Tennis is not a gentle game. Psychologically, it is vicious. That people are only just beginning to come to terms with this fact illustrates just how big a con trick has been perpetrated on the non-playing tennis public – and even a few players, usually losing players – for decades. ~Richard Evans

Speed in tennis is a strange mixture of intuition, guesswork, footwork and hair-trigger reflexes. Many of the players famed for quickness on court would finish dead last in a field of schoolgirls in a race over any distance more than ten yards. ~Eugene Scott

www.universaltennis.com has a very impressive rating system. Check out pros, college players, and top US juniors.

There is a difference between being the player and beating the player. If you beat Roger Federer it does not mean a truck will back up to your house and drop off 16 Grand Slam trophies.