Tennis and All That

We're all talking about it so I will too. Osaka has gone on strike and not doing pre or post-match press conferences. Why? 🤔 Apparently, it's not good for her mental health. Maybe other tennis players feel the same. Opinion is divided over it. Osaka is playing at Roland Garros at the moment and has already been fined for not turning up for her first round post-match press conference. (Osaka beat Tig in her first round match.) And could face suspension from not only RG but future GS's. Is it worth missing Grand Slams she could win just because she feels press conferences are too mentally tough to get through? Losing is soul-destroying but you have to look at it pragmatically. It happens. Everyone has to deal with that scenario. The only thing you can do is ask yourself: What can I change to ensure a better result next time? 🤔 For instance, I changed my serve between tournaments and achieved 80% first serves in by my next tournament. However, this was still not good enough....

I have been reading about Zverev and his tennis career. Although German, Germany has little interest in him even when he wins big titles. This goes to show Thiem is inaccurate when he claims it's all about effort and results. Zverev is doing well but doesn't receive the hype much as Ostapenko didn't when she won Roland Garros. Trained by his mother, unlike his older brother, Zverev started with an aggressive game fairly early on which didn't seem to give him the desired results. His father wasn't concerned about this. He felt he should stick with his aggressive style. That was the way I approached my tennis game but it has initial drawbacks because you tend to lose to people who cling on because they are good at stringing out points. Nevertheless, like Zverev's father, my mother was unperturbed. She felt that the game would come good in time because it meant I wouldn't be afraid of playing high risk shots when the score line was tight. As we can see with Zve...