He ? nishes with as much body rotation on his forehand as players like Roddick and Rafael Nadal. Yet his grip makes him more comfortable than they are standing closer to the baseline and hitting ...

See No. 4 here. To return a first serve confidently, begin with a good starting grip. Place your top hand in the backhand position and your bottom hand in the forehand grip so you can easily swap ...

Initially, Gauff’s forehand looked to need a grip adjustment, too. Like Swiatek, she basically grips her racket from underneath the handle — a heavy western grip. Changing a forehand grip ...

Well, her reconstructed forehand played an important role ... and seemed to have regressed to the safety-first “semi-Western” grip that she used during much of her junior career.

The prototype was all athleticism and attack. Then the forehand turned wobbly and Gauff 2.0, the winning-ugly version guided by Brad Gilbert, came out in summer 2023. Putting high, heavy topspin ...