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These players spring to mind for me.
Ivanisevic, Federer, Sampras, Safin, Ljubicic, Krajicek.
Ivanisevic, Federer, Sampras, Safin, Ljubicic, Krajicek.
Because of a wrist injury, AA was using an abbreviated serve motion for much of 1993 (surgery in Dec '93). Can probably find him using it for some slam events that year.Young AA circia 1989 had a beautiful motion, wide platform, smooth rythmn.
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Martina Hingis and Petra Kvitova had some love for Stepanek at one time. Apparently, no longer. Back together with Nicole Vaidasova...no love for Stepanek anyone?
What a great post. Facts. Objective, even handed, and accurate, and also appropriately subjective.1. Federer - Mainstream answer but definitely elegant and simple to look at. The best looking platform serve.
2. Murray - Classic pinpoint serve with great extension. (If only his 2nd serve was a bit faster)
3. Kyrgios - My favorite power pinpoint serve. Looks a lot more fluid than Isners or Karlovic's.
4. Djokovic - He has a great leap forward into the ball with good balance to end on his left foot. Top tier platform serve. Definitely one of the most athletic looking.
What a great post. Facts. Objective, even handed, and accurate, and also appropriately subjective.
Completely unrelated here ....Funny how many excellent servers of bygone eras used technique that would be considered suspect now. I am lookin at some of my old favorites: Borg, Mac, stich, kriek, vilas, lendl, nasty, noah, and guga. Maybe even newk.
1. Federer - Mainstream answer but definitely elegant and simple to look at. The best looking platform serve.
2. Murray - Classic pinpoint serve with great extension. (If only his 2nd serve was a bit faster)
3. Kyrgios - My favorite power pinpoint serve. Looks a lot more fluid than Isners or Karlovic's.
4. Djokovic - He has a great leap forward into the ball with good balance to end on his left foot. Top tier platform serve. Definitely one of the most athletic looking.
Rampras! Well, by extension, Dimitrov gets a mention1. Sampras and Fed tie
Everyone else way behind (except Ram
Rampras! Well, by extension, Dimitrov gets a mention
Wilander had a fluid serve motion. That one was easy on the eyes.
I always thought Davydenko had a great service motion. Underrated for his height.
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Nice but how could Murray ever be there with his 75-95mph 2nd serves? Then you left out Sampras, Roddick & Isner.1. Federer - Mainstream answer but definitely elegant and simple to look at. The best looking platform serve.
2. Murray - Classic pinpoint serve with great extension. (If only his 2nd serve was a bit faster)
3. Kyrgios - My favorite power pinpoint serve. Looks a lot more fluid than Isners or Karlovic's.
4. Djokovic - He has a great leap forward into the ball with good balance to end on his left foot. Top tier platform serve. Definitely one of the most athletic looking.
Smoothest motion, not best serve.Nice but how could Murray ever be there with his 75-95mph 2nd serves? Then you left out Sampras, Roddick & Isner.
We're talking about greatest servers of all-time and Murray is in your top 4? Murray is known as a great returner, scrambler and pusher (to some people). Never a dominant server.
Each of the big 4 praised the Roddick & Isner's serves as lethal and had to focus really hard when playing against either guy to break them.
1. Federer - Mainstream answer but definitely elegant and simple to look at. The best looking platform serve.
2. Murray - Classic pinpoint serve with great extension. (If only his 2nd serve was a bit faster)
3. Kyrgios - My favorite power pinpoint serve. Looks a lot more fluid than Isners or Karlovic's.
4. Djokovic - He has a great leap forward into the ball with good balance to end on his left foot. Top tier platform serve. Definitely one of the most athletic looking.
No, he's had enough loveno love for Stepanek anyone?
it really isn't the smoothest. we'll just disagree.Smoothest motion, not best serve.
Mugrray has the smoothest motion?Smoothest motion, not best serve.
it really isn't the smoothest. we'll just disagree.
No, that wasn't my comment. I was just pointing out that having the best looking serve and best serve aren't the same.Mugrray has the smoothest motion?
Djokovic does have a beautiful serve motion. Looks controlled yet athletic.I understand that this is for active players only, but Lopez is still active and I don't see how Murray and Djokovic can be ranked higher than him. Also Dimitrov, Tsonga. It's aesthetics though, we all have different tastes.
Djokovic does have a beautiful serve motion. Looks controlled yet athletic.
Lethally effective, but pretty?
This is beautiful. The way he snaps through it with the racquet head instead of from the elbow like Pete. Like a liquid whip.
It's hard to impersonate someone that peRFect. It's like trying to impersonate a robot.Yup. When Djokovic used to do his impersonations, his impersonation of Federer invivled a mock lerfect toss and service motion.