Will the ATP start hitting WTA-style two-handed backhands?

[tennis_hack]

I think the WTA two-handed backhand is the next stage in the evolution of the 2hbh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vx-VwCflx8c#t=30s

Like Lisicki in the above video (go to exactly 0:30 seconds in), they finish the 2hbh low over the right hip like a true modern 'left handed forehand' instead of a 1990's 'over the shoulder' 'left handed forehand' like the ATP players do (including the very best ATP 2hbh's like Djokovic and Murray). This means the racket goes through a windshield-wiper finish like with a modern forehand.

The women, comparatively (relative to their strength and power), get less spin on their forehands than the men as they use less wrist in that stroke, but probably more topspin on their 2hbh's because of this technique they are using.

If the ATP started adopting a 2hbh swing style like this, I believe they could put a lot of topspin on the ball - more than the current ATP-style 2hbh, but it may have other trade-offs of course.

Will the ATP start adopting this new style of two-handed backhand?

 

[President]

How many WTA do this though? Not sure if you can call it a WTA style backhand, the only other one I can think of is Wozniacki. Hardly indicative of any kind of trend. The best backhands on WTA are probably Sharapova and Azarenka (along with Serena) and they have a very traditional finish to their backhands. I'm sure you can find ATP players with WW type finish to their stroke too, Nadal at times comes to mind.

 

[kungfusmkim]

The men hit with way to much spin to be hitting their 2hbh like Lisicki. It'd cut their swing short, making their backhand drop short and lose the point. That's my 2 cents.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

No. The over-the-shoulder finish is natural. People who finish low have poor bio-mechanics. What matters is the face angle, speed, and trajectory of the racquet on contact anyway.

 

[BeHappy]

Davydenko has been doing that for a decade. It really doesn't make a difference. He hits it over his shoulder the other 50% of the time and the spin and power are the same.

Just like Nadal hits the same spin and power whether he finishes over his head or across the body like Federer. The finish is irrelevant.

 

[JSouza]

I definitely see the point you are making. That, just like forehands became more open stance, western, and finishing less over the shoulder, backhands will eventually do the same.
The open stance backhands, with the non dominant hand in a bit more of a Western grip, make more sense for baseline tennis. More spin, a heavier ball and also faster recovery because you can push back to the centre of the court more quickly.
A few players on the ATP do use this type of backhand. Nadal is obviously one of them. Gulbis hits his BH with a lot of spin too. However a lot of the young players coming through, like Kyrgios from Australia, Quinzi, Harrison, Tomic, all of them use the more traditional closed stance backhand with eastern grip on non dominant hand. So it's not, to me, something we will see soon, but eventually.
The issue is you need to be very strong, consistently, to get enough pace, and it is weaker against low balls. It takes a brutish figure like Nadal to get the sort of pace and power that say Murray can with is more traditional BH.