CONTENTS


CONTENTS


Front Cover: Roger Federer wins the Australian Open 2017


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AUSTRALIAN OPEN: BACK TO NOSTALGIA & TIME-TRAVELLING TO THE FUTURE


JOHANNA KONTA: MIND GAMES


04 RICHARD EATON REVIEWS THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPROBABLE, NOSTALGIC AND SPECTACULARLY MEMORABLE GRAND SLAM IN LIVING MEMORY


12 BRITISH NO.1 AND ASICS AMBASSADOR JOHANNA KONTA IS AS STRONG MENTALLY AS SHE IS PHYSICALLY AND TECHNICALLY. DOMINIC BLISS EXPLAINS WHY IT’S HER BRAINS, MUCH MORE THAN HER BRAWN, THAT HAVE HELPED HER BECOME THE GREATEST BRITISH FEMALE PLAYER OF HER GENERATION


THE BIG PICTURE: JIM COURIER WINS 1993 AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES


WHAT TENNIS CAN LEARN FROM FORMULA ONE


16 AS PART OF ITS COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE IMAGES FROM THE SPORT, INTERNATIONAL TENNIS MAGAZINE PRESENTS JIM COURIER DIVING INTO THE YARRA RIVER IN MELBOURNE IN 1993 AFTER DEFEATING SWEDEN’S STEFAN EDBERG 6-2 6-1 2-6 7-5 TO CLAIM HIS SECOND AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES TITLE


19 TENNIS HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN POPULARITY IN THE UK IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO IMPRESSIVE FORM FROM ANDY MURRAY. ALONGSIDE THIS GROWTH, THE SPORT HAS SEEN INCREASED INVESTMENT AND THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE TECHNOLOGY. HOWEVER SAMIR ABID EXPLAINS WHY TENNIS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM FORMULA ONE


COACHING & INSTRUCTION: PLAYER ANALYSIS


23 RESPECTED TENNIS COACH AND AUTHOR OF TEACHING TENNIS VOLUME 1, MARTIN VAN DAALEN INVESTIGATES THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYER ANALYSIS


WORLD RANKINGS 27 MEN’S SINGLES & WOMEN’S SINGLES WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE FROZEN IN TIME: 2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN


30 DOMINIC BLISS LOOKS BACK AT THE 2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WHEN FOR TWO WEEKS, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING MARCOS BAGHDATIS TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD. HE ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE RANKED OUTSIDE THE WORLD TOP 50 AND A 300-1 OUTSIDER. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE THAT GAINED MOMENTUM AND CONFIDENCE WITH EVERY ROUND


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