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H Yang's avatar

Great piece H! It's been a treat to see Sinner evolve his game and begin to turn the tables on a guy who's had his number for some time...in b2b finals no less!

A couple questions I'm curious to get your thoughts:

1) Can you elaborate on why "the running forehand is the loosest shot on the court in most matches"?

2) For the backhand technique, is it possible to develop both to have the option of using the locked-wrist backhand or the roll backhand? Or are they so technically different that it simply makes sense to commit to one style for the sake of muscle memory, stroke consistency etc? Based on what you wrote, there are distinct advantages where it might just be ideal to have both options at one's disposal.

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Siddhant's avatar

One of the things I noticed after Beijing was that, compared to Rotterdam and Miami, Sinner went for way more Deuce-wide first serves. It worked a lot in Beijing. This time, Medvedev had done his homework and burnt Sinner with the CCFH return multiple times in the first set. Sinner's win rate on Deuce-wide first serves went down from 78% in Beijing to 61% in Vienna.

The fact that he still managed to win, is mighty impressive. Shows that he is adding more and more tangibles and intangibles to his game.

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