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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wyBFRHwwY
Say what you will about Wozniacki, but I think she has great backhand technique for high balls. Look how she handles all balls above shoulder height with her two-hander. Both arms are bent at contact, the racket clearly goes through a windshield-wiper motion, and the racket finishes low by the right hip. It is almost completely a left-handed forehand. I'm sure that, for a woman, she gets a LOT of topspin on that particular shot, and if the guys on the ATP emulated it, they would get a lot more topspin off their two-handers, particularly off high balls.
In mens tennis, when it gets high on the two-handed backhand, most pros look kind of awkward trying to drive the high ball down flat, or do that scissor-kick jump into it, whereas Wozniacki can easily loop the high ball back with topspin. Having this would be another option, at least. It seems like this is the next stage in the evolution of the two-handed backhand, but the WTA are pioneering, and the ATP are lagging behind...
Nadal's backhand is the only ATP backhand I can think of that comes close to this, but it is somewhat unique because he does hit with a windshield-wiper follow-through like this at times, but it still finishes over the shoulder, and both his arms are straight at contact, suggesting his shot is more like a one-handed backhand than Wozniacki's. In a way, Nadal's backhand seems like a hybrid of the traditional Djokovic-like backhand, and Wozniacki's radical new technique.
Does anyone on the ATP hit a backhand in this style shown by Wozniacki - with both arms bent at contact, windshield-wiper swing path, and low follow through? Do you think that eventually more ATP players will adopt this style as they have to handle heavier and heavier topspin that kicks up higher and higher to their backhands?
Say what you will about Wozniacki, but I think she has great backhand technique for high balls. Look how she handles all balls above shoulder height with her two-hander. Both arms are bent at contact, the racket clearly goes through a windshield-wiper motion, and the racket finishes low by the right hip. It is almost completely a left-handed forehand. I'm sure that, for a woman, she gets a LOT of topspin on that particular shot, and if the guys on the ATP emulated it, they would get a lot more topspin off their two-handers, particularly off high balls.
In mens tennis, when it gets high on the two-handed backhand, most pros look kind of awkward trying to drive the high ball down flat, or do that scissor-kick jump into it, whereas Wozniacki can easily loop the high ball back with topspin. Having this would be another option, at least. It seems like this is the next stage in the evolution of the two-handed backhand, but the WTA are pioneering, and the ATP are lagging behind...
Nadal's backhand is the only ATP backhand I can think of that comes close to this, but it is somewhat unique because he does hit with a windshield-wiper follow-through like this at times, but it still finishes over the shoulder, and both his arms are straight at contact, suggesting his shot is more like a one-handed backhand than Wozniacki's. In a way, Nadal's backhand seems like a hybrid of the traditional Djokovic-like backhand, and Wozniacki's radical new technique.
Does anyone on the ATP hit a backhand in this style shown by Wozniacki - with both arms bent at contact, windshield-wiper swing path, and low follow through? Do you think that eventually more ATP players will adopt this style as they have to handle heavier and heavier topspin that kicks up higher and higher to their backhands?
