Pete Sampras Forehand

[bottle]

He sure does link the backward and forward bod rotations. As an old guy, I may not relish the thought of having two sequenced backward rotations (one with opposite hand on racket, one with it off), but if you're fast enough I guess that would work. But I'm really interested in shoulders going one direction and then in the other with nothing in between. Does Roger Federer do that? I think so. Do Fabio Fognini and Aga Radwanska? I think not.

[stotty]

A good forehand. Probably the best ever at that point in time.

https://www.tennisplayer.net/members/strokearchive/pro_men/petesampras/ps_forehand/ps_fh_center/ps_fh_center.html?PSFHCenterFront1.mov

[bottle]

A good forehand. Probably the best ever at that point in time.

https://www.tennisplayer.net/members...nterFront1.mov

What if that point in time is this point in time?

[stotty]

What if that point in time is this point in time?

That's good question and I am not sure I can answer it. We are in a era where every player, except Benoit Paire, has a humungous forehand. But I still fancy Pete's forehand was as good as most today, and certainly on a grass court.

I always found it strange that his forehand return of serve wasn't all that good.

[stroke]

I always felt like Agassi had the best forehand I had seen before Federer era. I really liked Aaron Krickstein and Carlos Moya also.