A Few Thoughts on Tennis & Pickleball
Preface – I do not hate pickleball. I don’t like seeing tennis courts at public parks being replaced by pickleball courts. It seems like a park can host plenty of both courts. A recent debate...
View ArticleWimbledon 2022 Women’s Final Prediction – Ons Jabeur vs. Elena Rybakina
Ons Jabeur vs. Elena Rybakina: Who Can Force the Other to Play Defense? Ons Jabeur has incredible hands and touch on both her approach shots and volleys. This puts a certain amount of pressure on an...
View ArticleWimbledon 2022: Djokovic vs. Kyrgios Championship Prediction
Novak Djokovic vs. Nick Kyrgios I am going to keep this short. Kyrgios does have a head-to-head advantage. 2017 was not Novak’s best year in terms of health, confidence, or results. So the two...
View Article22 Parting Shots from the 2023 Australian Open
Why 22? Well … Djokovic's Lacoste 22 jacket is pic.twitter.com/jaM1JGdI08— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) January 29, 2023 Novak Djokovic is in firm control of the ATP Tour after ending 2022 and...
View ArticleAI Seems to Like Tennis Abides
I am not sure what HAL 9000 or Lt. Cmdr. Data thinks of my website, but maybe a little artificial encouragement will get me to post more frequently. Some of the information is a little exaggerated,...
View ArticleFrench Open 2023: June 6th Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Karolina Muchova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova My thoughts: Muchova has been playing much better over the past 52 weeks resulting in a huge difference in their computer...
View ArticleMy Most Complicated Match in Tennis Coaching: 2022 Kentucky High School...
Listen to my Podcast About the Most Complicated Match I’ve been a part of as a Coach ICYMI: ‘22 grad and back-to-back doubles state champion, Ty Bush has been named 2022 Mr. Tennis!Bush and...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Tennis Cannot Be a Prisoner to Its Past
To which tennis says, “Hold my Honey Deuce. We’ll raise your ‘20 years ago’ make it ‘40 years ago.’” https://t.co/qBxoTZxd2W— Jon Wertheim (@jon_wertheim) August 3, 2023 The above response from Jon...
View ArticleLexington Challenger 2023: Part 1 – Excellent Players Find Ways to Stay Close
This is the first of at least two posts on my experiences as a spectator at the 2023 Lexington Challenger. Listen to my thoughts on how both finalists stayed in sets despite being outplayed for the...
View ArticleLexington Challenger 2023: Part 2
The quality of this first set in the finals of The Lexington Challenger between top-seeded Arthur Cazaux of France and 2nd-seeded Steve Johnson of USA is quite impressive. I’m pulling for the old guy....
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