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This month's TPN Tour Portrait features the defending Wimbledon Women's champ, Elena Rybakina. I believe her name is pronounced Rye_BOCH-in-ah
Please check it out for images of many of her strokes. Her service is her big differentiator, but her "length' is also a great attribute, including her ability to "get long" on returns and wide shots.
To my amateur eye, her motion around impact has SOME resemblance to that of Jannik Sinner, featured in this month's video.
What do you think? Arm is much straighter at impact on this shot at least than Jannik's, less ISR, and she's following through more to her right, presumably for kick. But that lean. Maybe the disproportionately long legs both players have influences that?
Two larger images of her service, from Indian Wells in March where she beat Sabalenka for the title, reversing their final at the Australian Open. Evening shots (c)jfawcette
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Please check it out for images of many of her strokes. Her service is her big differentiator, but her "length' is also a great attribute, including her ability to "get long" on returns and wide shots.
To my amateur eye, her motion around impact has SOME resemblance to that of Jannik Sinner, featured in this month's video.
What do you think? Arm is much straighter at impact on this shot at least than Jannik's, less ISR, and she's following through more to her right, presumably for kick. But that lean. Maybe the disproportionately long legs both players have influences that?
Two larger images of her service, from Indian Wells in March where she beat Sabalenka for the title, reversing their final at the Australian Open. Evening shots (c)jfawcette
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