Stan Wawrinka has won more Grand Slams than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal combined over the past two seasons but the Swiss world number four insists that adding to his Major tally is a goal that is “too far away”. Wawrinka, who handed Novak Djokovic his only Grand Slam defeat in 2015 by stunning the world number one in the French Open final, will kick off his season in Abu Dhabi at the six-player exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Friday, but said winning a third career Major was not on his list of goals for 2016. Yes I know… Read More
Tennis – Tennis: Targeting third Grand Slam win off Wawrinka's radar
– Stan Wawrinka has won more Grand Slams than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal combined over the past two seasons but the Swiss world number four insists that adding to his Major tally is a goal that is “too far away”. Wawrinka, who handed Novak Djokovic his only Grand Slam defeat in 2015 by stunning the world number one in the French Open final, will kick off his season in Abu Dhabi at the six-player exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Friday, but said winning a third career Major was not on his list of goals for 2016. My goal… Read More
Tennis – Gael Monfils withdraws from Hopman Cup
– Frenchman Gael Monfils has pulled out of the Hopman Cup in Western Australia with a leg injury. Monfils, the World No.24, will be replaced by fellow Frenchman Kenny de Schepper in the tournament from January 3-9 ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne. “I was really looking forward to travelling to Perth for the first time and teaming up with Caroline Garcia,” 29-year-old Monfils said in a statement about the mixed team tournament, according to the Australian Associated Press.
French tennis player Monfils withdraws from Hopman Cup
Frenchman Gael Monfils has pulled out of the Hopman Cup in Western Australia with a leg injury. Monfils, the World No.24, will be replaced by fellow Frenchman Kenny de Schepper in the tournament from January 3-9 ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne. “I was really looking forward to travelling to Perth for the first time and teaming up with Caroline Garcia,” 29-year-old Monfils said in a statement about the mixed team tournament, according to the Australian Associated Press.
This multi-sensor wearable for tennis gives you basic mocap
Most wearable sports trackers offer one sensor that you stick in one spot. Ostensibly, said sensor is calibrated to estimate the rest of your movements. Not so with Pivot, the multi-sensor tennis wearable, up now on Indiegogo. We’ve taken a look at other tennis trackers before, but they attach to the racket instead of the player. TuringSense’s full Pivot system places nine-axis sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer) at wrists, elbows, shoulders, chest, waist, knees, and ankles. A central hub (also on the chest) transmits the info to the cloud. This means there is no need for a camera to capture… Read More