Strategies for winning #1
I am inserting an excerpt from a Thread that our member TennisKing1 made that I considered good enough for others to read. This conversation is about his match against Sebastian Grosjean who is a retired professional during the 90's who ranked at his high in the top 10 in the World.
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Originally Posted by TennisKing1
Most people think you should go to the side a player doesn't hit as hard, but attacking that side usually draws more errors. Especially if you hit hard to their power side. There are, of course, times where that doesn't work, but it works well against western forehands. The bigger swings against a very hard ball usually gets a weak reply.
As for the knowing what's going on, I used my peripheral vision a little, but once I decided to hit a shot, that was what I went with. Against net rushers, I went right at them with lots of pace and spin and then passed or lobbed on the second shot. Of course, if the obvious passing shot was there, I went for that immediately, but I usually made the net rushers hit a shot.
A lot of times, when they couldn't deal with the pace and spin, it broke their confidence. If they were volleying well, I at least had a good chance at another pass or lob.
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