I absolutely love this video and can’t wait to see you go pro! But what I really like about this channel is the behind the scenes. Showing preparation, warmup, and in between. Btw I love the new scoreboard you edited on
Damn nice match. That was honestly a scary looking lefty, and TWO BREAKS against you in the first set. Great come back. Stoked to see the next tournament match!!
I am playing my sophomore year in high school and getting really serious about tennis, I really really hope I can play as good as you. I’m glad you had a great recovery and a great game
Something I would suggest with serve and volley players or big servers is to change your return position from time to time. Maybe scoot way back and try that and if the close return position works better stick with it. But if it’s working, stay back or if it bothers the opponent keep switching it up. Just a little tip, hope it helps! It helps me in my matches at about your same level. Keep up the great work!
@@joekinnn1703 Only a few of the top players I notice do it, which is sort of why I ended up trying it. They’re also some of the top returners as well, so it seemed like a solid strategy to try. Even if you try both and one works, you now know which return spot will give you the best chance of breaking/winning. Worst case, you annoy them and throw them off their rhythm and comfort zone!
@@Mewborne89 agreed Charlie. When you stand up tp receive , a few feet in front of baseline, you make the service box appear smaller to the server. Also, servers often practice with no receiver or one whp stands on the baseline. Standing up puts a lot of pressure on the server.. esp.on 2bd serves and deuce or add points.
Despite the fact that I don’t watch tennis that often (or at all) and don’t play often, I ALWAYS watch your videos - there is something about them that feels so heartwarming and just sincere :)
Good match Felix. Couple of questions, how does it feel playing against a serve and volley player? It's a rare style in this age of tennis. Also, how do you avoid comparing yourself to someone like Jannik Sinner? I know he is a little older but still very young. Is is disheartening? Or do you just concentrate on yourself and avoid unfair comparisons? I look fwd to following your journey and wish you all the best.
@@fede1324ee Why would he compare himself to Sinner? Not everybody has the talent to be in top 10. Tbh Felix will probably never reach top 100 in the world. He may also be stuck in Futures tournaments forever.
Good question - I think first of all one needs to acknowledge that every tennis journey is different. Players today reach Top 100 levels as late as mid to end 20's. When it comes to tennis journey - and comparing them - here are a few things one needs to know - how many resources has a player - like lot's of funding or little, is the player part of a national programme - think more support - is he going to school or is he training full time tennis from the age of 12 - let's say. The quality of the coaches - the complete ecosystem around the player. Is he/she an early developer - often injured like to train hard - vs more talented and less training. Looking at myself - I train hard, I'm OK talented ( not crazy talented like Sinner ) missed a lot of tennis development because I went to school until I was 18 - and my parents are not rich. - so there was limited funding. Considering all of this my aim is to first play tennis as much as i can - I love it. - then get 1 ATP point to proof to me that I can get to that level. Then to play a few years and to see how high i can get ... I don't mind people comparing me to anyone - I just know that I need to go my way and 'm happy for anyone who makes it in tennis earlier or later than me. one big family ;-)
Unbelievable defensive skills at the end surprised that you got to half of those shots genuinely amazing shots good luck on your coming up tournament you got this Felix!!💪 💪 💪
Felix I’m so proud of you overcoming your injury. A few days ago I realised that I also have an injury on my shoulder and I couldn’t Play for a while and I was quite down now looking back I realise how mentally strong you have to be to play tennis at a high level as when you had your injury you kept everything going And never gave up I kept that in my mind And did the same thank you for inspiring so many people including me.
Just see the results at Roehampton. What I like about this channel is the realisation of how hard it is to get that 1 point. The levels going through the qualifiers and then to win a 1st round match against probably a seeded experienced pro player. Is a great insight 👍🏼 Best of luck getting back from injury.
Well played Felix, dealing with good s&v players like him can be very tricky, more than the shots themselves i think you had a very good mental performance this time, keeping your serve steady and taking breaks back to not fall behind. It seems your not-in-court training during the injury period really paid off in this match, good job!
Well done on the win! These tennis courts look so charming. Almost as if you could do a bit of gardening if you feel the need to relax in between games.
felix, watching u has definitely helped my game improve! Your footwork and agility are amazing and of course i want my footwork to be that way so ive done some of the exercises that u have done to help my game! thank you so much for such good content, and keep up the good work!
