What are we calling this shot by Tommy Paul?

[buscemi]

OTS (Over the Shoulder)?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886860466028494884

 

[travlerajm]

The Andre. He famously tagged corretja in the chest with one.

 

[JW10S]

Ilie Nastase was doing that in the '70's. Bud Collins dubbed it the 'Bucharest Backfire'.

 

[buscemi]

Ilie Nastase was doing that in the '70's. Bud Collins dubbed it the 'Bucharest Backfire'.

Love it!

 

[mental midget]

Ilie Nastase was doing that in the '70's. Bud Collins dubbed it the 'Bucharest Backfire'.

yep been around a while...andre's was a great one.

 

[struggle]

I know rec players (yours truly included) who can hit the "OTS"........ not to this effect, but yeah.

 

[ojo rojo]

Nice. We call this shot the “wing mirror” on the seldom occasion that it’s a winner. Otherwise known as “a shot in the dark”

 

[sureshs]

The sureshs

 

[ojo rojo]

The sureshs

Not quite, However you are responsible for the immortalising of the "forkhand-down-the-baseline"
Here it is in slo-mo:

Woenderfoul

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Tommyhawk Chop.

It slices and dices opponents' psyches.

 

[Shaolin]

The Andre. He famously tagged corretja in the chest with one.

No he passed Corretja.

 

[travlerajm]

No he passed Corretja.

I was referring to a shot of same type but much faster velocity from a 1998 match that tagged the surprised Corretja in the chest.

Agassi apologized. Corretja was a bit annoyed. In post match interviews Andre said that aiming hard over the middle low part of the net was “his only shot.”

In my cursory search for footage, I found written mention of the shot in a 2000 atp finals preview, but didn’t find the clip yet.

 

[struggle]

I was referring to a shot of same type but much faster velocity from a 1998 match that tagged the surprised Corretja in the chest.

Agassi apologized. Corretja was a bit annoyed. In post match interviews Andre said that aiming hard over the middle low part of the net was “his only shot.”

In my cursory search for footage, I found written mention of the shot in a 2000 atp finals preview, but didn’t find the clip yet.

If you get hit in he chest with that shot, you had it coming.

 

[Moose Malloy]

I was referring to a shot of same type but much faster velocity from a 1998 match that tagged the surprised Corretja in the chest.

Agassi apologized. Corretja was a bit annoyed. In post match interviews Andre said that aiming hard over the middle low part of the net was “his only shot.”

In my cursory search for footage, I found written mention of the shot in a 2000 atp finals preview, but didn’t find the clip yet.

I remember that, its at 54 min mark.

 

[struggle]

I remember that, its at 54 min mark.

That's abit different. He wasn't running, but instead fully set up for a baseline overhead. Nice rip.

 

[travlerajm]

That's abit different. He wasn't running, but instead fully set up for a baseline overhead. Nice rip.

Modern Pros should learn from this and use the practice time spent on low-probability tweeners to get better at the run-down-and-smash.

 

[JW10S]

That's a regular overhead, not a 'Backfire'.

 

[struggle]

Modern Pros should learn from this and use the practice time spent on low-probability tweeners to get better at the run-down-and-smash.

to be fair, that wasn't a topspin lob he was running down. he hit it from the baseline.

 

[Shaolin]

That's a regular overhead, not a 'Backfire'.

Yeah, def different from the first one or Tommy Paul’s. That’s just a forward facing overhead from the baseline.

Nice reaction and sportsmanship from Andre.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

OTS (Over the Shoulder)?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886860466028494884

OTS against an OT-stick hehe

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

He hit a "Fed".