I though I shouldn´t have any time over to play any more outdoor events this season, but if you don´t have time you take time ;-)
I will play Östanåspelen in Vetlanda on red clay, june 12-14 and the Smålands Wimbledon in Anneberg on art/mod-grass the week after. I have one goal with those 2 events and that is 2 tournament victories...
This week have been extremely good in a fitness perspective.. Started the week with 2 hours gym and 6,5 km running.. Then I played 1,5 hour tennis on tuesday,, had a rest on wednesday and then 2 hours gym on thursday, friday and saturday. Tomorrow Sunday I have planned to go to Järabacken, a pretty good ski-slope a kilometer from our house. It will burn fat and build stamina and I will feel good but totaly exhausted after that.
When I got back home from Croatia 3 weeks ago I was up at 108 kg´s and after hard work and a lot of sallad and protein i´m now down at 103 kg´s.. My goal is the 100 mark and I think i will be there in August this year.
More of that race later,, now it´s time to turn on the TV for the final of the show "Robinson 2009"
Salút!
lördag 30 maj 2009
fredag 29 maj 2009
This blog as you know it is dead,, it will continue in another form from now on,,,
I feel that write only about my own tennis will limit the posts in this blog pretty much. I don´t play that often to make this blog enough alive and therefore i will change the purpose of the blog a little bit. I will from now on focus more on fitness and other fun things and only post tennis when I have played enough matches, tried any new material or similar things,,,
My last week was both up and down on the tennis court. After the victory in Tranås Clay Court Open I took a rest for 2 days and didn´t play anything before the 1:st rd match in Bravida Tabergsdalen Open main draw. I had a late 6 pm start and i felt dizzy the first set and start of the 2:nd. Before i could say Go i was 1-6 , 0-2 down and on the verge of being kicked out of the event but a cup of coffee , change to a new fresh shirt and turn the cap around I slowely started to turn the table and use the routine to take over the match. I won 2:nd set 6-4 but in the 3:rd set i felt very tired. I had to fight to hold serve and my opponent held his easy,, then at 3-3 i made a move into the court and smacked the ball much harder. That left my opponent standing on his heels and i jumped to a 4-3 lead,, then hold serve for 5-3 and then raced to 15-40 , jumped a doublefisted backhand down the middle that my opponent couldn´t hit back and i was through after 2 hours, 45 minutes,,, In the quaterfinal i faced the No 1 seed,, a very good top nationranked ITF junior. He was simply to fast for me and won easy 0 and 2,, not much to do,,
The day after we played a league game in Dalsjöfors,, I was still heavy from the tournament and lost 3 and 2, but played pretty well despite that..
Since then I had a hit on tuesday this week, but i will rest from tennis for a week now and focus on fitness on the gym instead.. The smålands Wimbledon in Anneberg is approaching and kick´s off june 22 and i hope to win that event this year. Think I have lost atleast 3 or 4 finals there in the past.
My team have 3 more league matches outdoor that will be good motivation raiser for the fitness work.
About fitness,, I have stepped up atleast 2 gears at the moment.. I try to lift really heavy weights on the gym and it feels fantastic when you see the result of more swollen muscles and a stamina that wont let you down ;-) I reckon that by the end of the summer i will have a fitness that would have impressed a US marine-corp officer ;-)
My last week was both up and down on the tennis court. After the victory in Tranås Clay Court Open I took a rest for 2 days and didn´t play anything before the 1:st rd match in Bravida Tabergsdalen Open main draw. I had a late 6 pm start and i felt dizzy the first set and start of the 2:nd. Before i could say Go i was 1-6 , 0-2 down and on the verge of being kicked out of the event but a cup of coffee , change to a new fresh shirt and turn the cap around I slowely started to turn the table and use the routine to take over the match. I won 2:nd set 6-4 but in the 3:rd set i felt very tired. I had to fight to hold serve and my opponent held his easy,, then at 3-3 i made a move into the court and smacked the ball much harder. That left my opponent standing on his heels and i jumped to a 4-3 lead,, then hold serve for 5-3 and then raced to 15-40 , jumped a doublefisted backhand down the middle that my opponent couldn´t hit back and i was through after 2 hours, 45 minutes,,, In the quaterfinal i faced the No 1 seed,, a very good top nationranked ITF junior. He was simply to fast for me and won easy 0 and 2,, not much to do,,
The day after we played a league game in Dalsjöfors,, I was still heavy from the tournament and lost 3 and 2, but played pretty well despite that..
