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How to play tennis against a higher-ranked opponent

In this month’s tennis tips, coach Marcin Bieniek, founder of instructional Enjoy Tennis Blog, will talk about the pressure of facing a higher-ranked opponent and how to overcome it. Marcin is currently looking for new career opportunities, so if you are interested in cooperation, you can contact him via his personal website.

We face different opponents during every tournament — some of them are right-handed, while others are lefties; there are those who prefer to play from the baseline, while others do what they can to get to the net; some players have lower ranking, while there are also rivals who have accumulated more points than us.