US OPEN TENNIS

Tennis has a great tradition in the United States. The U.S. has won the legendary Davis Cup more than any country in the world. In addition, the United States is the home of Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras and many other champions in the recent years. But tennis does not get enough attention in the United States these days. Davis Cup gets minimal coverage on TV, and the coverage of major tournaments such as the Masters Series has been significantly less than previous years. So why is it that a tennis rich country such as the U.S. does not pay enough attention to the “beautiful game.” Tennis fans in the U.S. have been spoiled by the wealth of titles won by U.S. players in the past decade. The days of Agassi, Sampras, Courier, and Chang are extraordinary, and it would be unreasonable to expect the current crop of players to emulate what has been done by the legends of the past. The U.S. fans are patriotic and they tend to pay attention to sports that Americans are dominating. …

Over the six years of professional play since the 23-years old Wawrinka began his tennis career; he has escalated from the 171 position in 2003 to the 54th place in 2005 to a 36th ranking in 2007, while reaching the top ten in the current ATP Tour. He also holds a singles career record of 105-91, one title to his name and a doubles Olympic medal. Despite his hard and constant work his game has suffered major setbacks due to a knee injury. Nevertheless, the young Swiss has proved his talent against players such as: the Argentinean Juan Ignacio Chela, the Russian Marat Safin and the Croatian Ivan Ljubicic. Only this past Saturday at the indoor Malley stadium both Swiss players teamed up to play against the Belgium group made up by; Xavier Malisse and Oliver Rochus for a Davis Cup entry for the 2009 competition. There was indeed a lot of pressure on the players, as we witnessed what they were capable of doing at the Olympics, but during the match it was clear that Federer and Wawrinka we …

This was the first lost of Argentina in 10 years at home in Davis Cup games; however, this was also their first final at home and therefore, the team had great expectations of winning their first David Cup title this time since they were the favorites after the Spanish Rafael Nadal got injured before the final. For its part, Spain won their first title on the road, after having won in 2000 and 2004 against Australia and U.S respectively at home. Verdasco replaced David Ferrer due to injury and the 48th ranked Acasuso replaced the No.9 of the world Juan Mart n Del Potro due to a pull muscle injury he suffered on Friday’s match against Lopez. The game was held in the indoor Islas Malvinas Arena at Mar del Plata in front of more than 11,000 fans. At the beginning of the game, Acasuso started a little nervous by loosing his serve in the fifth game of the first set and making three unforced errors consecutively. But after losing the first set, Acasuso began the second set with more confide …

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Nalbandian defeated Reynolds just in 55 minutes playing great tennis. The Argentine will face the Swedish Joachim Johansson in the second round and will try to win his ninth career title at the Stockholm Open. Currently, the ranked No.7 Nalbandian, has been under pressure to defend his ranking points, however, he expressed that he is not concerned about it, he is just focusing on playing good and giving his best in every match. Now the Argentinean is concentrated in the Stockholm Open and a week after that, in playing the final against Spain in the Davis Cup. Nalbandian has also stated that he is not interested in classifying to the Masters Cup in Shanghai since he is more interested in the Davis Cup to obtain his first title in that tournament. “It’s not really one of my goals this year (making the Masters Cup), we have a chance to win the Davis Cup and that’s what I’m concentrating on. That’s what I’m worrying about now,” said Nalbandian. Nalbandian has had great success during his …

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Preparation 2. Confidence 3. Game planning & What If 4. Focus PREPARATION The first stage is linking the technical and physical work you have done both on and off the court to your mental state. You need to take stock of the work you have been putting in and think about all the positive aspects of your training and believe that they will make a difference to your performance. The danger is that like many people you may spend your time thinking that you could have done more or “if only I had done this or that extra”, but you need to realize that the chances are that your opponent is probably in the same boat and is asking themselves the same questions of themselves without realizing that this is only raising their self-doubt. I suggest that you keep a “good experiences” notebook that you can keep in your racket bag. Every time you play a match, take a lesson, have a practice session or do some training (physical or mental), you will have some good things to put into the notebook - so d …