My partner and I won a club championship in doubles last week. It was a terrific win, an upset according to most.
But I knew that we had a good chance going in. I had played the other 2 players before and had a read on some of the tendencies and weaknesses of my opponents.
As I write about in my book on tennis tactics, tennis is a game of patterns. If you can get the game to winning patterns, then you should win.
In this case, our opponent in the deuce court had a strong forehand return but a much weaker backhand return. Paying extra attention to the placement of the serve in the deuce court, and making sure it got to the backhand, payed huge dividends.
And even though both our opponents had big first serves, each tended to serve fairly predictably which took away some of the effectiveness. In addition, both hit slow slice/kick as second serves to our forehands, allowing us to rip forehands and charge the net.
We won 6-1 in the third.
A lot of times you really can't tell what's going on in match unless you're really paying attention to the match within a match.
Good luck in your club tournaments.
Until next time,
Glenn Sheiner M.D. - author of Insider Tennis Strategies Change Your Tennis Tactics To Win Your Club Championship guaranteed to make you a smarter tennis player and take your tennis to the next level. Also, check out the world's top tennis humor screensaver
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