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The reason the wimbledon match went on so long is because he has an unreturnable serve but can't return serve. I don't get why guys like him and Karlovic don't just work on returning serves all the time, if their returns were half as good as their serves they would be unbeatable for anyone but...

He had a big back stock of flexpoint paintjobs which he used for the last few years of his career well after the flexpoints weren't made anymore. I believe it was the pro stock radical or prestige which was made in the 90s and is still made for the pros - 98si, and I believe it was 27.5 in...

It's tough but I think a dark horse like Sod will win. We're kind of at a weird balancing point where Fed will start to decline soon, Rafa's body will give out, and a lot of guys like Muzz and General Sod are hungry for their first slam. Djokovic is definitely in a place to win a couple slams...

Couldn't agree more. Keeps the rivalry relevant. The fact that these guys keep pushing each other means everyone else has to improve to get a shot at either of them and it improves the standard of play all around.

Edberg's volleys, no question. You would win points on serve and recieve, and plus putting away wicked volleys is something nobody under 45 seems able to do anymore.

He had to switch because Adidas stopped making clothes in XXXL

Listen to quite a bit of underground metal like Portal, Blut Aus Nord, Negura Bunget, Drudkh, and so on, mostly black metal. I like some death metal as well. Been listening to Obscura and Intronaut quite a bit as of late.

Depending on how his volleys are, you might want to bring him to the net and make him volley - If he switches grips for each groundstroke and doesn't practice his one-handed volleys a lot he's probably pretty uncomfortable at net.

You might be hitting the ball too far out in front instead of using the same stroke but adjusting your foot positioning... That always leads to problems for me anyway.

I wish I could get classic tennis shorts! Well maybe not THAT short, like half-thigh length would be nice. The Daisy Duke look is a bit much, but wearing basketball shorts is too far in the other direction, I feel like I'm running around with a tent tied around my waist.

In agreement with the other posters here. Billie Jean King said that the thing that separates professionals from top-level amateurs is anticipation, conditioning and footwork. Many 5.5 players can hit a forehand or serve as well as a professional when they get the right ball but the difference...

Beyond tennis, Muster's attitude is something to apply to life in general. Anyone who has his work ethic is going to excel in any field they choose. It's something to aspire to.

Awesome. It would be great if he won a couple of little titles against a field of guys 20 years younger... he could probably do it too.

Bill Tilden vs. Stefan Edberg

update: I dropped the OHBH because I couldn't get it consistent enough, so now I hit a 2HBH and it's my best shot, hardly need to practice it. Tons of spin and consistent, have some problems with depth sometimes though. Still sorting out my forehand but trying to get that eastern forehand to...

If you are hitting the serve with the inside face of the racquet (the side the base knuckle of your thumb is on) then you are serving with an Eastern Backhand grip, which is good for kick serves and slice serves as the above posters stated. If you are being taught to serve like this you are OK...

maybe the throwing a football comparison is accurate if you're thinking about throwing a 50-yard hail mary pass - up and over.

I just laugh and wave my arms around, or make weird "blaaaaagh" noises. I would never swear audibly though, that's kind of lame. Never goes beyond mumbling to myself and waving my arms around though. One of the guys I know in the league defaulted a match by walking off the court because he was...

Well, Davydenko finishes his forehand over the shoulder like an 80's player, no WW motion. Kim Clijsters as well. So not ALL pros use the WW motion...

I'm aware that he does this, but what I'm trying to figure out is how he slices hard hit balls versus softer ones. What adjustment would you make to your slice when playing a heavy hitter? Put more backspin on a hard-hit ball? Or is it having "softer hands" or something to absorb the pace? I'm...

"You really ripped some backhand winners there!" said by a guy who straight setted me, ha ha! He was trying to find something nice to say, I'm sure, but my backhand was really good that day and he was a 3.5 to my 3.0 so it made me happy. Just hitting clean winners at my level feels like a...

Yeah, I would say it's usually a foot or two over the net, sometimes three. I also hit it relatively flat too, but I'm not sure if that contributes to the problem (by giving the ball too much pace) or helps (by keeping it from floating too much). I guess practicing more and trying for less net...

Last week I was dinking the ball in through my league match (it was my first match in over a year so I was just concentrating on not double faulting the whole match away). It got the job done but I did manage to set aside some time to practice my serve this week before my match and concentrated...

Good job on losing that weight, I know how much work it takes. Anyway, you could practice your serve a lot until it's a real weapon, that way you will be able to approach and volley or the weak return will be easier to get to for your groundstrokes. There's a guy at my tennis club in the 4.0-4.5...

I ran into a problem this week in my league - last week I played against a dinker and my slice was great, but this week a played against a younger guy who hit with more pace and I couldn't keep the slice from going long every time. How do I compensate for the greater pace, by using a steeper...

She could improve on the volleys and keep working on the backhand so she has more confidence in it and doesn't feel the need to run around it... but really, she just had an off day. She's not so good on grass, but she should have a great USO/AO in my opinion.

A good guideline I saw in a video was that you should picture yourself trying to hit the ball over a mountain in front of you rather than into the opposite court. That causes you to swing up harder and translates to more kick and power.

This is the best.

"The Mind Game - How to Intimidate Your Opponent" - Olivier Rochus