G’day, Is it better to keep your foot back or bring it up in your service motion? On the surface, both seem to work just fine. It really depends on what feels right for you and what you were taught when you were younger. It feels like players get to load more and explode upward The post 2024 US Open Serve Analysis. Which Is Better? Foot Back Or Foot Up? appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day, Several different game styles dominate our sport. Almost all of them are variations of baseline play. Power baseliner. Aggressive baseliner. Defensive baseliner. Counter-puncher. Grinder. Pusher. Playing heavy from the back of the court. You get the picture… And then there is that rare breed of player that used to roam the Earth way back The post Alert! The All-Court Player Is Almost Extinct. appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in Sunday’s US Open men’s singles final. Sinner was the better player. He won 96 points to 79, 60 baseline points to 32, and only committed 26 forehand errors to Fritz’s 39. I was in the stadium paying particular attention to the shape of the ball, court The post The Hidden Force In the US Open Men’s Final appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York, ? It will be baseline armageddon on Arthur Ashe tonight for the US Open men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz. It will feel like two guys with sledgehammers repeatedly going at each other across the net. Throwing haymakers. Throwing the kitchen sink. Throwing everything they can possibly throw to The post Sinner v Fritz = Baseline Armageddon In The US Open Final appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York. ? While walking around the US Open grounds last Sunday, I found a really interesting doubles match on Court 5. Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz defeated Simone Bolelli and Andre Vavassori 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(10-4). What caught my eye was the unusually high number of return lobs they were hitting. So, I The post Fifty Nine Return Lobs In One US Open Doubles Match appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York, ? How hard should your 2nd serve be relative to your 1st serve? How much speed do the best players in the world take off their 1st serve to create an ideal 2nd serve speed? We have answers for that… Let’s take a look at the four men in the semis The post 2024 US Open Men’s Semi-Finals. How Fast Should You Hit Your 2nd Serve? appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York, ? The men’s semi-finals are set at Flushing Meadows. (1) Jannik Sinner vs. (25) Jack Draper (12) Taylor Fritz vs. (20) Frances Tiafoe Tennis is a game of getting ahead. Putting scoreboard pressure on your opponent is crucial to winning on the biggest stage. I analyzed the four semi-finalists and their The post 2024 Men’s Semi-Final Analysis. The First Point Serving. appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York. ? Who plays more long rallies at the 2024 US Open? The men or women? The quick answer is always the women. Less power on the serve and groundstrokes for the women means forcing errors or putting the ball away is more challenging. We have always had the global paradigm that The post 2024 US Open Average Rally Length. It Will Blow Your Mind. appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

G’day from New York. ? We are now getting to the pointy end of the tournament. Here’s the quarter-final match-ups in the men’s draw. Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil Medvedev Jack Draper v Alex De Minaur Taylor Fritz v Alexander Zverev Grigor Dimitrov v Frances Tiafoe Let’s take a slightly different viewpoint of the eight players The post US Open Men’s Quarter-Finals. Rally Length Analysis. appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more

This wouldn’t be such a big deal if these match statistics weren’t focused on the defending champion, who also happens to be the third-best player in the world. Let’s have a fair-dinkum (Aussie for serious) chat about Coco Gauff’s 2024 US Open tournament. Gauff lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the fourth round last night to The post Let’s Talk About Coco Gauff’s Serve appeared first on Brain Game Tennis ..read more