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The last time Novak crushed Jannik was on the ice rink of Turin 23, after dispatching Carlos in a similar fashion. The latter was also beaten on the notably quick Olympic clay and on Nole's best hunting ground, the AO. Sinner was defeated in straights at Wimbledon in 23. Last year his injury...

While Musetti holds the banner of the one-handed backhand high in RG, we have been witnessing its extinction among the WTA elite. Gone are the days of Graf and Henin. Golubic is over thirty, stalwart Maria closer to 40 and 22-year old Parry has struggled after briefly getting into the top 50. It...

More than a year ago Heavy Topspin featured this excellent investigation of this specific tactic by this particular player. A timely read with lots of stats and a nice graphic: Maybe one should sent this article to Simone Vagnozzi, which had a fantastic forehand drop shot ;)

Looking for a solid coach in the northern Virginia area. I am about a 4.0-4.5 player. Need a coach who can 1. Critical serve help (UCL damage is occurring) 2. Find the forehand rhythm. It’s a strong weapon but I seem to overthink it.

Hi all, Can anybody explain recent trend I heard from my fellow students and some coaches, particularly they say that for faster serve modern men players drop their racket "not from the top" but rather "going back in compact way with low motion without any back scratching". But in both...

Hey all, just looking for any advice on my serve. I’m generally really happy with it, it’s effective and I win a lot of free points on it and it’s always been a strong part of my game. That said I’ve always felt I take my height (6’ 7”) for granted and I think I can get more juice out of my...

Brilliant research about a most remarkable aspect of the tactical serve approach by the number 1: The most valuable part of the article, supported by detailed data follows and the logical conclusion follows: Best to read Jannik Sinner’s Missing First Serve Points by Sackmann, written after...

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Hi all, I'm learning to serve properly (pronation, isr) etc. At the moment I am serving ~120ish kmh (i normally serve mid 130s when not serving properly, that's how I am roughly guessing the current speed). My serve is quite accurate at the moment when I pronate which is good. I have had some...

Hey, have been trying to incorporate a lot of the advice this community has given me on my serve. Below some videos on recent progress, consistently getting 160-180kmh (100-110mph) on the flat serve now. Would appreciate any feedback on how to get incremental power and spin. Video shows flat...

I've recently learned pronation in serving and it's a wonderful feeling! My serves just got more powerful and controlled at the same time! I do wonder if it matters how fast the pronation is done. I've come across some video that say that the twisting of the forearm in adds angular momentum...

Headtip to the other thread, by @nolefam_2024. Updated weekly(ish). Last update: 2024-11-04 Player RallyLen RLen-Serve RLen-Return 1-3 W% 4-6 W% 7-9 W% FH/GS BH Slice% FHP/Match BHP/Match Maxime Cressy 2.6 2.1 3.2 50.5% 50.3% 31.4% 45.5% 38.9% -2.1 -1.4 Ivo Karlovic 2.4 2.1 2.8...

29 Oct 2024 update This is an update post following my original post below and comments recieved. Please check if I have fixed my problems already. Main issue is to fix the waiter tray problem and internal shoulder rotation as some of you have described. Please advise next step. Eg what...

Any sufferers here? How did you resolve it? Ankle guards doesn't help much, and have stopped tossing forward and reduced my serve rotation in the meanwhile... hurts my soul to serve at 1/2 or less speed. Pain does cascade down to other movement like splitstep rotation to backhand and loading up...

So as I said on another post I decided to give myself of a year to improve a lot in tennis. Since I don't have that many people to play with, most of my training will have to be serve training (Don't worry I still play at least once a week with someone else, either practice or matchplay, and in...

I welcome any advice on Serve, FH, BH, Volley. I recorded myself last week. I am the player nearest the camera.

Has anyone else noticed the whistling sound on Karen's serve? He uses a dampener in his Blade, and I'm wondering if it's one of those Babolat Sonic dampeners.

Hi all, I would really appreciate some opinions on my serve + this pain I've been battling for a number of years! I've attached links to my serves from behind and the side at 240fps to critique the technique/possible causes. I get a pain that almost feels like shin splints but in the upper...

The teenager is tall and athletic. He moves well and serves better. His strokes are more than solid and he tries to win points in many ways. Looks like a humble guy after beating top players. To me he has a high floor and plenty of room to grow. Arguably his only big weakness seems to me that he...

'Vestige du jour', physics Phd and tennis analyst, has recently updated on of the most interesting threads on tennis trends. Over the last two decades the percentage of service games won has been increasing across the top 10, top 2ß and top 50. This begs of course the question: why?

A deep dive on the Top Spin blog into some aspects of Djokovic's troubles during Aussie summer - in which was able to get into the semis! Djokovic has masterfully transformed his game to prolong his career and his success. He has become on of the greatest serve plus players of the modern game...

I have analysed over the last years a lot of matches and players with a focus on the very best. When I was shifting through the data something strange happened time and time again. The top 50 player closest to Novak seems to be right now Sinner. First tactics, here I have sorted after...

Hi everyone, I hope you guys are doing great! I am currently working on my serve. I started some time ago and at that point I had nothing, I mean I started from zero. I got used to work myself on it, watching a lot of videos etc but now I felt like there is no more progress and I am not able to...

The big 3+1 are just a magnificent benchmark for anybody out there. Brilliant players with a very long career and a huge amount of data. I was recently looking at the tactic section of the Tennis Abstract homepage and I think there is a lot of interesting basic stuff to discover. I sorted first...

I am welcoming criticism, I really want to improve. I was trying to go for more speed than simply passing the ball, so I hit with a bit more power that I would use in a regular match. I think the main mistake on my serve is my toss, I hit the ball way on top of my head, sometimes I make contact...

I was shifting a bit through old data and was surprised by the big jump between 2002 and 2003. Does anybody have a clue how that happened? Note also the impact on his overall win percentage, from 72.6% to 82.8%. One year later he would be transform his overall in improvement into his >90 win...

*I am a lefty so keep that in mind when I am talking about direction here* I am a relatively new player having some serious struggles with my serve. I try to use the continental grip, do a racquet drop, and get the face rotated to the ball as late as possible - but when I do that, I end up...

my team mate is trying to improve his serve. I think his serve is real good already. any tips to improve?

So welcome to this thread and welcome to my journey of becoming better at the game. I would like your input on what stance I should use. The weather has been terrible the last weeks so I haven’t been able to practice both stances and see what goes better. That’s why I’m aksing for your help...