Always great videos- thought that suspenseful music was going to be played in the tiebreak lol! Would you mind posting some off court injury prevention you’re doing? I’d love to see how you’re preparing your body for this game!
good match, really like that forejad whip, envy you for this, I still can't manage it :) I saw finally a good slice from you, after all that time at Patrick's academy and a day dedicated only for slicing, it worked actually quite good :) keep it up!
Great fight in this one, Felix, nice job! Joel is a really tough opponent. It's quite hard to stay on it when playing guys like him, that serve and volley a lot, 'cause you don't get much rythm on their serve. Keep it up!
The most apparent weakness I can see is that Felix struggle in some decision case. Example when he was on 40/40 the ball hit the net Felix decide to go in then stop mid track and let the ball double bounce, he could of had walked to that second bounce and got it. Happened quite a few time in the match where he seems to not play well if he need to catch up to a surprise ball close to the net.
Bro is that a Fortuna Düsseldorf cup I see? That is my home team! Hopefully you can come to Germany /Düsseldorf soon and we can go for a hit. All the best for what I am sure will be a fantastic career!
Glad u r back! USTPA teaching pro here - May want to look into the KETO diet - your diet appears to be very badly carb loaded which causes harm. kETO will give you and edge and much better metabolism as well musculature … Olympic Athletes are starting to use it.
When you play and record matches at these tournaments, do you ask the opponent if you can record? Do they ever ask to see the footage as well? Also as another commenter said, also a fan of the new score bug on screen! One suggestion is to use similar or complementary fonts for the numbers and the text. You used a Sans Serif font for your names but a Serif font for the numbers (isn’t always an issue but in this instance not the most complementary). Also another suggestion, using a slightly different background for the points column to help differentiate, like how they do on the Tennis Channel.
We ask the owner of the tennis grounds, the tournament organiser and the player himself before we film. Luckily so far all of them are cool with this. Great feedback on the scoreboard. I will look into this.
Thank you Alex. I try to get better every day. It's frustrating to had the injury but looking at the bright side it enabled me to focus on the fitness site - to get going again ;-)
I am 11 years old competitive player from Canada. I started using Black Widow 16 because of you. I string them at 50lbs. Can you tell me your string tension and how many hours do you play with them until they die?
Great video I love ur channel I noticed he’s using an ezone u ever considered changing to an ezone from what racquet ur using now? Are u using a vcore?
There’s no channel quite like yours, it’s always entertaining and I feel like I can learn something every time I watch
Thank you for the great feedback.
@@tennisbrothers Have you ever thought of playing with Denis Shapovalov?
@@nescobaj18 probably lol 😂
I absolutely love this video and can’t wait to see you go pro! But what I really like about this channel is the behind the scenes. Showing preparation, warmup, and in between.
Btw I love the new scoreboard you edited on
Thank you for the feedback. So much more to come ;-)
Brilliant match mate, way to come back after 8 weeks off. Held your Nerve beautifully in that last game. Best of luck at roehampton, knock ‘em dead.
Lost 6-2 6-1
@@CoinChaser1 what?
@@alekosmatsis7550 feli lost 6-2 6-1
How was he serving at 7-6 in tiebreak if he was also serving at 6-5
@@dhanyanarayanan1906 The score was 1-1 so that means Felix served first before Joel did
Great to see you back mate :) congrats on the winning return
Thanks Cam - also congrats on joining the 100K club. Let's go for 1 Million ;-)
@@tennisbrothers thanks mate :) let's go 💪
Damn nice match. That was honestly a scary looking lefty, and TWO BREAKS against you in the first set. Great come back. Stoked to see the next tournament match!!
thank you for the positive vibes.
I am playing my sophomore year in high school and getting really serious about tennis, I really really hope I can play as good as you. I’m glad you had a great recovery and a great game
Happy to see all your mental physical progress in this 6 months of this amazing adventure. Hope you the best
I love watching your life with tennis tournaments, travelling, your plans for the future, and your strategies in tennis.
thank you
Congrats and what a strong performance, good luck!!
thanks
Awesome to see a full three setter and you being mentally and physically strong enough to take advantage of it. Great win!
Thank you
Something I would suggest with serve and volley players or big servers is to change your return position from time to time. Maybe scoot way back and try that and if the close return position works better stick with it. But if it’s working, stay back or if it bothers the opponent keep switching it up. Just a little tip, hope it helps! It helps me in my matches at about your same level. Keep up the great work!
That is s great tip... one that most atp pros underutilize. Be warned.. players will hate you when you do it.
