Karim Ben Salah
One of the coaching voices behind African Belief — every lesson below carries their name because they wrote it, checked it, or taught it first.
Lessons by Karim
Which Overgrip Stops Your Racquet From Slipping on a Sweaty Day?
It is the third game of the second set. You are up a break. The ball is in play, a neutral rally, your forehand wing, nothing special.
Tacky vs Dry Overgrips: Which One Actually Stops the Slip?
I played two matches last Saturday. Same racquet, same opponent, same courts, same 28-degree heat. The only difference: a white overgrip on one frame and a black one on the other.
HEAD Extreme 2026 Review – Stability Without the Muffle
Your first hit with the 2024 HEAD Extreme probably went something like this: clean contact, ball deep, and a strange lack of information in your hand. The racquet did the work.
The ATP Tour highlight: how thirty seconds of tennis became its own art form
You find yourself doing it without deciding to. A notification lands — match point, five-set thriller, someone you have never watched play a full set. You tap the thumbnail.
Queen's Club and the Real Story of Grass-Court Tennis in 2025
The myth arrives in the opening paragraph of almost every preview piece written before a Queen's Club final week. Grass-court tennis, the reader is told, is a throwback.
WTA Match Report: The Hidden Logic of Scorelines That Look Like Upsets
The score flashes up. 6-1, 6-2. You glance at it and think: blowout. One player didn't show up. That instinct is almost certainly wrong.