Nadal will play another Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in the last 16.
Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko had a comfortable 6-3 6-2 6-3 win over Frenchman Marc Gicquel.
The Russian had to overcome a knee injury that required treatment after a fall.
Davydenko will next meet compatriot Mikhail Youzhny, ...
The radar early warning systems in computer games, calls your attention to an incoming missile or enemy attack...and you take evasive, defensive or aggressive action. Boy, would this be useful in tennis!
Some players seem to have that kind of radar; Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Martina ...
There's a syndrome in tennis circles that has come to be widely known as "The Ugly Parent Syndrome."
It is one in which teenaged players, or even those in their pre-teens, are placed under enormous pressure by over-zealous parents determined to see their children scale the heights of tennis greatness.
The ...
John Newcombe, former world tennis No 1 and former Australian Davis Cup captain, once said that the top Australian players of his era believed that it was their destiny to become tennis champions.
Boris Becker told me that two weeks before achieving his first Wimbledon title (in 1985 when seventeen ...
Responding to criticism of being unemotional and boring, Pete Sampras was
once quoted as saying: "People have this perception of when I win majors that I don't look very ecstatic."
"By the same token, if you just look at what I have to give up and sacrifice in my daily life to compete at this level, ...
Tennis has all variables in the spectrum of skills, tactics and strategies. In the rainbow of possibilities the attack stands out as one of the most interesting ones to me.
After long years of playing the game myself, observing others play and teaching, I am lead to believe that you can not teach the ...
The apparent similarities of Roger Federer style of play to the older generations, which he himself admitts by calling his tennis "modern-retro tennis", implicates the possibility that many players of the past e.g. Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe , Ilie Nastase, John McEnroe, ...
Everyone is marvelled at Federer's fantastic record but it is no surprise if you think not too far back at Pete Sampras dominance and John McEnroe's, who also played great all round games.
One of the characteristics that separates these players from others is their uncanny ability to perform at their ...
In part one I explained how the backhand slice can be a great neutralizer of power and an opener for point winning opportunities. Now I am going to show you the ever so important relationship, among time, speed and spin of the ball.
For example, a majority of professional players today attack with ...
The impression I have from many TV commentators and almost every tennis expert that I have read or listened to, is that they all seem to be in awe on how fast the game of tennis today is. Everyone seems convinced that players of the past played slower games and therefore could not cope with today's fast ...
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