ATP Tour #XXXVII Op naar de ATP Tour Finals in Londen

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Op woensdag 2 december 2009 17:10 schreef danusz1986 het volgende:
Mijn favoriet is er volgend jaar niet meer! Marat. Ben benieuwd wie ik dan ga aanmoedigen.

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Op woensdag 2 december 2009 17:10 schreef danusz1986 het volgende:
Mijn favoriet is er volgend jaar niet meer! Marat. Ben benieuwd wie ik dan ga aanmoedigen.

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Mark Philippoussis has ambitions to make one last comeback

December 03, 2009

Mark Philippoussis has taken a tentative step towards what he hopes will be a comeback to the international tennis tour.

As unlikely as a return seems for the injury-prone, 33-year-old Australian who has undergone knee surgery six times, he looks the part.

Philippoussis, lost to Greg Rusedski, who is three years his senior, 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 10-3 in his opening match of the AEGON Masters senior event in London.

But, considerably slimmer than during his elite career and more content than he has been in a long time, Philippoussis showed he wasn't just talking the talk.

His fight back from a break down in the second set, refusal to give up at 8-0 down in the Champions tie-break and spitting a serve that hit 214kph, suggest the former US Open and Wimbledon finalist won't hang up his racquet wondering.

"I can't say what's realistic and what's not, but I can only say that in my heart I would love to give it one more go," Philippoussis said of a return to the ATP Tour.

"Whether that's possible, time will tell."

Philippoussis' physique - tall with a big upper body on relatively thin legs - puts so much stress on his joints he has had three major operations on each knee, the latest on his right leg five months ago.

But he hopes gym work without weights and a drop from his 97kg bulk in 2003, when he made a successful return following his third knee operation, to 93kg will help.

Whether it spells a return to a game that has moved on significantly in the three years Philippoussis has spent on the sidelines is another matter.

"I look at food and I put on weight so it hasn't been easy, but for me to get on the court and play, I just need to be as light as possible," he said.

"Greg ran me around a little bit and my body's pulled up so that's felt good. I'm just hoping to play these three matches and not have any swelling in the knee.

"My movement - although it doesn't maybe look great out there - for me it feels a lot better and I've come a long way.

"I've got a lot of work to do, but the most important thing is I'm enjoying my training, I'm enjoying my hitting and that's everything."

After a brief stint in reality television and money woes that brought his lavish lifestyle crashing down as he was forced to sell his Melbourne home, Philippoussis has had plenty going on off the court.

Freely admitting he made up for what he felt was a childhood lost to tennis once he hit the big time, Philippoussis is happy with what appears to be a pared-back approach to living.

"I'm at a very good place in my life on and off the court," he said.

"A year ago I didn't think about tennis, I didn't want to play tennis, it was done and now that feeling isn't there any more.

"I feel in my heart that I have a chance at coming back, which is great, so for me that's all that matters."

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Op woensdag 2 december 2009 19:41 schreef kevin_ het volgende:
Baghtadis .

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Op donderdag 3 december 2009 23:07 schreef Federer-fan het volgende:

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Verkeerde speler en het dan nog verkeerd schrijven ook. Geniaal dit.

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Op woensdag 2 december 2009 17:10 schreef danusz1986 het volgende:
Mijn favoriet is er volgend jaar niet meer! Marat. Ben benieuwd wie ik dan ga aanmoedigen.

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Op vrijdag 4 december 2009 12:31 schreef kevin_ het volgende:

Je bent wel een echte kerel he parkietje.

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Op vrijdag 4 december 2009 12:31 schreef kevin_ het volgende:
Je bent wel een echte kerel he parkietje.

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New medical timeout rules for 2010

In pertinent parts:

Medical Time-Out can only be taken at changeover or set-break, unless the trainer/doctor determine that the player has an acute medical condition requiring immediate attention (ankle or knee sprain, bloody nose, etc.). If the player requests the trainer during a game, and the trainer diagnoses a non-acute condition, then the player will be instructed to play until the changeover when he can receive the medical time-out.

Here's the biggest change

No more medical time-outs allowed for cramping. A player may have a medical time-out for heat illness (vomiting or similar), but not solely for cramping. A player may only receive changeover/set-break treatment for muscle cramping, and only on 2 changeovers (doesn't need to be consecutive changeovers). If a player has severe cramping and needs immediate treatment, he/she may forfeit the points or games needed to get to the changeover where he/she may receive treatment for cramping, assuming they have not used all 2 changeovers yet.

Bleeding
Bleeding is now officially in the rules that the chair umpire must stop play if a player is bleeding and request the trainer to the court. Blood must be stopped, and the court, balls, and anything else needs to be cleaned up or changed out before play is resumed.

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If a player has severe cramping and needs immediate treatment, he/she may forfeit the points or games needed to get to the changeover where he/she may receive treatment for cramping, assuming they have not used all 2 changeovers yet.

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Op dinsdag 8 december 2009 14:46 schreef InTrePidIvity het volgende:

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Dus als een speler niet meer kan lopen van de kramp, dient hij de games op te geven tot de volgende helftwissel? Beetje vreemd allemaal. Zou dit door Djokovic komen? Of zijn er nog meer van die blessurekneuzen?

Caroline Wozniacki cramping and full body twitch (Doha 2009)

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Op dinsdag 8 december 2009 14:46 schreef InTrePidIvity het volgende:

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Dus als een speler niet meer kan lopen van de kramp, dient hij de games op te geven tot de volgende helftwissel? Beetje vreemd allemaal. Zou dit door Djokovic komen? Of zijn er nog meer van die blessurekneuzen?

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On the final day of a two-day meeting, the IOC board also ratified a proposal by the International Tennis Federation for inclusion of mixed doubles in London, where the tournament will be played on grass at Wimbledon.

In August, the IOC said it wanted guarantees that top players in singles would be able to participate in mixed doubles. Outside of the Olympics, the top singles players rarely play doubles or mixed doubles.

The IOC said Thursday that mixed doubles "will bring an added value to the Olympic program by providing another opportunity for men and women to compete together on the same field of play."

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Op zaterdag 12 december 2009 00:17 schreef InTrePidIvity het volgende:
Agassi is nu bij Jonathan Ross.