How To Play Better Tennis - Tips From A Professional Tennis Coach

Roger’s 70th Win In A 100th Final

Tomaz — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:12:50 +0000

Roger Federer did it again – winning the year end masters tournament for the 6th time. He had to beat Jo Wilfried Tsonga for the third time in 3 weeks to confirm his supremacy over Jo. I followed the match and did my usual analysis but there’s nothing spectacular to report except that all sets [...]

What do Steve Jobs and Novak Djokovic Have in Common?

Tomaz — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:21:01 +0000

The last month has witnessed the loss of an icon in the computing industry. Today everyone is directly affected by Steve Jobs in one way or another. Many people across the world have used iTunes at some point and many of us have ipods, ipads and/or iphones. But there is an interesting lesson for those [...]

Tennis Through The Eyes Of A 14 Year Old

Tomaz — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:22:24 +0000

This is a guest post by Tom who loves the game of tennis and is sharing his views on tennis on his blog tomthetennisblogger.blogspot.com/. ———————————————— My name is Tom Hutchinson and I am a 14 year old Tennis enthusiast who is hungry to gain knowledge in the art of Tennis. My story starts when I [...]

Novak Djokovic And His Domination Of Federer And Nadal

Tomaz — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:28:52 +0000

Novak Djokovic’s amazing run continues with his fourth career Grand Slam title at the US Open and his 64-2 match record in 2011. He was lucky though – but that’s what happens often in some players’ best years. Here are my thoughts on the semifinals and finals of the US Open 2011… Semifinals: Novak Djokovic [...]

The Difference Between Hard Court Tennis And Clay Court Tennis

Tomaz — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:52:41 +0000

Q: Dear Tomaz, some time ago I bought your books and I really enjoy them. I am writing to ask you some tips because I am getting really frustrated. I recently moved from the US to Italy. Before moving I was playing the best tennis of my life. I was able to battle playing against [...]

Trained Tennis Players And The Rest Of Us

Tomaz — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:12:58 +0000

I just played in the National Tournament (for club players) in the over 50s age group. I had the bad luck of playing the #1 seed – who is actually one of the top 3 players in the world in this age group. But I am a 3.5/4.0 player and my opponent beat me easily. [...]

Novak Djokovic – Rafael Nadal Wimbledon 2011 Match Analysis

Tomaz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:05:45 +0000

Novak Djokovic has set another milestone in his fantastic year of 2011 – he beat Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon 2011 final and justified his new #1 ranking. Let’s see what happened in match and where Nole got the better of Rafa… First set Djokovic started his service games with extra special care when he [...]

How To Break Opponent’s Zone Play

Tomaz — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:05:44 +0000

Sometimes your opponent will enter the zone and play their best tennis which will be at much higher level than they usually play on. The recent win of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga over Roger Federer in Wimbledon quarter-finals was a great example of that. Once Tsonga was 2 sets to love down, he felt he had nothing [...]

Nadal – Federer Grand Slam Final #8 – And Win #6 For Rafa

Tomaz — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:23:25 +0000

Rafael Nadal scored another win in the Grand Slam finals against Roger Federer with the recent win at the Roland Garros 2011. Nadal now leads 6-2 in the Grand Slam finals against Federer. The question that many ponder is what would have happened if Federer won the first set. He was a break up [...]

3 Shot Combinations That Helped Li Na Win Roland Garros 2011

Tomaz — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:36:59 +0000

Li Na of China won her first Grand Slam title today by beating Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 in the Roland Garros final. Li Na played her usual game with relatively flat and fast groundstrokes which keep her opponents under pressure but she used three shot combinations that I think made [...]