@@joekinnn1703 Only a few of the top players I notice do it, which is sort of why I ended up trying it. They’re also some of the top returners as well, so it seemed like a solid strategy to try. Even if you try both and one works, you now know which return spot will give you the best chance of breaking/winning. Worst case, you annoy them and throw them off their rhythm and comfort zone!
@@Mewborne89 agreed Charlie. When you stand up tp receive , a few feet in front of baseline, you make the service box appear smaller to the server. Also, servers often practice with no receiver or one whp stands on the baseline. Standing up puts a lot of pressure on the server.. esp.on 2bd serves and deuce or add points.
Great feedback @charlie89 - will do this in some matches
nice to see you back man! keep pushing
thanks
5:50, lovely bit of sportsmanship
Felix… you are such so inspiring. I hope you know that
Thank you. I try my best every day.
Despite the fact that I don’t watch tennis that often (or at all) and don’t play often, I ALWAYS watch your videos - there is something about them that feels so heartwarming and just sincere :)
Thank you - this is a very motivational comment ;-)
Good match Felix. Couple of questions, how does it feel playing against a serve and volley player? It's a rare style in this age of tennis. Also, how do you avoid comparing yourself to someone like Jannik Sinner? I know he is a little older but still very young. Is is disheartening? Or do you just concentrate on yourself and avoid unfair comparisons? I look fwd to following your journey and wish you all the best.
How is it bad to be compared to a top 10 player in the world wtf
@@scottysatpanalysis Because a dude his age is top 10, whereas he still hasnt got an atp point?
@@fede1324ee Why would he compare himself to Sinner? Not everybody has the talent to be in top 10. Tbh Felix will probably never reach top 100 in the world. He may also be stuck in Futures tournaments forever.
@@mr.schloopka1124 I didn't say that, I was responding to a comment
Good question - I think first of all one needs to acknowledge that every tennis journey is different. Players today reach Top 100 levels as late as mid to end 20's. When it comes to tennis journey - and comparing them - here are a few things one needs to know - how many resources has a player - like lot's of funding or little, is the player part of a national programme - think more support - is he going to school or is he training full time tennis from the age of 12 - let's say. The quality of the coaches - the complete ecosystem around the player.
Is he/she an early developer - often injured like to train hard - vs more talented and less training.
Looking at myself - I train hard, I'm OK talented ( not crazy talented like Sinner ) missed a lot of tennis development because I went to school until I was 18 - and my parents are not rich. - so there was limited funding. Considering all of this my aim is to first play tennis as much as i can - I love it. - then get 1 ATP point to proof to me that I can get to that level. Then to play a few years and to see how high i can get ... I don't mind people comparing me to anyone - I just know that I need to go my way and 'm happy for anyone who makes it in tennis earlier or later than me. one big family ;-)
Congrats Mate 👏🏻👏🏻 It’s nice to see you posting your matches!
Thank you
First time on you channel and love the video and the idea itself. Excited for future content!
Welcome back to competition Felix. Glad to u see u recovered and back at the grind. Come a long way in just half a year ur soooo close brother!!!
thank you
Unbelievable defensive skills at the end surprised that you got to half of those shots genuinely amazing shots good luck on your coming up tournament you got this Felix!!💪 💪 💪
Thanks 👍
Great couple of shots! I especially the backhand passes!! Great job!
thank you
Congrats, nice win. And the choice of highlights and narration is awesome. We all wish you made the Wim highlights!
Thank you
Wish you all the best and a quick recovery.
thank you
You’re looking a lot leaner in this vid, hard work paying off!
Felix I’m so proud of you overcoming your injury. A few days ago I realised that I also have an injury on my shoulder and I couldn’t Play for a while and I was quite down now looking back I realise how mentally strong you have to be to play tennis at a high level as when you had your injury you kept everything going And never gave up I kept that in my mind And did the same thank you for inspiring so many people including me.
Hey @CAMFN - that is the spirit. Keep it up . It's not easy and at times its brutally difficult - but I think we know it's worth it ;-)
@@tennisbrothers of course
Playing very well. Strong and smart. Very happy to be able to watch you again. looking forward to many great matches.
thank you
I’m really happy to see your progress and love that you choose to share it with us
More to come! ;-)
congratz man, love your channel
Appreciate it! Thank you
Great match. Love your highlights!
Just see the results at Roehampton.
What I like about this channel is the realisation of how hard it is to get that 1 point.
