Tidbits

academy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:37 +0000

1. Roger hits a wide forehand volley for a set point winner, and continues the volley movement all the way into his chair.

2. Venus openly admits that she had never seen her Canadian qualifier opponent play before. This is from a championship contender who is nursing an injury, AND you would think that a little pre-match information could help shorten the match.

3. The normally less than eloquent Jimmy Connors : “I feel better than I look - don’t worry…” - dedicated to all those melting players in the 100 degree sun.

Calm Under Pressure

scott — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:56 +0000

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]
Murray’s not my favorite player but I do like the calmness he shows. When serving, it’s easy to let the adrenaline mess up what happens after the serve.

roddick’s foot fault

scott — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:42:36 +0000

roddick went nuts when he was called for the first foot fault– reasonably he asked which foot– the lines women chocked and said it was the back foot– he goes crazy– saying correctly he has never brought his back foot forward– which was right– however he did foot fault with his front foot– and he did it again later and went crazy again–

when the match was over he pasted all his racquets out to the crowd

it’s hot

scott — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:38:44 +0000

another hot day == we watched Fish win in 3 — good playing–kuznersova had an easy time with sevastova—jankovic beat lucic– unwatchable–

they keep on talking about the wind– on the armstrong there is no wind– also it has been so windy by us this wind is nothing

fed talks about having to play 2 left handers and dealing with the wind

nishikori takes out cilic in 5
gasquet takes out davydenko in 3
soderling rolls dent in 3

capra US girl in her first wta event is in the 3rd round beating the 18th seed rezai

the french are cleaning up

backing it up

scott — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:36:38 +0000

all 3 guys are on roddick for not playing first strike tennis– it has been a complaint for the season that roddick is going back to being willing to engage in long rallies– especially after his serve — all want him to play bigger after the serve

roddick history with new coaches is to progress then fall back into old habits

azarenka

scott — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:51:45 +0000

azarenka collapsed on the court today an went off in a wheel chair– turns out she injured herself before the match and fell running and hit her head— giving her a concussion — which when she played made her dizzy and sick and she went down– was brad’s pick to win

tj creamer

scott — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:49:04 +0000

in our box today was tj creamer– the astronaut– who spent months on the space station– turns out from the space station he called the Fed and also wore a Fed cap on the space station– on Monday he had dinner with the Fed before his match

also for the last 2 years one of the stars of Happy Gilmore — chris mcdonald is with us

like your stick

scott — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:43:19 +0000

killer was talking about how verdasco has gone back to his old stick– sticks are very much up to you– that’s why there are 31 flavors– you must find a stick you trust and complements your game–

querry had a poor serve day– says he will work on it tomorrow— didn’t know if it was a low ball toss or he wasn’t using his legs enough–what do you mean you don’t know?

it’s hot

scott — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:39:53 +0000

we did 5 hours — not that tough– day of the French– llodra takes out berdych in 3– i watched the first — no breaks –llodra coming in all the time– it’s tough to pass with the faster court– simon was clocking young– simon too strong– young’s second serve is still too weak– speaking of weak had to endure 3 sets of king- hantukava—- king has no serve at all—querry went 4 == so it was a 2 match day on our main court– walked alot–

chardy in doubles was invincible– — strong serve == great return–

back at the hotel the wind has picked up– espn is killing oudin— oudin is making error on error– it is not that windy– she also can’t serve–

if you are a serious women you need to copy Pete’s and Serena’s serve– no excusses

Get Under the Ball

academy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:24:13 +0000

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]
Juan Monaco was out with injury and now he’s back, but got bounced in the first round. Notice the frames just before the impact where he drops the racquet down low with the racquet face parallel to the court.
A good video to “step through”