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  2. Forehand - Wikipedia

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    He wrote: "Two-handed forehand is most outstanding stroke in game's history; unbeatable unless opponent could avoid it." [2] Monica Seles also used a two-handed forehand very effectively, with 53 career titles that included 9 Grand Slam titles. Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon in 2013 with a two-handed forehand. Unusually, both players placed their ...

  3. Table tennis grips and playing styles - Wikipedia

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    Penhold loopers utilize the forehand topspin loop as their primary shot. A loop is a topspin stroke in table tennis, usually performed with the forehand, where the player starts the stroke below the ball and brushes the ball upwards. A looper usually exhibits excellent footwork, trying to use the forehand to cover most or all of the table.

  4. Grip (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    In modern tennis, there are a few professional players who use a Semi-western one-hand backhand. This shot is held in a similar manner to the Eastern forehand. It has much more topspin potential than the traditional Eastern one-hander. The Semi-western one-handed backhand grip makes it easier for a one-handed player to hit balls at shoulder ...

  5. Glossary of table tennis - Wikipedia

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    The grip is considered exceptional for blocking, especially on the backhand side, and for forehand loops of backspin balls. [15] Service The point starts with the service, where the serving player has to play the ball to the own half of the table one before the ball bounces to the opponent's table side. The service is often abbreviated as serve ...

  6. Ivan Lendl - Wikipedia

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    Commonly referred to as the 'Father Of Modern Tennis' and 'The Father Of The Inside-Out Forehand', [9] Lendl pioneered a new style of tennis; his game was built around his forehand, hit hard and with a heavy topspin, and his success is cited as a primary influence in popularizing the now-common playing style of aggressive baseline power tennis.

  7. Backhand - Wikipedia

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    This helped single-handed backhand players cope with high spinning balls. The advantages of the top-spin single-handed backhand include consistency, placement, the angles it can produce as well as its ability to cope with high balls. Single-backhand "flicks" also evolved due to the popularisation of the top-spin single-handed backhand.

  8. Tennis shot - Wikipedia

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    A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to begin the point. The most common serve is used is an overhead serve.It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air over the server's head and hitting it when the arm is fully stretched out (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.

  9. Topspin - Wikipedia

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    The topspin shot (also called a topspinner) is primarily used by racket sport players as either a "safe shot" or rally ball, or it can also be used to construct a point. . For example, a player may hit three topspin shots crosscourt, and then on the fourth shot hit a flat ball or a slice down the line to set him/herself up to win the po