Djokovic, Nadal on same side of Monte-Carlo draw

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal found themselves in the top half of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters draw when the ceremony was held on Saturday. Thus the top two favorites for the title are on a collision course for the semis, but neither one–especially not Nadal–will be looking that far…

Looking Forward to Monte Carlo?

Tennis Abides will be back to predicting for the Masters 1000 Emeritus Event @rogerfederer #AvataRF pic.twitter.com/lqRZcNMOAk — Nusi (@NusiP) April 10, 2015

Should Hawkeye be used on clay?

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Playing in his last U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship before a scheduled retirement at the 2016 Australian Open, Lleyton Hewitt lost his first-round match to Go Soeda 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 on Tuesday. After Hewitt squandered a match point on his own serve at 5-4, 30-40 in the second set, a…

I GOT IT

Originally posted on Marcus Cootsona Tennis:
Why not admit it? I’ve never known exactly what to do with clay court tennis. For one thing, the launch into the clay court season, coming as it does after the hardcourt shootouts and primetime battles of Indian Wells and Miami, throws us into a different continent with a…

Time for some clay!

Originally posted on universal tennis enthusiast:
Spring is finally here and so is the clay court season. April and may are the 2 months dedicated to clay court tournaments. The action is mostly situated in Europe except for Houston U.S.A ,Casablanca Morocco that is hapening as im writing this and Turkey. This is probably my favorite…

DDP Yoga for Tennis Week 1 Review

Hamstrung Unfortunately on April 1st, I pulled my hamstring playing tennis.  That cut into my tennis and yoga time.  I do not have a ton to report, but will add a week to this series as my hamstring is more or less better now.  Here is what I have done to this point: March 31:…

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