Zebalos Back Hand

[FedMex]

Saw Zeballos play in Houston at the Clay Court championships. His backhand is truly a thing of beauty. I was sitting on the side where I was observing it from his backside and it looked like Federer's best extended backhand, but every time he hit it, like a butter fly opening up it's wings. Amazing he is mostly a challenger level player. Maybe he gets to 2nd/3rd round in some Masters 500's this year.

[axel89]

Originally Posted by FedMex

Saw Zeballos play in Houston at the Clay Court championships. His backhand is truly a thing of beauty. I was sitting on the side where I was observing it from his backside and it looked like Federer's best extended backhand, but every time he hit it, like a butter fly opening up it's wings. Amazing he is mostly a challenger level player. Maybe he gets to 2nd/3rd round in some Masters 500's this year.

Rankedd in the 40 so yeah he will hopefully come out as 30 by end of clay court swing

[Andres]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Nadal's only weapon against Federer is serving and hitting every forehand crosscourt to Federer's one-handed backhand. We saw today that when that one-handed backhand player plays left-handed, Nadal no longer has a strategy and no longer has a weapon that could hurt his opponent. And since Federer is a significantly better player than Zeballos (by like a million miles), it's not a stretch to say that Nadal would have nothing that could hurt a left-handed Federer enough to beat him.

Nonsense BP. He has lost 7 times in his career against a left-hander. 6 before that Zeballos match. Has over .900 against lefties.

Nonsense, and you know it

[Gonzo_style]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Nadal's only weapon against Federer is serving and hitting every forehand crosscourt to Federer's one-handed backhand. We saw today that when that one-handed backhand player plays left-handed, Nadal no longer has a strategy and no longer has a weapon that could hurt his opponent. And since Federer is a significantly better player than Zeballos (by like a million miles), it's not a stretch to say that Nadal would have nothing that could hurt a left-handed Federer enough to beat him.

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[OddJack]

Zeb should have gone to sao polo.

Nadal was nearly got broken by a guy whos ranking was twice lower than Zeb..170

you think puppet Alma can do it?

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by Andres

Nonsense BP. He has lost 7 times in his career against a left-hander. 6 before that Zeballos match. Has over .900 against lefties.

Nonsense, and you know it

Um....reread my post. How many of those left-handers had a one-handed backhand?

[Cesc Fabregas]

Zebalos is stronger than Federer that's why he can handle the ball over his shoulder.

[always_crosscourt]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Nadal's only weapon against Federer is serving and hitting every forehand crosscourt to Federer's one-handed backhand. We saw today that when that one-handed backhand player plays left-handed, Nadal no longer has a strategy and no longer has a weapon that could hurt his opponent. And since Federer is a significantly better player than Zeballos (by like a million miles), it's not a stretch to say that Nadal would have nothing that could hurt a left-handed Federer enough to beat him.

Yeh, well if Nadal faces a lefty with a 1hbh, can't he just abuse the lefty's 1hbh by hitting inside out forehands all day to the backhand?

It''s not like a forehand can only be hit to the ad court - you can hit a forehand to the deuce court as well.

[kishnabe]

Originally Posted by OddJack

Zeb should have gone to sao polo.

Nadal was nearly got broken by a guy whos ranking was twice lower than Zeb..170

you think puppet Alma can do it?

Zeballos lost the first round....he retired while winning the first set.

[axel89]

Originally Posted by kishnabe

Zeballos lost the first round....he retired while winning the first set.

was injured bomb scare

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by always_crosscourt

Yeh, well if Nadal faces a lefty with a 1hbh, can't he just abuse the lefty's 1hbh by hitting inside out forehands all day to the backhand?

It''s not like a forehand can only be hit to the ad court - you can hit a forehand to the deuce court as well.

Nadal's inside out forehand doesn't have nearly the same high-kicking topspin as his crosscourt forehand does. Besides, the crosscourt forehand is the safer, higher-percentage shot. That's why he didn't hit that many inside out forehands to Zaballos' backhand.

[Gonzo_style]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Nadal's inside out forehand doesn't have nearly the same high-kicking topspin as his crosscourt forehand does. Besides, the crosscourt forehand is the safer, higher-percentage shot. That's why he didn't hit that many inside out forehands to Zaballos' backhand.

healthy in form Nadal destroyed Zeballos in RG. Your logic is stupid