Tim Böseler is a senior editor at Germany’s Tennis Magazin, where he writes about all things tennis. Tim joins me for the latest episode of the Tennis Abstract Podcast to talk about Michael Stich, the man ranked 123rd on my Tennis 128 list.
We discuss the German tennis scene before Stich arrived, how Stich was more than just another serve-and-volleyer, and the nature of Michael’s relationship with Boris Becker–not a close one, but one that allowed them to team up to win a gold medal.
We also get into the serve and volley and the strategy’s best-known current exponent, Maxime Cressy. We talk s-and-v strategy, both for guys like Cressy and for other players who might benefit from mixing it up a little bit more. Finally, we dig into the nuts and bolts of how the German tennis federation works, and how it is changing.
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