Women's Tennis Association

Is Roger Federer the best tennis player in history? He is currently number nine in the world, but he is one of the best tennis players of the history. He has a lot of titles on his career, including Grand Slams. He also is a good person and a positive player. He has played tennis all his life and he always had shown that he is the best. Roger is one of the best players of all time because of his game statistics and his personality. Federer is the player with more Grand Slams in history. Grand…

Roger Federer, the greatest tennis player ever, was born on August 8 of 1981 in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Federer grew up in the municipalities of Birsfelden, Riehen, and Münchenstein which all are close to the French and german border. He is an authentic, modest, and loyal man as he describes himself. Many describe him as a class act man and he is also very humble. Not many know the impact he has outside tennis but he believes in the potential of everyone. Federer is married since 2009…

Rafael Nadal is a professional tennis player. He is a twenty nine year Spaniard. At this time, Nadal is ranked number eight in the world. Since turning pro in 2001, he has won countless tournaments. A few of these tournaments include: the French Open, the US Open, and Wimbledon. After watching the US Open these past two weeks, I decided to write this paper on him because he a very well-known athlete due to a particular set of rituals that he performs before and during his matches. Rafael…

Last year, before school started, my friend convinced me to join the tennis team. Even though I had never picked up a racket in my entire life, never hit a tennis ball, and didn’t even know that it was a legit sport, I decided to give it a try. I absolutely fell in love with the sport; it has taught me so much about myself. My first year, I played exhibition, I wasn’t in the lineup, but that’s where I aspired to be. I promised myself I would come back next season a whole new person and the…

In 2016 Gatorade released a new commercial with iconic athletes which included Usain bolt, Serena Williams, April Ross, and Paul George. In the commercial the athletes were pestered by their younger selves. The child version of these athletes helped motivate the athletes, such as wake them up, help them train, and be there moral support. An example of this is the first scene in the commercial where younger Serena Williams yells at older Serena Williams to get out of bed. Throughout the…

Tennis I was first introduced to tennis at the end of my freshman year in high school. After trying out for the team I later realized this was the best decision I ever made. I was the only freshman on the team. was the only I fell in love with the sport and I have always been since then. Tennis always managed to keep me calm and I would also go to play to relieve stress from a tough day. That one feeling that you get after the ball and the racket make contact is the best feeling ever.…

When Professor Danner asked us to take up a task which we are likely to fail at and then write about it, only one thing came to my mind – getting on the Squash Varsity Team. Before I detail what I learned during my rather arduous journey, I’d like to give some background on my abilities in this game and why this was an appropriate choice for this particular assignment. I started playing squash when I was ten years old. This is actually a few years earlier than when most people, who go on to…

Gladwell describes how Vic Braden, one of the world’s top tennis coaches, can tell when a tennis player is about to double-fault just by observing the player. Vic braden was a world class tennis player when he was younger. He is now in his seventies and has coached many of the greatest tennis players in the history of tennis. Braden lies in bed at night, and it drives him crazy, trying to figure out how he is able to tell when a tennis player is about to double-fault but cannot come up with…

learning the way the sport works I interview with an athlete that has participated in events pertaining to the sport. The interviewee’s name is Danny Nguyen and badminton has been part of his life very early on due to a connect that the sport has with tennis. Danny Nguyen started to play the sport when he was a young child and his instructor was his neighbor. At the start the sport was more for fun and with the progression of time he began to be more competitive and looked to challenge his…

It is often said that there is no such thing as a bad day on the golf course, but if you find yourself playing 18 holes when the wind is howling you might be rethinking that sentiment. If you are familiar with the nuances of big island golf, you know that in Hawaii the wind will definitely blow. There are few things more frustrating for a golfer than to see a ball fly straight off the club— and then watch the wind take it far, far off course. Waikoloa Village Golf Club in Waikoloa, HI, would…