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MAKING MUSCLE MATTER

You need muscle to matter in the modern game. Scott Draper explains the place of power and ways that you can achieve it.

FEATURES 18 BEAT A BETTER PLAYER

Victory is not only possible but, in some cases, even likely when the odds most seem stacked against you. We show you how.

26 HIGHLY STRUNG

String technology has revolutionised modern tennis. Can it also take your game to a new level?

32 POWER PLAYS

Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, and Li Na are among the superstars who have transformed tennis – both on the court and off it.

45 THE ART OF CRAFT

Think you have to be a power player to succeed in the modern era? Not according to the example set by the crafty Agnieszka Radwanska.

48 TAKING THE LEAD IN DOUBLES

Grand Slam doubles champion Todd Woodbridge shares his tips and insights into becoming a better doubles player.

64 DO YOU KNOW THE RULES?

Few players can memorise the rulebook but a solid grasp of the basics can help you better enjoy playing within the spirit of the game.

68 GRADUATING WITH HONOURS

In an exclusive interview, world No.1 junior Nick Kyrgios tells how he’s toughening up for his next transition.

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POWER FOODS

Eating for sustained energy will help add punch to your game. Nutritionist Jo Shinewell relates the importance of power foods for athletes.

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MY FIRST CLUB Former top Australian player Peter Luczak takes a trip back to the heart of his early career.

REGULARS 8 BREAK POINTS 10 THE HITTING WALL 24 GEARING UP 56 ADVANTAGE US 58 FROM THE CLUBHOUSE 72 RANKINGS 74 SCOREBOARD 76 LOOKING BACK 79 KIDS’ CLUBHOUSE

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TRAIN FOR EXPLOSIVE POWER

A fitness program that can help you take your game from big to explosive.

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FIRST SERVE

Change and power …

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modern game, Todd Woodbridge provides advice on how you can achieve the most in your doubles partnership, Alicia Molik shares tips for juniors and Peter Luczak relates the importance of getting the right start in tennis as he takes us back to his fi rst club in suburban Melbourne.

All those former professionals will tell you that you build power in tennis from the ground up. In the physical sense, that means your core and your legs but in a general sense, it’s community that provides the most solid foundation for success. Clubs and coaches, essentially the heart of Australian tennis, are therefore another key focus of our new magazine. We hope you’ll not only enjoy our grassroots stories, but also share many of your own.

Just as the power game has added dimensions of craft , agility and tactics, there are also new elements of Australian Tennis Magazine for you to explore.

As our social media community grows, we’re also delighted to launch an Australian tennis YouTube channel, where you'll see some of our features expanded into original and ongoing feature series.

Moving into an exciting new era is all about providing the best value for our readers. While we’re most proud of close to 40 years of publishing history, we’re even more excited about the future – and look forward to you being a part of it.

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The complete package: World No.1 Novak Djokovic, more lithe than bulky, possesses a potent combination of power and athleticism, which is often displayed best from the back of the court.

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MinD PoWEr

Know your own strengths While you’ll naturally consider your opponent’s weapons, knowing your own strengths is the bigger priority. “Focus on your own strengths, because a higher ranked player will try to expose your weaknesses and the way you’ll beat the higher ranked player is by capitalising on your strengths,” says Klarica.

“If you do that, and you identify their weaknesses, then all of a sudden it’s not higher ranked or lower ranked player. It’s your strengths against their vulnerability and that evens it out. You have to work your way around the situation.”

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Victory is not only possible but, in some cases, even likely when the odds most seem stacked against you. We talk to Anthony KlAricA, consulting Sports Psychologist to Tennis Australia, for tips on how to beat a better player.

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ictory was never out of the question when Bernard Tomic faced 17time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of Australian Open 2013 – not only was the young Aussie coming off his first career title in Sydney, but he’d earlier claimed an unlikely win over world No.1 Novak Djokovic at the Hopman Cup. On a big stage he clearly loved, Tomic was also showing some top form at Melbourne Park.

And yet all those achievements soon faded into insignificance on that memorable Saturday night, Tomic thoroughly outplayed as Federer broke serve in the opening game and never faltered in his 6-4 7-6(5) 6-1 win.

