It’s all in a day’s game: Situations players must adapt to

Many professional tennis players started playing in their young school age days and back then never took into consideration that they’d be still playing in their 20s and 30s. There is always more to an issue than it seems and players have quite a bit to deal with and adapt to before, during and after playing a tennis event or tournament.

Traveling Issues. Whether a top ranked player or and ITF player, they both have to travel to their tournament. Some places are in close distance to the next event and within a few hours the players are there, getting set up in the hotel and everything is fine. Some tournaments are 15 hour plane flights leaving players either sleepy or tired and out of sorts. It is also their hope that their bags and equipment are there in the luggage section when they are ready for pick up.The player’s opponent. It doesn’t matter how the draw was dealt, the player’s opponent may be the most difficult for them to play. On the other hand, the opponent may be basically easy to play and the times won over the player may be successful. This gives the player confidence coming into the match. Some rare times the player’s opponent is their friend and other times they really don’t like the personality of the player. This could be an advantage on trying to beat them or having a block and don’t want to even play them.Hour of playing a match. Some players like to play early in the morning or afternoon then the rest of the day is theirs. Other players like to play night matches where the sun and heat are less intense and the crowd is lively and supportive.Court Surfaces. Many players like the feel and how the ball bounces on hard courts, while others are great with the ‘clay court’ season and they have the technique of how to slide on the red clay stuff. Players have no choice when it comes to Wimbledon’s grass courts so they have to like it and play fairly well on the green grass. …

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