Acute Beetroot Juice Supplementation Does Not Improve Match-Play Activity in Professional Tennis Players.
Valentín Emilio Fernández-ElíasJavier Courel-IbáñezAntonio Jesús Sánchez-OliverPablo JodraVictor Moreno-PérezJuan Jose SalineroÁlvaro López-SamanesPublished in: Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2020)
The current results indicated that acute ingestion of a commercialized shot of nitrate-rich beetroot juice (70 mL containing 6.4 mmol of NO3-) did not produce any performance benefit on tennis matchplay. Thus, acute beetroot juice supplementation seems an ergogenic aid with little value to enhance physical performance in professional tennis players.