Hey Tennis Friends!
It’s time to make a trip to the Midwest, and check in on the Olympus U.S. Open Series, as it makes it’s stop in Cincinnati!
In a press conference today, I asked Ana Ivanovic about the mental aspect of her game, and her streaky play this year. She began the year with a semifinal showing in January, but then lost in the first couple rounds of tournaments until another semifinal appearance in May. After that, she was back to losing in early rounds.
MARCUS TENNIS: Is that a mental thing or are you physically okay?
ANA IVANOVIC: Yeah, I think it’s a mix of both, you know. I had a great week in Rome, and then, after Madrid, I was little bit sick, so I didn’t really work as much as I had. It’s all connected. You have to work hard to gain confidence, and I haven’t been working as hard in those months after Rome for various reasons.
I just felt like when it was a tough moment in the match, I felt, “Maybe I’m not ready for this.” Even though I might have been, I just didn’t have confidence. So now I put in a lot of hard work, and I changed structure a little bit. That kind of feels good. So, in the tough matches, you know, you can pull through, and you have that confidence to fall back on.
There are SO many big names playing tomorrow that I couldn’t possibly list them all without filling up an entire page!
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– Marcus Tennis
