Everyone experiences pressure at some point in their lives; however, athletes may experience it more frequently than most. No one likes pressure; there is no pleasure in feeling a racing heart, sweaty palms or rapid breathing. While it may appear that some tennis players handle the pressure better than others, everyone is negatively affected by…
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Will one or a few of the old guards steal the spotlight? Novak Djokovic sits comfortably at the top on the men’s side and very few seem to be able to challenge him consistently. Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal are plagued by recurrent and lingering injuries; thus, I do not see…
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Some players spring onto the scene seemingly out of the blue and some players take a while to put it all together. Sometimes when you have so many shots in your arsenal, it takes longer to figure out the best way to employ your skills to get the results that you want. It appears to…
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Coco Vandeweghe is currently ranked 101 (she fell 46 spots). 2018 has probably got to be the season that Vandeweghe wants to quickly forget. Although she made it to the final in Stuttgart and the semifinals in ‘S-Hertogenbosch, it has been an abysmal season for the American (she won the two prominent doubles titles: Miami…
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Absolutely not! The champion that Serena Williams is should have been able to rise above the call. Take it a step further, since she constantly talks about Jehovah, her faith that this trial would only make her a better player should have allowed her to rise above what she perceived was a “sexist response”. In…
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WIMBLEDON, England While I love most of the traditions of Wimbledon, after all they are part of the appeal and what makes the Wimbledon experience so unique; I find the rule of playing out the final set rather antiquated and ineffective. Consider this one single fact: No matter how fit these players are, it is…
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