New Announcement: Wilson K Factor in the House!

Finally after much negotiation, Dan has signed with Wilson for his racquet. He will begin to use his new Wilson K Factor K Six Two from the next game onwards. Now the tour finally has every player using a top player racquet. This will surely improve his game and I can't wait to face him.

Back from Vietnam

I'm back from Vietnam. Was there to visit the province of An Giang, 250km west of Ho Chi Minh City. The villagers gave me a warm welcome and gave me a ride to the Nui Sam Mountain. I created a foundation for the poor people there so they can live better. I have also built a tennis court in Chau Doc, An Giang. Possible venue for Sengkang ATP to travel there for tournaments in the future.


Tennis court that I built in Chau Doc, An Giang, Vietnam

I have also signed with Lacoste Vietnam as my alternative apparel sponsor as an appreciation for my efforts in the foundation. So I will now be wearing both Lacoste and Adidas (my existing sponsor) for future games.

Last Saturday was the first time I missed a tennis game, but as promised, I will be back and be ready. So see you guys in Compass Centre Court tomorrow.

DAN VS LAN

Battle of upcoming player Dan vs Skk no 2 Lan. Dan has been showing signs of improvement of consistency in his game. The game on 12 March 2011 was no different. Dan won a magnificent point after a long phenomenal rally forcing an Lan to make an unforced error of his backhand. That rally was definitely play of the day.

Dan was playing with great defence forcing Lan to to take an extra shot to finish off the points. Sometimes that tactic pays off as Lan would make unforced errors. On the number of winners won, Lan has an advantage with his persistent power play pushing Dan way back to the baseline. The number of unforced errors are equal between the 2 players.

The crowd were also treated to some "mini-tennis" before the game came to a close after an hour plus of relaxing tennis I must say.....

Racquets

How do you define "Love at first sight"? The answer: Tecnifibre T-Fight 320 VO2 Max

Being a HEAD user the past year has improved my game tremendously. But I always like to have another top racquet in my bag with a different string tension, so I can switch them around as and when I like. Which brings me to the question. Which other racquet should I get to complement my HEAD YouTek Radical MP?

I considered the Prince EXO3 Graphite 93 as well as the Roger Federer's Wilson BLX Six-One Tour. Both are awesome control-oriented racquets with nice cosmetics. spider-web green for Graphite and classy red, black, gold for the Six-One Tour.





It was always between the two, but the Tecnifibre T-Fight 320 VO2 Max changed everything. The cosmetics is wicked. Samurai face, fiery red and black. ATP Pros Fernando Verdasco and Janko Tipsarevic were marketed to use this racquet previously. And nobody here actually uses Tecnifibre, which makes it really unique. It now leads the race for me to sign, to complement my current HEAD racquet. But no hurry at the moment. Not before Dan gets his Wilson "Skunk".



Lan, you might want to share your ideal racquets too?

One hour of Pulsating Tennis

Yesterday, Ben & Lan decided to try out the newly laid out centre court at CompassHeights. I must say PCK did a great renovation job!! The surface makes it easier for the players to play excellent tennis.

The sell-crowd was treated to a short but a marvellous match by both players. Though both players did not hit top gear, they still produce plenty of good shots. Among them are Ben's excellent block shot from a clear winner from Lan, Lan signature's forehand winner down the line, and Ben's slice backhand aka Dimitrov's backhand.

Tong and Shona were held up at Christchurch for rebuilding works in that part of the world. Dan was promoting the relaunch of "FIRE DISCO" at Sentosa as he makes an appearence via Satellite!!

Sidenote: Ben injured his wrist.. Still awaiting test results from Tekong Medical Centre...