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Tennishead magazine: 2024 > Issue 1 > April

In this first issue of 2024, our clay-season special, Tennishead magazine focusses on the incredible Jannik Sinner and his unstoppable start to 2024, we look ahead to the clay court season with predictions for Roland-Garros 2024, we preview Rafa Nadal’s farewell at the French Open and introduce two new writers exclusively for this issue.

Our ‘Academy’ section dissects the unique strategy employed by Daniil Medvedev, offers frame-by-frame guides to Taylor Fritz’s huge serve & Angelique Kerber’s awesome backhand plus we look at the beauty of a one-handed backhand. The ‘Gear’ section reviews the Wilson’s new Blade v9 racket and ASICS new Solution Speed FF3 shoes. Plus plenty more. WOW!

Up front

• THE OLD GUARD STRIKE BACK: Danielle Collins and Grigor Dimitrov
• SHOOTING IN THE SUN: Photos from Indian Wells and Miami
• AGENDA: Your guide to what’s coming up
• ITALIAN JOB: How Sinner became a winner
• FRENCH CONNECTION: Who can win at Roland Garros?
• CLAY-COURT PRETENDERS: Eight players to follow
• END OF THE ROAD: Nadal’s farewell to the French
• BORG REMEMBERS: It all began in Paris 50 years ago
• EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH:Twenty years on tour

Academy

• BRAIN GAME 1: The Medvedev revolution
• BRAIN GAME 2: Time to change the match format
• FRAME BY FRAME: Fritz’s serve and Kerber’s backhand
• DAVID SAMMEL: Beauty of the one-handed backhand

Gear

• RACKET REVIEW: Wilson Blade
• TOP PERFORMERS: The best rackets for 2024
• COMPETITION: Win a Wilson Blade racket
• BEST FOOT FORWARD: Testing ASICS Solution Speed shoes
• COMPETITION: Win ASICS Solution Speed shoes

Final Set

• THE SAUDI CONUNDRUM: Turmoil ahead for tennis
• MARTIN KLIZAN: Anatomy of a comeback
• MY MELBOURNE: Mike Frey’s Australian Open in focus

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