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Much has been said in the last week, about Djokovic's effective strategy against Nadal, namely that of attacking Nadal's forehand via short angled inside-out forehands, thereby exposing Nadal's relatively poor court positioning.
I think it seems to be the case that that is probably right, going by the match statistics. BUT if it is indeed true, then I am curious why Federer has not had greater success then against Nadal. After all, Federer has the best inside-out forehand by consensus. He could generate the best combination of pace and angle ever seen. Why then has he not had greater success against Nadal, his backhand "weakness" not withstanding? I just rewatched a fair bit of the old footages of Nadal vs Federer and even as recent as the last match at AO 2014, its clear Federer HAS BEEN / IS attacking Nadal's forehand. Yet Nadal seems to repel that with relative ease. Meanwhile Djokovic seems to be having so much better success with the same strategy. Why?
I am genuinely puzzled. What do you guys think?
I think it seems to be the case that that is probably right, going by the match statistics. BUT if it is indeed true, then I am curious why Federer has not had greater success then against Nadal. After all, Federer has the best inside-out forehand by consensus. He could generate the best combination of pace and angle ever seen. Why then has he not had greater success against Nadal, his backhand "weakness" not withstanding? I just rewatched a fair bit of the old footages of Nadal vs Federer and even as recent as the last match at AO 2014, its clear Federer HAS BEEN / IS attacking Nadal's forehand. Yet Nadal seems to repel that with relative ease. Meanwhile Djokovic seems to be having so much better success with the same strategy. Why?
I am genuinely puzzled. What do you guys think?