It's All Exhibition to Me Until The Australian Open

Well, the US Open is done and fall is approaching here in Canada and probably in a good deal of the US and Europe.

Personally, I won't pay much attention to what happens on the tour until Australia. To me, it's all about money for the pros now.

Now, don't get me wrong. I think these guys should make as much money as possible. I'm just saying that there's a difference when they play for money and when they play for history.

A lot of guys will kill themselves and play through injuries in the slams. But, they usually don't show the same attitude in the regular tournaments.

Do you think Andre Agassi would have played through that horrendous back pain if it wasn't the US Open?

Now's the time when I focus on my own game. I'll meet up with Fed and the boys down under in January.

Glenn Sheiner M.D. - author of The Top Selling Tennis Tactics Ebook guaranteed to make you a smarter tennis player and take your tennis to the next level.

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Federer Is Truly Amazing

Yesterday's exhibition of superb tennis was a sublime experience.

When Roger Federer is on his game, it is an absolutely breathtaking experience if you're a tennis fan. His game is so solid, so cleverly constructed, his strokes so smooth that he literally makes the game look so easy.

I think that what a lot of people don't give a lot of thought to is Federer's tremendous defensive ability. Clearly, Federer is an otherworldy shotmaker.
Watch what happens when he's pushed and the matches get tight (doesn't happen too often obviously). But,when he's in a litle trouble, he relies on extraordinary footspeed and quickness to play superb defensive tennis. And, he's the best I've ever seen at turning defense into offense in a flash of a heartbeat.

There have been other great offensive tennis players in recent years. Players who were dangerous everytime the ball hit their rackets. Pete Sampras and John McCenroe come to mind right away. Anytime these guys touched the ball they could put the ball someplace difficult fot their opponent and be at the the net in a heartbeat.

But, neither Pete nor Mac were the greatest defensive players. Sampras actually was a better defensive player than Mac in my opinion because he had a lethal flat forehand -- a a weapon the that the continentally gripped Mac never possesssed.

And, when I think of great defensive players Rafael Nadal and Bjorn Borg come to mind.

But, Federer is literally the best offensive player and nearly the best defensive player in the game today. This is what makes him so unbeatable. When his offence is off, he can rely on his defense to keep him in the points. And, sooner or later, his offense starts to perk up again.

The other player who comes to mind as both the best offensive and the best defensive player of his time was Michael Jordan in basketball. And, he didn't do too badly did he?

By the way, I've just added a new section on my website about tennis strings. It's starting slow but will eventually have some really good info for you.

Cheers,




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It's Sad To See Agassi Retire but.......

The great career of Andre Agassi is now over. Well maybe it's over. There's always the examples of Michael Jordan and Evander Hollyfield. But, both of those guys retired when they were getting older but still healthy.

Andre is not coming back and it's precisely because of his back that he's not coming back. It was sad in a way to see how he was moving in these last two matches. He moved in a very stiff way and looked like the older guys at the local tennis club.

It's absolutely remarkable that Andre could play such high level tennis with such a stiff back. It's totally a tribute to his anticipation, tactics, and great ball striking ability.

Now the tournament really gets going. For the past week no one has been talking about Nadal or Federer. It's been all Andre --all the time.

How great was Andre? Where does he rank among the all time greats? These are questions that will be hotly debated in the next little while.

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