Tomic admitted later the battle might have been lost even before the first ball was struck, confidence quickly fading as he listened to the long list of Federer’s achievements being read to the crowd during the pre-match warm-up. “I started to think after they mentioned all these Grand Slams leading up,

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Wimbledon champion seven times, US Open champion … I was, ‘Oh crap, it’s Roger’. I try to block out who’s on the other side of the net but couldn’t quite do it after that announcement,” he said.

A consolation, perhaps, was the fact that Tomic is not the first player to unravel against a more experienced or highly decorated opponent. Intimidation is a major weapon for the likes of Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and others as they find a way to win from any situation – or more pointedly, secure victories even when their standard is lower than normal.

As consulting Sports Psychologist to Tennis Australia, it’s a situation that Anthony Klarica has seen many times in his work with Australian players, including Jarmila Gajdosova, Marinko Matosevic and many of the country’s most promising juniors. Klarica agrees that a meeting with a higher-ranked player is often as much a mental battle as a physical one – at the same time, he also points out the positive flipside.

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or all its cherished traditions, tennis also thrives on change.

New technology, groundbreaking innovations, rising standards, and accomplished professionals reinventing themselves to become recordbreaking champions.

It’s powerful stuff. Which is why, in our re-launch issue, we’re talking all about power – and not just the impact of the superstar winners who provide the inspiration but the empowerment of grassroots players looking for an edge.

Whether it’s adding oomph to your overall game, learning how to beat a better player, choosing the best equipment, knowing how to eat for sustained energy or achieving strength through your fitness-training program, it’s fi nding that little bit extra that will help keep you loving your time on court for years to come.

As we present our new look and new content in a special extended issue, you’ll fi nd dozens of practical tips on all those points of power and recognise an important point of difference – the new Australian Tennis Magazine is all about you.

We’ll still inform and entertain with insights into top-level tennis but more important is ensuring that the thousands of players in clubs and centres throughout Australia are getting the most from their games.

Some of the most accomplished members of the Australian tennis community are helping out. This month, Scott Draper explains why muscle matters in the

As artistry evolves, so hard-h too do muscle to itting weapons. You players’ SCOTT DRmatter in the moderneed APER exp n power, and lains the game. pla some wa ys that you ce of achieve it. can

“Some players actually find hopelessly mismatched against facing a higher-ranked player seemingly more-credentialled a bit easier mentally and that’s opponents. Just as the likes because of expectation,” Klarica of Sergiy Stakhovsky, Steve points out. “Against a higherDarcis, Michelle Larcher de Brito ranked opponent you’re not and others managed at the All expected to win and therefore England Club, there are ways if you lose it’s OK and if you win of beating more credentialed that’s a bonus.” opponents.

In short, it’s the player with the Here are some tips to help you highest ranking or longest list of beat a better player. achievements that has the most Be prepared … to a point to lose – and therefore the most Big name players will often pressure. As Klarica notes, “some comment on the physical players will find it mentally easier preparation that also helps their or considerably less challenging mental state. Klarica agrees to face a higher seed a strong physical – whereas if you’re ABoVE: The morebase naturally playing a lower-ranked credenetialled adds confidence opponent often has player and you lose, it but warns against the most to lose, can be quite deflating, as Serena Williams placing too much discovered in an early or even demoralising.” reliance on it. exit to Sabine Lisicki Wimbledon 2013 “Because in the (left) at Wimbledon. showed several end, if something’s examples of that exact not quite right, or a player is scenario, with a string of big cramping or doesn’t have the names – including Federer, Nadal right drink or another element and Maria Sharapova – exiting the is less than ideal, confidence tournament unexpectedly early diminishes, which becomes ridiculous. There is a lot you to players ranked considerably can’t control once you’re out lower than them. there and good players accept it That’s encouraging for social and get on with the job.” level players who can feel

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Don’t overthink it Looking too far ahead, or overthinking the status of the player you’re facing, can limit your ability to maximise the opportunities presented. “You can only play what’s in front of you – and on the day your opponent may not be playing well. They may be sore, they may be fatigued, they may lack match practice – you just don’t know.

Even though they’re a higherranked or better player, you don’t know until you step on the court,” says Klarica.

Keep an open mind The most challenging matches can naturally be accompanied by a sense of intimidation, but that need not be the case. Klarica advises players to keeping a clear and open mind – even against the toughest opponents.

