Henzell's serve

Serving

Enoch Oppong Asked 13 years ago

Hi Coaches

If you watched the match between William Henzell and Vladimir Samsonov I just wanted to know what serve was Henzell doing.What I thought was he was doing the tomahawk serve but with a twist of his own version.What do you think?Tnx

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Enoch,

I have watched Henzell a lot. He does the tomahawk serve but doesn't put a lot of speed on the ball which makes it difficult to attack. It is a different serve that other players don't see a lot so it makes it more difficult to deal with. He also knows what is happening with the next ball.

He played brilliantly to take Samsonov so close.

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Julio Torres Posted 13 years ago

Are you talking about an olimpic match?

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Yes, Henzell lost 4-3 against Samsonov in the last 32. It was a superb effort by the Australian.

Shripathi ramakrishnan Posted 13 years ago

actually henzell gets very good leads like his game against wang liqin , but he seems to lose it as quick as he gains it at times.

nontheless a winner from australia.

ps. have you or alois played him antime , jeff?

Oliver Posted 13 years ago

henzell's serve is extremely good, especially against wang liqin

douglas harley Posted 12 years ago

@oliver unknown: yes, i remember watching that match on youtube a little while ago, and being very surprised to see wang li qin so completely flummoxed by someone's serve! he had a really hard time returning effectively, or even at all, that day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mP_NVK3Hx0

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