Brazil F30, Brazil 35+ and Helsinki, Finland 20+

[djarvik]

Hello guys.

This week we have two tournaments open for sign up:

Helsinki, Finland 20+ - a rather prestigious challenger with a total of 125 points for the winner.
Brazil F30, Brazil 35+ - a first ever TE Future tournament. A total of 27 points for a winner.

If all goes well, we should be able to start the new season running ALL 3 circuits - Pro, Challenger and Future. This way, no matter what level you are, you will be competing against similarly skilled players.

Please choose carefully, as you may qualify for both. If you feel confident about passing the first round of a Challenger - I suggest you sign up for it. There are more points to be had there. If you struggle getting past first round of a Challenger, then I suggest you signup for the Future, getting a few wins under your belt will raise your confidence and will give you a positive match experiences.


Good luck everyone!

[djarvik]

Guys, we need 2 more players for Helsinki, Finland. Did anyone forget to sign up?

The draw of the Brazil F30 is out!
http://www.intertopspintour.net/content ... +-3410.htm

[Marco_Theo_81]

Marco_Theo_81 ( legendary Federer ) defeats tolsimir ( Nadal ) 6:3 6:0 in the first round.

Well, I am sure, Tolsimir hadn't his best day. In the first set both had problems I think with the new surface clay.

Long time passed since I played on this surface. But I am not sure, if this was really the problem for both of us.

The second set then, I felt more confortable with the surface, this is maybe why the score is so clear in the second set.

Thanks for the match Tolsimir. Next time will be closer for sure.

Next opponent Ramana, the new italian guy here on ITST. Anyway, not matter who will win, at the end an italian guy will pass the round for sure! Any bet?

One little question at this point, someone could know, what makes such a difference between the good TE players and the "not from this earth" TE players like Voja, Florian, Moe, Fox, Spencer, Michael, Cerji, Otlichno and of course kyuuji? Ups, almost I forgot the king of S&V C4iLL...

ciao folks

[Cro Morgan]

One little question at this point, someone could know, what makes such a difference between the good TE players and the "not from this earth" TE players like Voja, Florian, Moe, Fox, Spencer, Michael, Cerji, Otlichno and of course kyuuji? Ups, almost I forgot the king of S&V C4iLL

I've wondered as much - with each and EVERY tennis game I've played.

Whatever the great players have, they hide it very well cause, damn, I've never been able to find it.

[C4iLL]

This may help & interest you :

1) I started the game in April ; I played 0 practices in both offline and online at that moment and directly played official ITST matches
Result : 5 matchs lost in a row, 0 set scored (during april and may tournaments). But that helped me to progress in fact.

2) Even if I was still playing TS4 Xbox at the top level at that moment, I decided to begin serious practices on TE as I had more fun with that game.

I then began to play a lot of matches on the vanilla version (as the chat didn't exist at that moment) but never offline practice.
--> this gave me a normal level which allowed me to compete with the best players of this period (but not to beat them because of the mental, baseline skills and lack of experience).

3) I totally stopped Top spin 4 and focus on Llodra. Serve and volley was at the top, but return / baseline still sux a lot, so I wasn't able to get a lot of break opportunities (vs Robbin for instance).
So I decided to switch a bit for Nadal during 3 official tournaments to increase that and learn how to defend well.

I lost a lot of ITST points during the US tourney on Masters 1000, but I suddenly understood everything about baseline with the though matches I played. And I discovered a lot of little things too about positioning, end of course shots etc

I then came back to Llodra and practice a lot for US Open on online exhibitions to get a great baseline level with him.
And one day, I finally discovered I could play as well as anybody on the baseline with this apparently worst baseline character of the roster.
But at that moment, I had the feeling my level still failed a lot when I stopped practicing.

4) Now with time, I don't practice anymore. I can be absent for 4 or 5 days without touching the game, I just do 2 set warmup and I play at top level again.

The keys to be a great player ?