Since then I had a hit on tuesday this week, but i will rest from tennis for a week now and focus on fitness on the gym instead.. The smålands Wimbledon in Anneberg is approaching and kick´s off june 22 and i hope to win that event this year. Think I have lost atleast 3 or 4 finals there in the past.
My team have 3 more league matches outdoor that will be good motivation raiser for the fitness work.
About fitness,, I have stepped up atleast 2 gears at the moment.. I try to lift really heavy weights on the gym and it feels fantastic when you see the result of more swollen muscles and a stamina that wont let you down ;-) I reckon that by the end of the summer i will have a fitness that would have impressed a US marine-corp officer ;-)
måndag 18 maj 2009
Champion
Finally!! The title drought is over. Ok, I had almost a 4 year absence from tournaments up until last season, but anyway. The first singles title since 2005 is secured. I won the Tranås Claycourt open this weekend after 3 decent matches. 1:st rd 6-4 6-1, Semi 6-1 6-2 and the final 6-0 6-3.
Feels good to win again. I needed it =)
This was also the first matches with my new racket, the Babolat Pure Storm Tour. I only had 2 hours with them before the event but the felt pretty solid from the start so no dramas there...
Next tournament is already this week, the Bravida Tabergsdalen Open kicks off wednesday with a very tuff 1:st rd match and if i win that i face the no 1 seed in the Qf. Gotta play very good there to do any kind of damage!
Then our team have a league match on Saturday, Dalsjöfors away, a very hard match. They are the best team in our division so we gotta play really well..
Hopefully the weather will better. Today we have + 8 degrees and heavy rain... as beachboys would have sung.. Fun fun fun... NOT!
tisdag 5 maj 2009
Update
Long time, no see!
Sorry...
A lot of things going on a t m,, we are building a new house for example and there is not much time left for blogging..
A short update is in place though;;
* I was last week in Porec, Croatia on a tennis/holiday stay with a very good friend. We played tennis 6 times in 6 days and the claycourt-game is back in my blood now :)
The courts in Croatia are simply amazing and 100 times better then the brown gravel we have in Sweden that they call claycourts here in the North
* I am ONCE AGAIN into the search for a new racket... The K factor 6.1 is to heavy and stiff for my golfers elbow and I think i have to start use a tweener-frame this time. The first in line is an old, trusted friend called Babolat Pure Drive. I will string it with a hybrid (poly mains/ syn or natural gut crosses) and I think and hope this will keep my elbow less sore...
* The outdoor season starts with force this weekend. On saturday we play our first league match at home vs Vetlanda and it will be a tuff match as we now play in a much higher league (3rd division in Sweden) and every match-win is a bonus,, Next weekend the Tranås Clay Court open gets underway and the week after that it´s Tabergsdalen Open and on the weekend another league-game on road.. then it continues like this until july and it will be great fun (i hope)
* About the croatian holiday,, they have VEEEEERY good food and drink (beer!) down there and despite all practice , all I can say is i now have pretty much weight to loose... ;-)
Sorry...
A lot of things going on a t m,, we are building a new house for example and there is not much time left for blogging..
A short update is in place though;;
* I was last week in Porec, Croatia on a tennis/holiday stay with a very good friend. We played tennis 6 times in 6 days and the claycourt-game is back in my blood now :)
The courts in Croatia are simply amazing and 100 times better then the brown gravel we have in Sweden that they call claycourts here in the North
* I am ONCE AGAIN into the search for a new racket... The K factor 6.1 is to heavy and stiff for my golfers elbow and I think i have to start use a tweener-frame this time. The first in line is an old, trusted friend called Babolat Pure Drive. I will string it with a hybrid (poly mains/ syn or natural gut crosses) and I think and hope this will keep my elbow less sore...
* The outdoor season starts with force this weekend. On saturday we play our first league match at home vs Vetlanda and it will be a tuff match as we now play in a much higher league (3rd division in Sweden) and every match-win is a bonus,, Next weekend the Tranås Clay Court open gets underway and the week after that it´s Tabergsdalen Open and on the weekend another league-game on road.. then it continues like this until july and it will be great fun (i hope)
* About the croatian holiday,, they have VEEEEERY good food and drink (beer!) down there and despite all practice , all I can say is i now have pretty much weight to loose... ;-)
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