Love the footwork, the high prep, the big U turn before contact, the scissor kick motion on high returns.
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Two months later, Hoodjem changes his list to this:
1. Laver
2. Rosewall
3. Connors
4. Budge
5. Borg
6. Kuerten
7. Lendl
8. Nalbandian
9. Edberg
10. Lacoste
11. Ashe
12. Safin
13. Vilas
14. Kovacs
15. Rios
16. Mancini
17. Agassi
18. Mecir
19. Tilden
20. Kodes
21. Wilander
22. Kafelnikov
23. Orantes
24. Korda
25. Stich
26. Becker
27. Gasquet
28. Murray
Here's a sample of someone's all time list backhands, including two handers off TW forum. "Hoodjem" is a regular poster there. It is interesting to see it change over and over:
1. Laver
2. Budge
3. Connors
4. Rosewall
5. Edberg
6. Agassi
7. Kuerten
8. Vilas
9. Gasquet
10. Rios
11. Lendl
12. Becker
13. Lacoste
14. Ashe
15. Borg
16. Kovacs
17. Safin
18. Nalbandian
19. Nadal
20. Mancini
for kicks and giggles here is another great backhand.
here is a better example of a single.
Gasque't has the best backhand by far in my humble opinion, especially pre 2010......in 2009, i saw an interview with federer, and he said he studies gasquets backhand youtube videos frequently before practicing!!!!. so i studied them, The best youtube compilation video was pulled 2 yrs ago, 10 mins of slow-mo and real speed analysis...
goodness...i think mostly highlights of the 2009 gasquet / roddick Wimbledon match has richard at his peak...or that Wimbledon throughout..
His backhand is a super advanced stroke, like nadal's grondies, and gonzo's, soderling, del potro etc... sporting an incredibly "late" radical wristbreak, just before impact!!!! that unloads and generates a boatload of energy similar to cracking a whip...the new whip style requires the butt of the racket to lie in the lower palm of your hand with your pinkie off the end onmost strokes including the serve......that enables a ton of wrist snap and a radical pro-nation whip, and racket head speed, whilst being friendly on the arm...:)
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