The Best Serve
Serving
Xavier Naraine Asked 14 years ago
Hi Alois and Jeff,
I was just wondering your opinion on who has the best (or most unique/effective) serve? Personally, I think it is Kenta Matsudaira's Backhand Tomahawk Serve. It has a great effect, and looks very unique. What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Xavier
Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago
Hi Xavier,
I think Kenta has a unique serve. So does Dimitrij Ovtcharov.
I like the fluency of Samsonov's serve. He is so comfortable with it and knows the response he is going to get.
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