gasquet forehand grip!!
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A.Davidson
Semi-Pro
He's got one of the smoothest backhands in the world and you're looking at his forehand grip?
charaseac
Rookie
LOL was about to say that!
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
His backhand has been talked to death on these boards. I think it's legitimate to talk about his forehand, especially since its unusual.
From what I understand, it's an extreme forehand grip.
From what I understand, it's an extreme forehand grip.
TennisProdigy
Professional
Gasquet uses the grip the is a little past SW but definitely not western. I think it's the grip the roddick uses and Nadal use to use, did Nadal switch to a full semi-western?
bluescreen
Hall of Fame
it certainly looks eastern to me. no more extreme than federer's grip at least.
roc17355
Rookie
I like how he uses the 1hbh to put away the short ball, anything close to net and I have to switch to the 2hbh to drive it through the court.
2nd_Serve
Professional
I love watching Gasquet play. Notice he NEVER gives up. He keeps coming back over and over again.
Yeah...But sometimes it's not enough and he loses.
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bchamaki
Guest
I'm not really a Gasquet fan but I do like his backhand. His forehand on the otherhand is equal to a top 50 player not top ten. guys like Tursonov have Huge forehands but not the consistency. So it balances.
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laurie
Guest
Pat Cash said today on the commentary against Murray that Gasquet's forehand seemed like a continental grip - and he uses a lot of wrist to get the topspin. Cash explained it's not the grip that most players use nowadays, which is more western.
counter_puncher
Banned
his forehand sucks. so many into the net!!! watched from the end of the third set to the start of the fifth, never seen a top 10 player with such a SH1TTY FOREHAND!
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Deleted member 25923
Guest
I think it's an Eastern. It looks very Eastern, but yea, his forehand is really weird looking. He was starting to serve big in that fifth set, seventh game, down 2-4.
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Atherton2003
Hall of Fame
How is this guy ranked so high? Every match I've seen him play...he's won 2 sets and then falls apart.
Leoboomanu
Rookie
By the looks of it... He changes grip very late into the takeback, giving an illusion he is still using the continental...
His is using eastern to SW, maybe in between...
mdjenders
Professional
matchmaker
Hall of Fame
Surely you weren't born yet when Edberg played.
RoddickistheMan
Professional
wait....lets talk about this nadal switched grips. Im shocked he used to use semi western.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
My friend who is a teaching pro says that Gasquet has a technically weak forehand.
I really don't know, it looks okay to me. But considering that this is the upper echelons of professional tennis, should it be better?
I really don't know, it looks okay to me. But considering that this is the upper echelons of professional tennis, should it be better?
The thing that is different about his forehand is the fact that he barely lays the wrist back at all unlike most players with a modern forehand. I think his power suffers for it. I think he is actually closer to a continental than a eastern. Look how much trouble he has generating superb pace on high balls kicked up to his forehand...that's a problem inherent to the continental. If I were his coach, I'd take him retool the forehand and get him to lay it back more...
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lordmanji
Guest
ive hit w/ a continental a few times...its impossible to make any forcefully paced shot with it. id rank eastern, semi western to full western grips as strongest to weakest in terms of ability to generate pace.
ronalditop
Hall of Fame
I can´t believe he los today. he should take something to shake the nerves off, if so, he would win.
Double Fault
Semi-Pro
My thoughts exactly.
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Deleted member 3771
Guest
looks semi-western to me, but he hits the ball relatively flatter than others with that grip. he totally switches the grip when he hits a slice forehand or volley.
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laurie
Guest
Like I said that's what Pat Cash said on the commentary. So I don't know how people can find it looks semiwestern if it's this obvious - looks can be deceiving.
Logically that makes sense - Edberg has one of the best backhands of all time but had a shaky forehand - just like Gasquet does, as we know Edberg had a continental forehand.
Pat Cash reckoned that Sampras at times returned serve with a continetal grip on the deuce court but would change grips when hitting the forehand in rallies, turning the racquet around before hitting the ball after the return of serve on the deuce court - which I saw lots of times and he showed a few examples during the 2000 Wimbledon final, so maybe that's why Sampras' forehand was more sound.
Henman also had a shaky forehand and better backhand and again the argument was that his forehand was more continental in grip. So maybe there is an issue there for Gasquet.
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laurie
Guest
It seems to me that Gasquet didn't change grip between forehand and backhand so continental indeed.
Thanks for posting here
How the heck is this a continental grip?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0a8LeAwgju5Y0/340x.jpg
Looks semi-western finish to me.
I think he prepares for a shot with continental, but midway through takeback, he switches to semi.
It's semi-western, he just does not lay his wrist back as much during the swing and on contact, so his stroke can appear eastern based, but it's semi-western.
Tempest344
Professional
looks like a continental takeback then he switches to semi-western....
whatever the case it takes a bit of time so he can can get caught out hitting it late etc
whatever the case it takes a bit of time so he can can get caught out hitting it late etc
ronalditop
Hall of Fame
i thought he was using a small gripsize, but in that photo the grip looks big.
ESP#1
Professional
I took this photo on Monday...
nice pic!!! From that one it looks eastern:???:
It's impossible to tell what he's trying to do with that shot. The best photos are the ones just before contact or right in the middle of the swing.I took this photo on Monday...
Leelord337
Hall of Fame
his forehand lacks control and is too slappy, imho
These are semi-western grips. If these strokes are part of the same action as your first photo, then he changes his grip at some point in his preparation.Here's a couple more.
This almost look continental!
I took this photo on Monday...
this almost look continental!
Uh, that looks eastern to me. If it is a semi-western, it's not a very strong semi-western at all. His knuckle and palm appears to be behind the handle of the racquet.
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