Who has a better forehand: Wawrinka or Fognini?
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zill
Legend
Yes why Wawrinka?
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
More powerful and decisive shot.
nikshalamov12332
Rookie
Fognini's is better on fast surfaces, but even on clay I wouldn't say that Wawrinka's is better. The difference between them is in the head not in the level of groundstrokes. The poll is biased because of recent results
HetTheGreaterer
Banned
As it's a troll thread, I'll go with fog
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Agree. A make things simple answer.
norcal
Legend
Yeah but according to TTW Fog will go down with Rios and Nalbandian as one of the most talented players ever while Stan is just another slam winning product of a weak era.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
Well, there have been players with relatively weak FH's who won many slams: Edberg won 6 with a less than outstanding FH.
Roddick85
Hall of Fame
His forehand was perhaps a bit weak earlier in his career especially compared to his beautiful backhand, but he's improved that wing quite a lot and that's why he became a real contender in 2013. He might not have a GOAT forehand like Federer or Rafa does, still it's one of my favorite shot on the tour because I love the way he blasts it. I think Wawrinka's ground game is very solid overall, sometimes a bit underrated because he tends to shine mostly in slower conditions. He also has a very decent net game, sometimes he shows nice touch around the net so I think I consider him somewhere between an agressive baseliner/all-court kind of player. His only real weakness is the return of serve, and while his serve tends to be quite powerful, it's also proven to be a bit unreliable at times. Regardless of those "weakness", he still won 3 slams, 2 of them against a player we tend to consider as the most "complete" player ever (Djokovic), so he clearly deserves his due here.
Mainad
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Move over Stan & Fabio, Simona's in the house:
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VacationTennis
Semi-Pro
Wawrinka's is better on the macro level in that he can use it better and make better decisions. Sure Fogster can rip crazy winners but...yeah.
er4claw
Rookie
Are you doubting TTW logic? Last time I checked 3 slam forehands >>>> 0 slams fotehand.
smoledman
G.O.A.T.
LOL, Stan just being nice to Halep. His footwork on the backhand is sublime.
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Oops! When I saw Wawrinka's name in the thread title, my brain went to Backhands rather than Forehands.
Note that Stan did have some issues with his footwork on faster surfaces some years back according to Roger...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-neutrality-in-swiss-civil-war-idUSKBN1590CN
More than anything, he was giving props to Simona's footwork and fleetness of foot. At a mere 5'6" she is considered one of the fastest, if not the very fastest, player on the WTA tour. There may be a couple dozen ATP players who are quicker, but she might possibly be in the top 30 or 40 if she was playing on the ATP Tour
Note that Stan did have some issues with his footwork on faster surfaces some years back according to Roger...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-neutrality-in-swiss-civil-war-idUSKBN1590CN
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