By Sven GroeneveldThe first matchday of any tournament is always a climb up a steep slope or stairs! You need to find your way, you need to create your path and adapt to match the court and surroundings. One week you play with Hawk-Eye Live, the next week you play with a full team of line referees. So it’s all about your ability to take one step at a time and get to the top! … [Read more...] about Nur-Sultan ATP Challenger 125 • Day 4 • “Match Day”
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Nur-Sultan ATP Challenger Day 3 • Match Preparation and Italian Restaurant
By Sven GroeneveldThe day before a match is always a day to gather your thoughts, do your scouting and add just a little work on the details. The bigger picture is important and embraces the competition. Matches being played are displayed all over the facility as both courts have a full broadcast team in place! Early start tomorrow and our warmup has been booked. … [Read more...] about Nur-Sultan ATP Challenger Day 3 • Match Preparation and Italian Restaurant
Nur-Sultan ATP Challenger Tennis Day 2 • Let’s Talk Kazakh
After the weekend we will all have a mandatory test again. In the meantime the weather has warmed up, but now we have some snow instead. Social distance in transport is clear and the tournament has done a great job in their protocols. Also anybody interested in Kazakh, we can sign up for a zoom lesson! I blocked the login and phone number for privacy reasons as I … [Read more...] about Nur-Sultan ATP Challenger Tennis Day 2 • Let’s Talk Kazakh
Nur-Sultan • Coach Sven’s Diary from the ATP Challenger • Day 1
After we took the test at 5:10 am and got a chance to chill and get some sleep at the hotel we got our negative result at 14:10 and we had our practice at 15:00. We took the shuttle at 2:45 pm and walked on the court at exactly 15:00! We had a great first day! The people are so friendly and helpful and the team is built with young students (I assume) that assist us with … [Read more...] about Nur-Sultan • Coach Sven’s Diary from the ATP Challenger • Day 1
Dubai to Nur-Sultan and the Long Layover • Sven Tennis
Dubai was a very long layover which is due to the fact that less then 20% of flights are still operating. One of the major reasons behind the fact that it’s a real challenge to get from A to B. However it never disappoints to have access to the Emirates Lounge, almost empty and a massive place to hang out for 4 hours before the flight to Nur-Sultan. A little Kazakstan … [Read more...] about Dubai to Nur-Sultan and the Long Layover • Sven Tennis