Reibin Amin's Articles – November 2009 Archive (6)

What a great week it has been.



Robin Soderling showed the world that he has alot to offer and that he is one player to watch out for.



Fernando Verdasco showed that he still needs to improve the mental aspect of his game if he wants to be able to play at this level in the future.



Rafael Nadal who wanted to do well and who never gave up, unfortunately could never be aggressive enough to make any difference.



Andy Murray with all the pressure of being in… Continue

There are two feelings going through my mind when discussing Robin Söderlings great success so far in the finals, everybody knows he won in straight sets versus Rafael Nadal. The first feeling is tells me that it is great to see a swedish tennisplayer that has achieved such success!

A dedicated player with all the shots needed to play on such a high level. The other feeling does not really like Robin. And I am not only talking about his personality, everyone is different, some are… Continue

And so we have reached the end of the year, time for vaccation and relaxation. Time to heal the wounds and get ready for the new year, 2010. But before that, it is time for the top8 players in the year-end ranking to face of in one of the most anticipated world tour finals ever.

This year, in London. Everybody is excited about it, because of the fact that it has moved from Shanghai to London, most probably more people are going to want to watch it and take place on the facinating… Continue

Roger Federer

Shocking first-round exit against Julien Bennetau. Federer wins first set comfortably (5-2). And like he usually does when he gets comfortable, in his mind he thinks the match is over and it is going to be an easy win, but Julien forces the second set into a tie-break and wins that one. Roger looses his composure and gets broken early in the second set, match results: 5-2 6-7 4-6 - Julien Bennetau wins his greatest match ever so far in his career. Good for him. What… Continue

Nadal-"Asked about the surprise statements Andre Agassi, in which the U.S. admitted having used drugs. "I think is fatal," said Nadal, who said he did not understand "why say that now because he is retired, is a way of hurting the sport without any sense. If at the time the ATP covered the topic of Agassi and yes I passed other seems a lack of respect for all sports and from my point of view I want, I believe and hope that none of this is happening now. I think we have a clean sport and I am… Continue

As you all know, I have recieved great feedback from the Bollettieri Academy, they have always been adressing my questions and taken their busy time to help me out, especially Nick Bollettieri who took his time to do a 20 minute long interview for my blog. I had some more questions about the academy and how it all works so I asked Dan Tierney @ the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy.



Take a look, it is very interesting reading for anyone who is… Continue