Rafael Nadal has again proven that he is the king of clay in Monte Carlo and although Murray and Djokovic challenged him for a while, they couldn't not cope with his massive spins.

If Rafa stays healthy through the clay court season, he'll soon overtake Andre Agassi in the total number of Masters Series tournaments won. Andre has 17 and Rafa just won his 14th Masters title.

I hope Roger Federer comes up with something new to spice up the rivalry otherwise we can already predict who'll win the French Open...

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1. What's new?
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a) No matter what you learn - sport, music, business, etc. - you'll pass through 4 stages of learning. Knowing in which stage you are right now and what to focus on in this specific stage will help you accelerate your learning process.

The following article explains the 4 stages of learning in tennis. Once you understand them, you'll be able to apply your new awareness to other areas of your life and improve faster there too.

The 4 Stages of Learning in Tennis and How to Make the Most of Them

b) 2 players need your help and they both have a similar problem. One cannot return to the previous level after missing tennis for one week, and another lost all confidence after moving up in the higher ranked level of play.

Please share your ideas and what worked for you in the past when you faced similar challenges!

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2. Tennis Thoughts Blog
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When you're playing a tennis match, you are facing not only your opponent, but also the difficulty of the tennis game. Just putting a quality shot into the court may be quite a difficult task.

That's why you need to solve the problems in a tennis match in the right order. Don't try to outplay your opponent if you haven't solved the problem of a tennis game.

3 Tennis Problems You Need To Solve In The Right Order

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The ATP tour continues in Barcelona and the whole Spanish armada is looking to take on Rafael Nadal. Here are the seeded Spaniards; Nadal, Verdasco, Ferrer, Robredo, Almagro and Lopez and we're in for the clay court mastery in this tournament.

Can anyone stop Nadal?

Best, Tomaz

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