Although they’re largely overlooked, grips are the foundation of all the strokes in tennis ... to find an Eastern forehand grip. The more technical way is to hold the racquet in a Continental ...

Her tennis, though ... Like Swiatek, she basically grips her racket from underneath the handle — a heavy western grip. Changing a forehand grip means changing the timing, the arc of the swing ...

She sees herself almost as a tennis scientist ... Well, her reconstructed forehand played an important role. It was solid and reliable, regularly forcing Alexandrova out wide to her own forehand ...

The serve and forehand are the two most important shots in tennis. Their combination ... noticed a small “V” marked on the white grip of her racquet, to help her line up her hand for serves.

Her tennis, though, is different ... 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 ...