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Tip of the day: Volley footwork
It’s easy to approach the net for a volley and then quickly become lost, flailing as the ball zooms past out of your reach. As tennis coaches across the country have been telling their students since time immemorial, footwork is absolutely key to an effective volley and ensures that you’re in the right place at…
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Johanna Konta through to last eight of Shenzhen Open
British No.1 Johanna Konta regained her composure against American Vania King to reach the quarter-finals of the Shenzhen Open in China. Konta lost the first set 1-6 and was trailing 1-3 in the second, before recovering to win the match 1-6 6-3 6-2. She will now face either Kristyna Pliskova or Kai-Chen Chang in the last eight. Here’s the match…
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Highlights: Kyle Edmund squeezes past Ernesto Escobedo in Brisbane International
Britain’s Kyle Edmund, who finished his impressive 2016 season as World No.45, started 2017 on the right foot by scraping through a hard-fought tie with American Ernesto Escobedo 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6) to advance to the second round of the Brisbane International in Australia. It was a case of history repeating itself as Edmund had…
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Wimbledon in December: Preparing the courts for summer
The playing surfaces at Wimbledon are some of the most recognisable and best in the world. The lush, green courts that grace millions of televisions during the summer hark back to a bygone age of flannel trousers, stiff upper lips and polite applause. But how do you maintain the famous grass during the cold winter…
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Video: Shots of the year
We like a good video compilation here at Tennis Talent and, luckily for us, both the ATP and WTA have put together supercuts of the very best shots of the year. Let’s begin with this collection of Christmas goodies from the WTA season. It includes a shortlist of the four best shots (which Agnieszka Radwańska…
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Wimbledon in December
A chill, drizzle-soaked wind blasts along Church Road towards the familiar bulk of Centre Court. Wimbledon in winter is certainly a far cry from the leafy backdrop of the summer tournament, with its legions of strawberry-eating fans squeezed onto Henman Hill. However, work never stops at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Throughout…
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Tip of the day: The approach shot
There’s nothing worse than doing the hard slog of laboriously setting up a winner, only to squander it with a misplaced or weak approach shot. In this excellent tutorial for Tennis Now, coach Blair Henley offers tactical and technical advice about how to pull off the perfect approach shot – and win the point. Or,…
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Video: An ATP Christmas
It’s not quite Christmas until the ATP puts together its annual video of the top tennis brass mullering beloved songs and wearing ridiculous outfits. Take the plunge, if you dare. It’s difficult to decide who comes off worst/best from the video, but Henri Kontinen’s rap (1.28) and Jamie Murray’s angelic voice (1.39) are certainly “highlights”. Interestingly,…
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Tip of the day: Dynamic warm up
It may not be the most exciting part of playing tennis, or any sport for that matter, but warming up is absolutely key if you want to avoid those niggling aches and pains – or a more serious injury. “Well, duh, everyone knows that”, I hear you moan. However, many of us still fall into…
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How to make split-second decisions during a point
Tennis is a game of milliseconds, where a momentary lapse in concentration can hand the advantage to your opponent and, ultimately, lose you the game. It is, as the American novelist David Foster Wallace famously wrote, “chess on the run”. After all, when one player hits a shot, their opponent has on average just 500…
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