Tennis Warehouse Blog

August 23, 2010 Seattle, WA Been back in training for a little over a week now. I got everything in during my practices last week that I intended on getting done, and I’m feeling really good again on the court. The week-long break out at the cabin allowed me to get rested, rejuvenated, and eager [...]

August 16, 2010 Seattle, WA I’m back in Seattle after a week at my one of my favorite personal escapes, my friend’s cabin just outside of Copalis Beach, a very small town of just under 500 people on the western coast of Washington. The cabin is tucked away about 200 yards from the beach, surrounded [...]

August 9, 2010 Ocean Shores, WA I realized the importance of careful tournament planning and of keeping your body and mind adequately rested, as I took my first early round loss during the Pacific Northwest Summer Circuit in the last tournament on the schedule, the Washington State Open, this past week. After a stretch of [...]

Andy Gerst is seen here training in this file photo. August 3, 2010 It’s Tuesday morning, and I’m getting ready for my first round match in the last tournament on the Pacific Northwest Summer Circuit, the 120th annual Washington State Open at the prestigious Seattle Tennis Club. The way the draw has lined up every [...]

July 27, 2010 Had a wonderful weekend this past week at the Pacific Northwest Championships at the Tacoma Lawn & Tennis Center.  The beautiful event is the second longest running open tournament in the United States, in its 119th year. From the way the courts are set up you feel like you are playing at [...]

Isospeed’s Professional 17 gauge string is advertised to be the closest match to natural gut on the market for synthetic gut string.  Along with Isospeed’s reputation among my peers as an excellent string manufacturer, I figured the Professional 17 would definitely be worth a try. The Isospeed Power Ribbon technology is specifically designed to mimick [...]

July 21, 2010 Seattle, WA Been on the road for a little over a week now, but I’m getting settled into what is going to be as close to a home base as I’ll have on the road. I will be staying with a buddy of mine, whom I played on the University of Washington [...]

Salem, Oregon I arrived in Salem for my next tournament, the RDAdventure Summer Classic, where I am set to play in all three events; men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. I’ve spent the last couple days down in Medford, OR getting a couple hits in as well as some awesome hiking around Crater Lake, [...]

July 12, 2010 San Luis Obispo, CA — Medford, OR Had a great time down south over the weekend at the Tracy Austin Doubles Tournament, where I won the mixed doubles championship and lost in the semifinals of the men’s event. It was a flip-flop in results from last year’s showing, when I won the [...]

Week of July 5th… San Luis Obispo, CA It’s been a great week of training here in SLO this past week. I have been getting in one or two practices a day, with drilling and practice matches, combined with a good lift, quickness and agility training, and conditioning drills. A special thanks to Hugh Bream [...]