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I was hitting serves today with my racquet (k six one) and my racquet slipped out of my hand. This has happened to me once before, back in the day when I first started playing and didn't use an overgrip, but now I do. I had a wilson pro overgrip on my racquet today. So I went to Wilson's...

I've read a lot here about how people get stuck at 3.5. It makes me curious about how you can advance out of it. Anyone have any success stories?

I'm starting to make some progress on my serve, and it feels amazing. All those days where serving feels like some foreign thing over the past few weeks are worth it. I think I'm serving bigger than ever, maybe even close to 100 mph (as if it even matters). My biggest issue was my toss, but...

Two things: I've played tennis for a long time and serving is something I just can't figure out. I've taped myself and my motion looks good, but lacking a consistent toss is my major road block. I watched some videos last night and I saw the one saying to toss with your arm parallel to the...

Roger Cohen of the New York Times has caught on to what Hewitt realized years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/opinion/09iht-edcohen.html

What are you bring? My guns. I lol'd at this for 2 minutes straight. Whoever wrote that, is awesome. Nadal had the perfect pose, too.

Look, we've all been through this ritual soo many times, and it's got to end. I'm just as guilty as anyone for gloating, flaming, trolling, and, well, just showing miserable character after what I desired went otherwise. Look, Federer fans, and Nadal fans, it's tough for your favorite player to...

I beat Aykhan to it.

http://static.flickr.com/37/86164076_0fdae6798b.jpg?v=0 Mac on the left, Linux on the right. Had to put the high res monitor on the mac. ;)

So, there I am at a Seattle airport, in one of the lounges for a prestigious airline. I'm scheduled to meet a client, and in the corner of the lounge, I see Bill Gates. I walk over to him and say "Mr. Gates, my name is Thomas. I have a meeting at the bar in several minutes with a client; would...

Raftermania's perfect game could stun Federer

http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Y18EX43EW1AZ3U1X2INB4ETXP :D

I'm trying to section my copy of Federer vs Safin at the Australian Semi this year into smaller chunks from the original whopping two plus gigabytes. I plan to upload to www.yousendit.com, and then I'll post the links (unless someone has webspace they would let me upload to ;) and in that matter...

Lately, I've been trying several different service motions. I've used pro's motions, motions that I found comfortable, and the motion of my coach. Anyone who has gone through this hell must know how frustrating things can be. After trying many, many service motions, I finally decided to give...

In this match (Federer vs. Nadal French Open), there is a specific point in which Federer hits several volleys off of sundry very HEAVY, HARD hit balls from Nadal. Earlier this month, some people were saying Federer was having trouble hitting volleys off of shots that were harder hit. The...

Wow........

Does it seem ironic to anyone else that Federer is endorsed by Nike, but he is also making an effort to help third world countries? I thought that was funny. I'm driven to think that Federer's whole foundation is more of a publicity stunt than I originally thought.

I doubt he's using them, but wouldn't it be hilarious if that was the case? Or for that matter, any top five player. I think I'd laugh for about five minutes straight if that happened to any top five player.

I couldn't believe it! I inspected it and it appeard to be real; no "Rollex" or "Rolecks" or "RoIex." I took it to the clubhouse and turned it in to the man that runs the club (I know him very well, he's not going to sell it and tell me someone claimed it). He told me to leave my name and number...

who do you guys think will win? Call me crazy, but i think it's going to be Croatia.

Well, I've just made enough money for one so I think I'll buy one. What do you think? I play s&v all of the time. I'm using a 95 sq inch racquet right now, but I don't like the control.

Ugh, as you may know, I'm a pure serve and volley player. My problem is that in the league I play I have to face tons of moonballers, so serve and volley is almost useless. I go for aces on the serve and I get a ton of them (the 10 or so double faults, but this has always been a problem I've...

Will you guys be getting anymore of these? They're pretty hard to find, and they seem to be popular.

Anyone know where I can get this shirt? I can't seem to find it anywhere...

Anyone know what it costs to play on those courts by the hour? I want to play on grass and I might be going to New England later in the summer...

What was John's biggest attack, if you will, on an umpire? Any ones that are the most rememberable?

Anyone got any tips for mimmicking his serve? It's so simple and solid. I tried copying Pete's serve but there were too many little things that would make it inconsistent. So, what do you think?

Serving and volleying has been something I have been aspiring to do since I first started playing tennis. When I serve my opponents unintentionaly (I don't play against very good kids, I'm talking 3.0>=) hit passing shots/lobs. I've got a pretty nice serve from what people tell me (haven't...

I can't stand playing against these kids. I am starting to get shoulder problems because I have to hit my backhand and forehand so high. I know taking it early helps, but when it is a moon ball and bounces over my head when I try to take it on the rise (I'm not very successful at this in the...