The Australian Open is under way and so far there haven't been any big suprises.

The seeds are "warming up" for the big matches in the second week and I'm looking forward to some great fights between Nadal, Murray, Federer and Djokovic.

And we shouldn't forget Tsonga and Roddick!

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1. What's new?
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a) In my experience, most players blame themselves for certain mistakes that in my opinion were not their fault.

It's important to analyze mistakes of a tennis match and distinguish between those that you are responsible for and those that are not really your fault.

You also need to learn to find the real cause of an error which may not be so obvious.

How To Analyze Mistakes In a Tennis Match

b) I wish to thank Karen for her story and why she should have won, and Apostolos for his tactical advice of playing to the strength of your opponent.

You may also help out Tyler who has some problems with pushers. Who doesn't? ;)

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2. Tennis Thoughts Blog
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Alex Claussen has shared another article for the blog which will definitely help Tyler. It's all about playing against retrievers,

Alex shares 3 tips that will turn the match in your favor:

How to outplay tennis retrievers

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I am still in Thailand since I don't really like cold winters in Slovenia. I'll be going back in one month so hopefully the weather will improve somewhat.

Enjoy your tennis where ever you are!

Best, Tomaz

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