-I was not paid by Taste of Tennis for this video, but I should be, amirite?!
-Original music by me
Quotes from my solo interviews of other pros, not captured on camera:
-Alexander Zverev, on how to play in the wind when you're not great at it: "I don't know, you're asking the wrong person. I just lost 3 and 1 to Alcaraz!"
-Alex De Minaur, on how to handle leg workouts in the gym while also playing tennis every day: "You just have to put the work in!"
-Holger Rune, on the secret to keeping his hands dry in Acapulco with a lotion/product: "Not just on the palm, but all over the hand actually."
-Miomir Kecmanovic, on how it is to play doubles with Roman Safiullin: "He's a lottery pick. You have no idea how good he's going to be until the day."
-Édouard Roger-Vasselin, on the benefits of being a top doubles player: "I was going to play with Mahut, but he's injured so now I'm playing with Marcelo Melo instead. Not bad!" [He also thanked me for reminding him that he smoked Marin Cilic in singles in 2014]
-Rohan Bopanna, on how to prepare the body for backhand overheads: "Yoga! It's all in the spine and back, and not really using as much of the shoulder. If you only try yoga once and then give up, you'll never get there!"
-Matthew Ebden, on how to prepare the body for backhand overheads: "Use resistance bands or a weighted ball to do external shoulder rotations to get the body used to it."
-Michael Russell, on how to balance gaining leg muscle while also wanting to hit the tennis courts: "Do 70% of your max on squats; also do single leg RDLs. You want to make sure after you lift, you bake in a rest day before you go to play tennis (if you're starting from scratch with building up your legs)."
7 сен 2024
