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Pro Tennis Psychology: Tsonga’s Success

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Jo-Wilfred Tsonga pulled off a huge upset in the Paris Masters Tennis Tournament last week. Tsonga defeated David Nadlbandian 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the finals. Tsonga cruised through three higher seeded players: Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Novak Djokovic to put him in the final. As a sports psychologist

Na’s Mental Strength Beats Tennis Nerves

Serena Williams suffered a tough loss against Li Na at the Porsche Grand Prix tournament this week. Williams had a convincing first set lead, 6-0, but Li Na’s mental strength helped her battle back to take the next two sets 6-1, 6-4. Serena’s loss caused her ranking to slip