“We try and get players, when they’re playing higher-ranked players, to have a very open and clear mind with regards to what might come at them.

Because if you don’t, you can easily start too defensively and higher ranked players are not necessarily there just because they’re good with their game, they’re also good mentally.”

Forget “feeling your way” The early stage of a match against a seemingly superior opponent is not a time to be tentative. “It’s very important if you play a higher-ranked player to be on the front foot early – not to necessarily feel your way into the match as you go,” says Klarica. “You really have to be ready from the start.”

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Highly strung

Want power without sacrificing touch? Revolutionary equipment technology can help. ETHAN JAMES explores how today’s racquet strings are helping professional and social level players alike to perfect winning combinations of power, spin and placement.

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layers, coaches and pundits alike will all tell you that tennis has never been more physical. Extensive training schedules, strict diets and hefty gym routines mean modern-day players resemble fine-tuned ball-striking machines.

Parrallel to the phsycial evolution is a transformation of equipment options for players.

The development of racquet string technology, in particuar, allows competitors to strike the ball with more power and to generate a greater amount of spin that at any other time in the game’s history, The vast array of strings available on the market is a moderately recent phenomenon.

As recently as the late '90s, natural gut was the almostexclusive string of choice.

Swiss legend Roger Federer has witnessed first-hand the changing technology in his 15 years on the ATP tour. “I remember when I was playing in the late '90s, most players used gut and most players played attacking tennis; serving and volleying much more as the courts were much quicker then,” he told media in 2011.

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have shown clay court maestro “With gut you could hit hard Rafael Nadal generates up to but with the strings now you can 4,900 rotations per minute. By hit hard and create angles with comparison, Federer averages spin. And everybody can do it, so 2,700 rotations per minute, the game has changed a lot in the while eight-time Grand Slam last ten years.” champion Andre Agassi The move from natural gut averaged only 1,800. to synthetic fibres has been However, the quest for revolutionary, with the biggest a competitive edge hasn’t transformation relating to string been without controversy. tension. A player no longer needs Experimentation saw ‘double to find a compromise between stringing’ come to the fore in the looser tension (to generate late 1970s. This stringing method power) and a tighter tension enabled players to impart a (for control). massive amount of revolutions Current technology means on the ball. Veteran stringer Lou players can essentially have their Smarrelli, owner and operator cake and eat it too. Racquets can of Melbourne’s now be strung in a slack Prelli Tennis, recalls fashion without having RIGHT: Waiting seeing charismatic to sacrifice any feel. for your strings to break means Romanian Ilie Nastase “I used natural gut you’re waiting too compete with a double and I used to string my long for a restring. stringed racquet. racquets at about “What he was able to 27 kilos (60lbs) whereas do was hit the ball over the net now I use Wilson gut and Luxilon and impart that much spin that and I string them at 22 kilos it would bounce and come back (48lbs) and I’ve been as low as over to his side. So, it was really 21 kilos (46lbs) when playing on seen as an unfair advantage. ,” slower courts with heavy balls,” Smarelli explains.

Federer explains.

While ‘spaghetti racquets’ But it’s not strictly about power. didn’t pass the test of fair play, Unprecedented levels of spin are the most critical development being generated by those at the occurred in Europe in the top of the tree. mid-1980s.

Recent studies using highLuxilon Inustries, a Belgium speed recording equipment

TIPS ON TENSION Follow the guidelines for recommended tension as outlined by the manufacturer on the frame of the racquet.

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A looser tension means more power, while a tighter tension lends itself to greater control.

Beginners should stick with mid-range tension to find what suits their game.

Consider raising the tension on faster courts and lowering for increased power on slower, heavier surfaces.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I RESTRING MY RACQUET? It is recommended that racquets are restrung after roughly 40-50 hours of play.

A rule of thumb is to get your racquet restrung in line with the number of times you play per week. For example, if you play four times a week, restring your racquet four times a year.

At a minimum, you should restring every six months.

Most string types will go ‘dead’ within six months - regardless of how often they’ve been used.

If you’re waiting until your strings break, then you’re probably waiting too long!

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Tips, nutrition and fitness programs to show you the way. Plus some notable bodies in tennis today. On sale from 24 September

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The complete package: World No.1 Novak Djokovic, more lithe than bulky, possesses a potent combination of power and athleticism, which is often displayed best from the back of the court.

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