The levels going through the qualifiers and then to win a 1st round match against probably a seeded experienced pro player.
Is a great insight 👍🏼
Best of luck getting back from injury.
Hello James, many thanks for the feedback. You are absolutely right.
Oh my god Felix !!! Congrats 👏👏
It's nice to see you back in court ☺️
thanks
Great match Felix! Way to grind it out 💪🏼 all the best in Roehampton!
Thank you - the video is out next Sunday
Well played Felix, dealing with good s&v players like him can be very tricky, more than the shots themselves i think you had a very good mental performance this time, keeping your serve steady and taking breaks back to not fall behind. It seems your not-in-court training during the injury period really paid off in this match, good job!
Thank you
I can see that you’ve improved so much when you look back at a couple of your first videos well done keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
Good luck and welcome back!!
thank you
Uncommon to see someone playing a S&V style. Great match highlights and glad to see you back after your injury!
thank you
Great vlog! Keep it going!!!
Love the videos dude. Can’t wait to see you go pro!!!
thank you
Well done on the win! These tennis courts look so charming. Almost as if you could do a bit of gardening if you feel the need to relax in between games.
lol..it's a great club in the middle of London - a bit like Queens.
lets gooo the legend is finally back with a tournament vlog
thanks
was an incredible match
Did anyone else notice that Felix served at 6-5 in the first set tiebreak and then again in 7-6! 😂
Yes what
Missing my tennis atm cause of a cold loving watching ur videos
Great to see you back after the injury, Felix, and mentally as strong as ever! Good luck to Roehampton!
He already lost 3 days ago in roehampton qualifying round 1. This videos take some time to edit.
@@thereportoftheweek787 No worries. I’ve been out of the loop myself. And Felix will be victorious soon enough, nevermind the Roehampton!
A Fortuna Düsseldorf Cup? Now you deserve the victory even more!
Thanks Hiro!
Love to see you back on court my G
Thanks Nick
Enjoyed the match. I'm happy that you are back on court. Keep up the work.
thank you
Amazing match and highlights gl
thank you
felix, watching u has definitely helped my game improve! Your footwork and agility are amazing and of course i want my footwork to be that way so ive done some of the exercises that u have done to help my game! thank you so much for such good content, and keep up the good work!
Great to hear! Thanks for the positive vibes.
Always great videos- thought that suspenseful music was going to be played in the tiebreak lol! Would you mind posting some off court injury prevention you’re doing? I’d love to see how you’re preparing your body for this game!
In will include some of my exercises in the next video
That stonecold forehand of yours is so freakin nice to watch!
Good luck at Roehampton, hope you have a great tournament!
thank you
good match, really like that forejad whip, envy you for this, I still can't manage it :)
I saw finally a good slice from you, after all that time at Patrick's academy and a day dedicated only for slicing, it worked actually quite good :)
keep it up!
Glad you noticed. Yes I put a lot of effort into the slice.
Your channel is very entertaining!
how are you serving at 6-5 in the first set breaker and then again 3 points later?
will check
Geez.. I was eating and watching at the same time and I was like, "Come on, buddy. Come onnnn!!!" So hyped that I stopped eating lol
Top Tuna! Glad you liked it.
Awesome win Felix and well done! Onto Roehampton we go👍
thank you - Roehampton video is out next week.
Wonderful match Felix, support from Italy ❤️🇮🇹👍🏻
Love the content, in the future could you possibly show a side angle view for maybe just one vid?
Your videos really help me
Good to hear MCBLOX
Fortuna!❤️ dear greeting to your dad he has great taste✌️
will do
Great fight in this one, Felix, nice job!
Joel is a really tough opponent. It's quite hard to stay on it when playing guys like him, that serve and volley a lot, 'cause you don't get much rythm on their serve.
Keep it up!
Thanks Matheus - love the feedback
The most apparent weakness I can see is that Felix struggle in some decision case. Example when he was on 40/40 the ball hit the net Felix decide to go in then stop mid track and let the ball double bounce, he could of had walked to that second bounce and got it. Happened quite a few time in the match where he seems to not play well if he need to catch up to a surprise ball close to the net.
Thanks for the time to provide feedback Dominic. I will look into this. ;-)
Good luck bro!!!
thank you
Bro is that a Fortuna Düsseldorf cup I see? That is my home team! Hopefully you can come to Germany /Düsseldorf soon and we can go for a hit. All the best for what I am sure will be a fantastic career!
