Originally posted by brielmaier
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Roger has fantastic touch and hits fantastic approach-shots... but he is not able - like Edger and Heman - to hit a reasonable flat but controlled deep first volley that builds up for the finishing shot: the angled cross-court volley. He always slices the ball, often inside out, and that is what gives players like Djokovic and Nadal that extra chance to pass him.
Look at Henman and compare that to Roger 'walking' through the ball on the way to the net. Henman drives the ball from his shoulder with almost no turning of the underam, he takes the ball with him, as it were. Roger uses much more arm and I think it is a weaker shot.
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