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I was there and taped some of the match and got some of the drop shots. They were pretty excellent drop shots. The guy is a spin doctor.
He hit this dropshot that completely died on the bounce. It hit the clay and spun on its axis till it stopped. It didn't bounce. My jaw dropped lol.
He also would throw in the deep forehand slice. The thing is it was really working against Chela. Chela was a mess out there in the 2nd set and couldn't figure him out.
In the 3rd Schwank wasn't dropshotting as much and the ones he did hit were regular and didn't have a lot of spin so Chela didn't have much problem with those.
I think he was fined for the last service game, because there was nothing wrong with the dropshots or the way he played. Yes, he hit dropshots off the return of serve. But Hewitt did it to, same tournament. Hit a bigger second serve if you don't want that.
Anyway, the last service game he basically tanked. He just hit the balls way long. But he looked tired. He was always sitting down whenever he could. He sat down on the change of ends after the 1st game in the 3rd set and Steve Ulrich (chair umpire) was like 'get up' lol. And he would go for the towel and really take his time. Something was bothering him.
And more than once he threw in the 'pattycake' serve. He just threw the ball up and tapped it into the service box. I believe the first time he did it on a first serve and it was a fault.
He did it on his last second serve but he totally stepped into the court. He obviously was tanking which is why he was fined I guess, but I think that's silly.
At least he finished the match.
2nd set was entertaining with all those drop shots and Chela looking confused lol.
