For the most part the tops seeds came through in there respected tournaments. However, the week will be remembered for unseeded winners. Tour points will now be harder to come by, as this week ended the cycle of having 3 [...]

I’m sure most tennis fans would say that they are sick of seeing Rafael Nadal (ESP), tug at his shorts before he serves. They are sick of Rafa, pulling up his socks and tucking his hair under his bandana on every point. Would it be so much to ask for Nadal to stop these habits? Well [...]

The last week in February brings the ATP to venues in Croatia, Tennessee and Mexico. None of the 3 tournaments this week have the all around star power that Rotterdam had last week. With the recent rash of upsets that the top players in a world have encountered in various tour events, I’m not sure [...]

It seems as though 2008 has not been generous to the top seeded players in smaller tournaments. Rotterdam, San Jose, and Argentina saw there fair share of upsets. Rotterdam, the biggest and most loaded tournament in terms of points, money and top players, saw the likes of Nadal, Ferrer and Davydenko, all disappear before the [...]

Over my 10 years of coaching tennis, I have found that keeping it simple in regards to stroke mechanics and technique is the best way to go. I remember at the 2007 U.S. Open, Andre Agassi made reference to this while he was a guest commentator during the Roger Federer and Andy Roddick quarter final [...]

The tour continues its 3 mini swings this week with tournaments continuing to be played Europe, the United States as well as South America. The 1st preview of the week comes from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This 32 player indoor tournament boasts a very high quality field with 3 out of the top 5 players in [...]