Running around the BH. Where do you hit it?

FiddlerDog

Hall of Fame
Ball is to BH side.
You run around it.
You are now near the side line.

Where do you like to hit it? Inside out CC or DTL?
DTL gives him a CC shot to open court.
IOCC is a harder shot to execute for you.

Answer: Don't run around the FH ?

If you have an ATP FH, then go DTL.
See 0:43 and 2:00 and 2:18
 
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toth

Hall of Fame
Inside in forehand has more advantage over inside in forehand
For example : court position - easier to cover the next shot; bigger court to hit it in; lower net.
 

socallefty

G.O.A.T.
Inside-FHs are usually more offensive shots. There are scientific studies showing that pros who hit a higher % of inside-FHs have a high correlation to winning the match. I think of two factors on where to target them.

- Where have I opened up more space on the court and can make my opponent run more?
- Which is the opponent‘s weaker wing where they are more likely to give me a short ball or make an error?

Inside-out slice FHs can also be great for hitting dropshot angles if the opponent has been pushed far back behind the baseline and is slow to recover. I’m a lefty and so, I hit a lot of inside-in FHs against righties to their BH and a lot of inside-out FHs against lefties.
 
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Bender

G.O.A.T.
That depends entirely on the context of the point, who you're playing against, and where they are when you are set up for an inside-in / inside-out forehand.

Inside-out is the safer shot in terms of both court geometry and recovery, but if you're playing against a lefty you may want to think twice.

"Don't run around the FH" isn't an actual answer.
 

slipgrip93

Professional
I often don't think about running around the bh on the left side. With my ohbh, I try to go dtl or inside-out with it, at least trying to..

 
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Slicehand

Guest
It totally depends on the ball, i do both, inside out is safer, down the line is more agressive, when i go downthe line i better be good positioned and go for an agressive shot, theres no point to go DTL in that situation and just push the ball, because the other probably gonna get fast to the ball and make you run cross court and dominate the point, anyway, if you run around your forehand it has to be an agressive shot, otherwise you are exposed, to answer the question, generally cross court, if im good positioned and go for a more agressive shot to totally take control of the rally, or even end it, i go down the line
 
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travlerajm

Talk Tennis Guru
It’s ironic that the match selected by the OP was probably the best example in the tournament of a top player (Tsitsipas) repeatedly getting burned by running around his bh to hit IO forehands, and leaving open court to get burned by the DTL bh (Rune has good DTL bh). This pattern kept happening over and over again throughout the match, and Tsitsipas had no answer.
 
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Slicehand

Guest
Inside in forehand has more advantage over inside in forehand
For example : court position - easier to cover the next shot; bigger court to hit it in; lower net.
The reason to go inside in would be to go for the winner or for the rally deciding shot, but you have to be very well positioned and take risks
 

MyFearHand

Professional
Ball is to BH side.
You run around it.
You are now near the side line.

Where do you like to hit it? Inside out CC or DTL?
DTL gives him a CC shot to open court.
IOCC is a harder shot to execute for you.

Answer: Don't run around the FH ?

If you have an ATP FH, then go DTL.
See 0:43 and 2:00 and 2:18

This is a fairly complicated question. I think in general people overestimate how good their forehands are and run around their backhands too much. By hitting an inside out forehand you are putting yourself at a positional disadvantage, so the quality of your forehand has to be much higher than the backhand you could hit off of the same ball.

But if your backhand is extremely weak, then yes it may be worth running around. If your movement is not good then you should almost never run around unless your forehand is elite compared to the people you're playing.
 

mental midget

Hall of Fame
It's pretty simple. Inside the court, hit Inside in DTL. Behind the baseline, hit inside out CC.

this is pretty solid advice! i know i tend to run around it mostly when it's a short-ish reply, and gun it down the line for a winner or spectacular error. further back, it's kind of a 'reset' ball...heavy topspin cc or even just to the middle, deep.
 

ubercat

Hall of Fame
IOCC because I m hoping for another IOCC at which point I LL setup in closed stance like I m hitting IOCC come across with my back leg at the last secondand squash shot DTL. Not many can get across and still put it in. If they start reading that from that body position I can hit short IO FH slice CC with side. This level of evil is how I match it with the young guys at 56 years old
 

Shroud

Talk Tennis Guru
It’s ironic that the match selected by the OP was probably the best example in the tournament of a top player (Tsitsipas) repeatedly getting burned by running around his bh to hit IO forehands, and leaving open court to get burned by the DTL bh (Rune has good DTL bh). This pattern kept happening over and over again throughout the match, and Tsitsipas had no answer.
I am fairly certain that Stanimal beat Joker a few years ago at the french with DTL bhs...
 
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