I remember all the talk about Taylor Townsend, who was the number one ranked junior player in 2012. She also won the junior Australian Open title in 2012 and many expected big things from the American. Townsend turned professional in November 2012 when she was still only 16 years old. Early in her profession, Townsend…
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I was heading to the gym with trepidation one day, convinced that I would be unable to do half a lap in the pool. I was also equally convinced that if I was able to swim a half a lap, I was not going to be able to do my usual thirty-five laps. Somehow the…
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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 two prominent doubles titles: Miami and…
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