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I have a wide foot, size 14. I love Adidas Sole Court Boost. The narrower models after adidas barricade V didn't work at all for me. At 6'4" 280lbs, there aren't any professional tennis players to copy. I'm no Novak Djokovic. I sweat pretty profusely in the humid heat. It seems like by the...

I think you're on track. I just came back to this thread after not logging in for a while. That's kind of what Peter Freeman said in his video series the closer. If the ball gets below your knees and you're inside the service line, underspin is what you have to do. Mainly just hi to low and...

I've been off and on for close to 30 years now. Most recently due to having foot surgery.. My first day back serving was like I never stopped. Movement took longer. As a recreational player I never had the time and money to put into this like an Andre Agassi. So setbacks and time off are...

I'm looking for some good online instruction on dealing with a short low slice to a 2HBH. Usually this is a ball that is so short I have no choice but to come to the net. But getting this ball up over the net and back down into the court is especially difficult on my BH side. When I play a...

She could get back to making it all about tennis, the same way Tennys Sandgren did. Just make a statement and then refuse to talk about it. But I don't think she's capable of that.

Doesn't everybody? lol

"Serena was a virgin (not a fornicator) until her wedding night, or she would have been shunned." That's hard to believe seeing how late in life she married. Wasn't she dating Patrick Mortoligu, her coach? I've talked with other Jehovah's witnesses in passing and they didn't consider her a...

Is Serena an active Jehovah's witness? Didn't she get pregnant out of wedlock? Don't you get excommunicated from that church for doing that?

My love of tennis is very much based on the objectivity of the sport. It doesn't matter your age, height, race, nor even whether you win ugly or pretty. The ball is on or out. Basketball changes its rules based on the fact that people will be disappointed if they paid money to see Shaquille...

Is Ramos even white?

I think she needed an excuse because she knew she was going to lose.

Didn't his Uncle Toni say in an interview he thought Rafa would have been even better if they had not made him left handed? I get calluses on my right hand. It's from the western grip. Perhaps I don't get to play enough or perhaps my technique is wrong.

One link I looked up said it was "childrens rights," against gay marriage. I still can't find what happened to them. It seems that if there were a stiffer penalty it wouldn't happen every year.

I love claycourt tennis at the French open. But it seems like every year there is someone interrupting the match to make their own political statement. The fireworks clearly disturbed Nadal's concentration. My question is what happened to the people who do this? Is the worst punishment, just...

If Serena is so mentally strong, why can't she seem to control her temper? I think she competes hard, but mentally I'd call he average at best. Physically she's head and shoulders above the competition.

I'm 36 now and just had to forfeit a match and tournament due to a pulled calf. I was walking again within a few days but I'm scared to play again. I may have to face that I'm just too old for jogging.

I honestly have more respect for the way Nadal handles himself when he loses. It just doesn't happen very often and we don't get to see it. In my mind he's still who I'd bet on every time but more importantly one of the most ethical and classy players on the tour. I couldn't imagine...

What's best for the players is not necessarilly what is best for the fans. Part of the excitement is to see the best players in the world at their best, but that factor is not very important if the final is played on Monday and everyone is at work. Yes a lot of people live in New York, but...

I can't think of anyone who moves as well as Djokovic consistently enough to pull off this tactic against Nadal.

I absolutely love your FH. What do you think about when you're hitting it? Do you have any reference points that you think about. I noticed you seemed to chip back a lot of FH returns. Do you find it just too hard to time the big topspin FH since it requires a bigger swing? I can hit that...

I just noticed that Novak has a fairly small upper body frame. He's built better for tennis physically than Rafa is. But you have to remember we're talking about beating Djokovic. I haven't seen Rafa lose much to anyone else this year. I have a hard time seeing how coaching changes make...

Tennis, probably not. I was thinking maybe O.J. Simpson.

It is nice to see a superstart who is a good person as well as a good player. Nadal is definitely both. I wasn't sure how he would react if he actually had to face someone better than him and get beat. I can't think of anyone before who ever really beat him at his best. The adversity did...

A lot of what staying in matches and competing is about is serving well. You can be getting whipped in all other aspects of the game but if you're serving consistently and effectively, it still might come down to a few critical points. I thought Nadal served a lot better last year. It's...

Wouldn't the objective that is carried out in choosing whether to hold a tournament or not be for those that invested in the tournament to get a return on their investment? The USTA didn't mind trying to send Roddick out onto a wet court in order to maintain more revenue. I'm not sure they...

I'd tend to agree with you. I think it would help the situation, but I'm not sure if that would be enough. The barrier I faced in basketball growing up was that by the time I was filled out and reaching my prime I was 24 years old, long after it'd been decided who would continue playing and...

As an adult I absolutely hate the USTA. They pushed other well meaning flex leagues out of existence in order to take money from people looking to meet other tennis players? What has the USTA ever done for adult tennis compared to the fees they demand? Like most other kids, professional...

It's one thing to cry in quiet disappointment. It's another thing to find someone to blame like I see Serena or Roddick do when they lose. I don't fault Rafa a bit. He's a good person. And that's coming from an American.

I just feel bad for the player who loses. I'm sure Nadal wanted more than anything to be left alone then.

So do you think Nadal was just more precise on his strokes? Or did it have more to with Nadal being able to cover more court?