Interactive Forum October 2024: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricord Forehand

[johnyandell]

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricord Forehand

Last month we saw Gio’s amazing serve. Now look at his forehand. What do you think?

Who wants to try for a detailed explanation on that backswing?

[hybridfh]

Not sure how to describe the backswing, but wow pretty extreme grip and quite noisy swing with a somewhat small clean hitting zone. I think forehands like this can work great at times, but are liable to break down (as Gio's did on match point to Wawrinka).

[stroke]

I would say he has a very similar forehand technique to Fritz. Very compact, his hitting hand stays well below his shoulder on the takeback, very small loop, western grip. It is quite a weapon.