Hmmmm Interesting

Can't believe a pro has that grip, the old Hawaiian use one side of the racket. Tim please analyze.

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Comment by SM on October 2, 2011 at 9:14pm: Came across this pic, I see there's a reference to pro, but curious who it is?

Comment by Tim Prapong on September 29, 2011 at 2:58pm: Haha! Alright Hal, I think her index finger's knuckle is on bevel 8. She is also holding the fingers across the handle rather than at an angle. If her fingers were at an angle, you wouldn't see the ring finger raised up from the handle. The ring finger would lay flat. So her grip is definitely closer to Henin's full Western, but she does not fold her arm like Henin and is much more square.

Judging from the angle of the back of her forearm, she is going across the ball at 20-25 degrees for a flat stroke. Her wrist is not in a position to wiper the ball more than 75 degrees, if she so chooses. She could just be going with little wrist turn and go flat, most likely.

Looking at her hip, she is leaning back, so it is more like a Sabatini type of balance, open hipped and tilted. Not as powerful as a Gasquet strong modified Eastern grip, where his hips stay turned parallel to the ground.

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