As winter is fast approaching, it may be worth considering how the climate affects your tennis game and what can be done to adjust to different weather and settings. Many professional players make tiny adjustments to their setups as they travel from tournament to tournament, court surface to court surface, and while such obsession over…
Carlos Alcaraz held group clinics and offered private lessons to hotels at the One&Only Palmilla – a 5-star resort in the Mexican city of Los Cabos. Alcaraz’s Mexican tour began in late November, where he played an exhibition match in Mexico City in front of jam-packed La Plaza de Toros Monumental against Tommy Paul. He…
Nick Kyrgios doesn’t have a tennis coach, and according to former Serena Williams’ coach, Rick Macci, he doesn’t need one. Nick Kyrgios didn’t have a tennis coach for the longest time because he found the experience unsatisfactory. The Australian is a character who has a distinct way of doing things, and it clashes pretty regularly…
In the 1990s, it was common to see pro players and high level amateur players requesting very high string tensions, with most stringing well above 60lbs or even 70lbs, and some crossing the 75 and 80lbs line. But today, many professional players request the opposite. It’s common to see pro players with tensions well below…
Coco Gauff showed the tennis world her true potential in 2023, but she’s yet to dominate the game as many expect her to. When the young American showed her potential to everyone at Wimbledon four years ago as a 15-year-old, huge predictions started to appear, and many went as far as comparing her to Serena…
Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion, but she wants to add more, something famed coach Rick Macci could see happening, but she’ll need to improve. The state of the WTA right now is quite interesting. On the one hand, there is Iga Swiatek, who is clearly above the rest of the field, but plenty…
After a two-year hiatus, the city of Murcia kicked off the Christmas celebrations in style, and there was no one fit to ignite the Great Christmas Tree than one of their own. Carlos Alcaraz, a native of El Palmar, the most populated district in Murcia, lit up the night with one swing of the LED…
Emma Raducanu will come back to tennis shortly and noted tennis coach Rick Macci isn’t ready to count her out from contention. As a former Grand Slam champion, Emma Raducanu, at the very least, deserved the benefit of the doubt. She couldn’t prove her qualities since winning the US Open but she also didn’t have…
Carlos Alcaraz is known for his speed on the court, and according to noted tennis coach Rick Macci, he’s the fastest player ever. Tennis requires a lot of running around, and while it’s not the most important skill, it certainly can help if you’re a great mover on top of that. When you think about…
Novak Djokovic recently talked about his vaccination stance, as he clarified that he is not against vaccinations. The Serbian had a pretty unpopular view about vaccines. The thing about anything pandemic-related and vaccine-related is that it was highly polarized. You were either A or B, with us or against us. There was very little dialogue…
