Player of the Week: Dan - Lurking in the shadows??

Dan is the new and promising up and coming player. Previously, his game was to return as many shots as possible but this has changed tremendously last Friday.

He had increased his power in both forehands and backhands(esp) and is going for the kill more while still retaining his previous gameplay. As quoted in a recent interview with regards to which is his favourite shot, he replied "My backhand". Now the tour has two players with dangerous and venomous backhands in Tong and Dan. Though, I must say Tong backhand has massacred me many more times.

There is still plenty of room for improvements for our player of the week "Dan" (same goes to the rest of us) in terms of positioning but the increase in power in his rallies signal warning to the rest of the player. Will he rise to the summit of the ranking?? Stay tune to find out!!!

Passing Shot or Passenger?

After a long thought process for my new weapon of mass destruction, the next arsenal for me is a new pair of shoe which has been long overdue. Previously, my footware was reebok classic. After many long battles and rallies, it has finally worn out.

Prince whom I had "betrayed" previously was intensely trying to promote their wide range of footware. They recommended "Prince T22 black" which almost had me signed with them for their impressive design and colour. Fila was another choice but they no longer renew their contract and services in Singapore and Lotto was providing shoes for players with extremely small feet. Prince in their usual professional style prepare the contract which was awaiting my signature on the dotted line.

Lightning strikes twice they say, in a cruel twist of fate, reebok came with "passing shot iv" which was impressive in design but not colour. However, the monetary terms of the contract was too good to resist and thus I retained reebok as my footware provider. Tough luck for the guys in Prince.

I must say the passing shot shoes had been impressive in its debut but time will tell if it will enchance my passing shots or i will be a passenger aka spectator to admire my tour mates hits a winner down the line time after time. Adios!!

Nalbandian's 360 degree forehand

David Nalbandian defending against Roger Federer by executing a 360 degree forehand after getting out of position. I guess on this tour only Tong can execute such a great defensive turn attack kinda shot!!!

Top 8

The roster is out. top 8 ATP players battle for the year-end tournament at London O2.

Group A
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Tomas Berdych
Andy Roddick

Group B
Roger Federer
Robin Soderling
Andy Murray
David Ferrer

Prince Tennis: Team Athletes - Juan Carlos Ferrero & David Ferrer 2010

My former Prince's mates Juan Carlos Ferrero and David Ferrer talking about the Prince Ozone Tour MP racquet and their respective goals for the year.

Gael Monfils new Talent

Looks like Gael Monfils excellent defensive play works well with table tennis too.

America has lost another sweetheart

This post might come a little overdue. But better late than never. So another player bites the dust. Another sad retirement. This is one man whom we like to reference to whenever there is a tennis joke. He is one of the last remaining serve and volley specialist in this dying genre of tennis players. I can't help but wonder, why does he always make it into video games, over higher ranked players? He never made it to the Top 20 ranking in his entire career. He has only managed a meagre 4 ATP titles and always gets his ass whooped by Federer. The answer is simple. Because he is YOUR AMERICAN SWEET HEART. He is TAYLOR DENT!