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It doesn't seem like people have truly gotten the memo on Federer's forehand.
Federer was thoroughly dominated in forehand exchanges by Djokovic. Federer simply could not dictate with his forehand at all, whereas Djokovic could with his. Federer's biggest weakness is his running forehand - hit it a foot to his right and he's playing defense. When Federer redirects the ball up the line with his backhand, it goes into Djokovic's running forehand, which spells trouble for Federer as that means Federer has to cover a cross court forehand and he's recovering from his backhand side.
It's not only Djokovic. Go back and watch the Wimbledon QF last year between Federer and Wawrinka and Wawrinka was DESTROYING Federer in FH exchanges. It was just man-to-man domination...as though Federer was some qualifier trying to hang with the big boys.
His inside-out forehand looks forced and overly wristy/mechanical. He so often tries to hit it, but it so often looks like he's struggling with all his might just to avoid an error, rather than trying to actually take control of the point. There used to be a time when hitting to Federer's backhand was worthless for most of the tour because he'd just run around it and crush a forehand.
This is the guy who is ranked #2 in the world now. I think we can rest the "weak era" BS.
Federer was thoroughly dominated in forehand exchanges by Djokovic. Federer simply could not dictate with his forehand at all, whereas Djokovic could with his. Federer's biggest weakness is his running forehand - hit it a foot to his right and he's playing defense. When Federer redirects the ball up the line with his backhand, it goes into Djokovic's running forehand, which spells trouble for Federer as that means Federer has to cover a cross court forehand and he's recovering from his backhand side.
It's not only Djokovic. Go back and watch the Wimbledon QF last year between Federer and Wawrinka and Wawrinka was DESTROYING Federer in FH exchanges. It was just man-to-man domination...as though Federer was some qualifier trying to hang with the big boys.
His inside-out forehand looks forced and overly wristy/mechanical. He so often tries to hit it, but it so often looks like he's struggling with all his might just to avoid an error, rather than trying to actually take control of the point. There used to be a time when hitting to Federer's backhand was worthless for most of the tour because he'd just run around it and crush a forehand.
This is the guy who is ranked #2 in the world now. I think we can rest the "weak era" BS.
