CoCo Gauff is on upset alert against Donna Vekić today. If Donna is playing up at a relatively high level, CoCo may very well go down in Rd. 2. The changes CoCo is making on her service motion is likely to be really helpful for her future prospects, but it's too early to expect her to solve the habitual tendencies this soon. I wanted to do a short video assessment on this match today but I did not have the opportunity.
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MISSING PERSONS ALERT: If anyone has seen Amanda Anisimova, please alert the authorities at Wimble-Ton. She was last seen leaving the court against Sablenka on Thursday and has not been seen since.
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Well the Women's Final prediction is not panning out. It's hard to predict how a player will handle their first Grand Slam final and this is not going well. Feel bad for Amanda because she's totally overwhelmed by the moment and this is hard to watch.
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Spending probably way too much time building a "SW & Balance Estimate Tool" for people without measuring tools. It will estimate swingweight and balance is on any standard 27 inch racquet based on the manufacturer specs or measured specs. I'm hoping some of my subs will help me test it once it's ready for some testing. If people like it, I will code it and publish it online. First thoughts...will anyone care about such a tool? Click on the image for more context.
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My gut told me this is what would happen, but I was hoping it would be a bit closer. Scores indicates is was a smoke show, hopefully the play was closer than the score. Congrats to Karue for making it into the main draw nontheless.
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Karue Sell (Ranked 300, 279 Live Rankings) made it into the main draw at the Geneva Open 250 and will be playing Fabian Marozsan (Ranked 56) on Tuesday. After early setbacks to Karue's season, this is a major step in the right direction for his efforts to make it into a Grand Slam someday. He won 2 qualifying matches to make it into the main draw. If you want to watch, here is the match schedule for Tuesday. I would presume Tennis Channel will broadcast the match live.
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1st round 3rd set between Fonseca and Fearley
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The Indian Wells Masters 1000 kicks off next week, and I'll be there capturing all kinds of cool content! My goal is to be your eyes and ears for everything happening on and off the court. What are you most interested in seeing? Drop your thoughts in the comments—especially if you have suggestions beyond the four poll options!
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I'm considering offering channel Memberships in my efforts to eventually turn TK Tennis into a full-time lifestyle. My ultimate idea would be to travel around playing tennis all over the world and attend all the amazing tennis tournaments creating content and meeting people. I noticed TennisNerd has channel memberships for $4.99/month, but that seems like a lot and I personally do not see the value in paying 5 bucks a month for one creators content. Do any of you subscribe to TennisNerd's membership? What would you consider fair and worthwhile?
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