- Always taking risk, always aiming the lines
- Get a great service by practicing it with bad character (I increased a lot my service and my volley by playing with Nadal who has bad stats in these domains).
- Managing the cross court shots which are risky and touchy but often used by the top guys (Vmoe is the king of the cross courts !)
- In my opinion, get volleys skills.
- Work your mental : when you loose a match because of stupid errors, or because of a tie break lost whereas you dominated, or because of break points opportunities missed, remember that during your next match and tell yourself "this time I can't miss that opportunity !!".
In fact, talk to yourself during the match !

[tigerofintegrity]

tigerofintegrity def. goroger1 6-4, 6-4

A good match against goroger. Finally managed to stay mentally focussed for most of a match and that was key. I managed to save all 6 break points I faced throughout both sets whilst one break in each was enough for me.

It was hard since he served very well, 73% first serves in with Federer. I thought I returned pretty well despite the aces as he hit corners and lines a lot. The serves I did get back in, I made sure they were good returns and got stuck in to a lot of his service games. Happy with the result and that I stayed composed even when he was hitting aces on my break points.

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[djarvik]

I moved it here Tiger, as the topic already existed.

[costiiforzaa]

This may help & interest you :

1) I started the game in April ; I played 0 practices in both offline and online at that moment and directly played official ITST matches
Result : 5 matchs lost in a row, 0 set scored (during april and may tournaments). But that helped me to progress in fact.

2) Even if I was still playing TS4 Xbox at the top level at that moment, I decided to begin serious practices on TE as I had more fun with that game.

I then began to play a lot of matches on the vanilla version (as the chat didn't exist at that moment) but never offline practice.
--> this gave me a normal level which allowed me to compete with the best players of this period (but not to beat them because of the mental, baseline skills and lack of experience).

3) I totally stopped Top spin 4 and focus on Llodra. Serve and volley was at the top, but return / baseline still sux a lot, so I wasn't able to get a lot of break opportunities (vs Robbin for instance).
So I decided to switch a bit for Nadal during 3 official tournaments to increase that and learn how to defend well.

I lost a lot of ITST points during the US tourney on Masters 1000, but I suddenly understood everything about baseline with the though matches I played. And I discovered a lot of little things too about positioning, end of course shots etc

I then came back to Llodra and practice a lot for US Open on online exhibitions to get a great baseline level with him.
And one day, I finally discovered I could play as well as anybody on the baseline with this apparently worst baseline character of the roster.
But at that moment, I had the feeling my level still failed a lot when I stopped practicing.

4) Now with time, I don't practice anymore. I can be absent for 4 or 5 days without touching the game, I just do 2 set warmup and I play at top level again.

The keys to be a great player ?

- Always taking risk, always aiming the lines
- Get a great service by practicing it with bad character (I increased a lot my service and my volley by playing with Nadal who has bad stats in these domains).
- Managing the cross court shots which are risky and touchy but often used by the top guys (Vmoe is the king of the cross courts !)
- In my opinion, get volleys skills.
- Work your mental : when you loose a match because of stupid errors, or because of a tie break lost whereas you dominated, or because of break points opportunities missed, remember that during your next match and tell yourself "this time I can't miss that opportunity !!".
In fact, talk to yourself during the match !

Your best reply Terminator! I read it with excitment! I really appreciate your advices! I only didn't understand what is "cross court shots"? Thanks you in advance!

[C4iLL]

Cross court = short accelerations. It's harder to beat great players without regularly playing that kind of shots.

[Marco_Theo_81]

hi guys

everyone enjoyed a great weekend?

Here a little bit late my small report about the quarter against Ramana. Brazil 35+

6:1 6:1 for me ( Federer ) vs. Ramana ( Djoker )

He had some trouble with foot postioning I think to have noticed during the match.
But we played, weeks before this official match, a practice match, and he really improved a lot in this time.

He is a really new guy here in ITST TE tour, this is maybe the reason for this higher result.
I am sure, with more practice, he will cause more trouble in the tour.

Many thx to C4Ill for his so clearly explanations about my question.
Hope to implement your tipps on court in the future matches.

Great week folks

[djarvik]

djarvik (Murray) VS TheCooler618 (Gulbis) 6-4 6-4