here goes mine:

djokovic’s forehand (watch the 07 us open final and its not hard to notice how massive of a change it was)

wawrinka’s forehand (no need to comment here)

nadal’s forehand

federer’s backhand '17-'18 (that one is questionable, maybe its more due to the larger racquet frame)

  • Wiener_MaidOPB
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    1 year ago

    not to lowball or feel superior or anything else, but just to add to this discussion i would like to add the facr that djokovic has never played wilson racquets, they were all paintjobs

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    1 year ago

    People keep forgetting that Roger changed to a larger racquet head as early 2014. 2017 onward was definitely a technique change, taking the ball much earlier.

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    1 year ago

    Federer was testing the 97in as early as Hamburg 2013, and began using it full-time by AO2014. I’d argue the technical change was, while perhaps facilitated by the larger head, not directly caused by the larger head.

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    1 year ago

    Djokovic’s serve, not the one in his 30s, he would still be the best player with his previous serve.

    I am talking about the one before 2011. He had arguably the worst serve in the top 20, or even top 50. His first serve was inconsistent, and his second serve was probably worse than Zverev’s.