The cup is from my father but I did see a few of their home matches in the Merkur Arena. Good atmosphere. I love the clay courts in Germany ;-)
Glad u r back! USTPA teaching pro here - May want to look into the KETO diet - your diet appears to be very badly carb loaded which causes harm. kETO will give you and edge and much better metabolism as well musculature … Olympic Athletes are starting to use it.
When you play and record matches at these tournaments, do you ask the opponent if you can record? Do they ever ask to see the footage as well?
Also as another commenter said, also a fan of the new score bug on screen! One suggestion is to use similar or complementary fonts for the numbers and the text. You used a Sans Serif font for your names but a Serif font for the numbers (isn’t always an issue but in this instance not the most complementary). Also another suggestion, using a slightly different background for the points column to help differentiate, like how they do on the Tennis Channel.
We ask the owner of the tennis grounds, the tournament organiser and the player himself before we film. Luckily so far all of them are cool with this. Great feedback on the scoreboard. I will look into this.
Great video, honestly I could feel your nerves in the 5-4 third set game
true ;-)
Hey! Which brand is your tennis bag? Keep up with the good work! Regards from Ecuador!
Great mental strength to come back from a break twice! I am curious why you chose to go to his forehand at 6-5 with your serve.
I just found this Channel and it's stunning. It's entertaining and I hope you stay unharmed. But why do you have a cup of Fortuna Düsseldorf ?! :D
The mug is from my father - he is from Düsseldorf. I like it because of the size
Which yellow string do you play?
Dunlop Explosive Bite
Felix whats your racquet and string setup, love the vids mate 👍🏼
great passing shot at 6:50
thank you
I learn a lot from watching the way you and your opponent structure points.
Thank you for the nice feedback
Is that a fortuna Düsseldorf logo on the coffee mug? Do you support them and why?
That is my fathers mug - I like the size of the mug ;-)
Is there some error in the scoring. Why are you serving at 6-6 (6-5) then again at 6-6 (7-6).
Will check this
Would love a video talking about your racquet choice and why you play with what you do. Cheers :D
Thanks for the idea!
love the background music towards the end of your match. it's like eye of the tiger
I tried to find a motivational music - glad it worked ;-)
Big winnnnnn felix, congrats
thank you
Some seriously sweet backhands there!
Hey Andrew - glad you noticed. I keep working hard to better my backhand.
In the first set tie break you served at 6-5, how did you also then serve for it at 7-6?
will look into this
Well done young man
thank you
I saw you at day 2 of wimbledon but didn’t want to bother you.
Love the channel, hope you make it.
Keep up the good work.
Well done!
Good playing good luck for next time
thank you
The green box for servers was very handy!!
That net cord was brutal. It made me laugh. He was very good at the net and that serve looked frustrating. Well done.
Thank you
Great Video, yout channel made enjoy playing tennis a lot more keep up the great work
thanks for the great vibes!
Hi Felix!
Love your videos, but just wondering, what happened to Lucian?
I miss him on the channel!
Hey David, Lucian took a bit of a timeout to focus on school. he will be back this summer with some videos. So the wait is over soon ;-)
Superb performance. Much improvement. Better point construction, Close match, but big gap in mental performance in ur favour. Congrats.
Thank you. I was also very happy with my performance coming back.
Yeahhh congrats!!
thank you
Good Job Kid...keep at it!
Thank you, I will
Let’s go . You have really good defense when some one hits it hard at you.
I will try my best - just waiting to see in which tournament I get into next ;-)
What tournament was this who was your opponent I always enjoy learning about the levels lower than ITF
he has improved so much when you compare him to the first tournament of the series and now
Thank you Alex. I try to get better every day. It's frustrating to had the injury but looking at the bright side it enabled me to focus on the fitness site - to get going again ;-)
I am 11 years old competitive player from Canada. I started using Black Widow 16 because of you. I string them at 50lbs. Can you tell me your string tension and how many hours do you play with them until they die?
Great video I love ur channel I noticed he’s using an ezone u ever considered changing to an ezone from what racquet ur using now? Are u using a vcore?
I'm happy playing with my Dunlop CX 200 right now ;-)
Come on!!!!!!! Nice match, you made some nice shots. Hard oponnent on the net
Good luck for roehampton, btw what’s the small racket like thing you have in your bag?
Thank you - This is the racket - www.functionaltennis.com/collections/functional-tennis-products/products/functional-tennis-saber?aff=tennisbrothers