FH Approach → BH Drop Volley · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His semi-western forehand grip is paired with a relaxed wrist that maintains noticeable lag through the forward swing before firming up just prior to contact.
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5.8s |
FH Approach → OH · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates forward and upward on a compact, driving swing path.
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5.4s |
BH Slice → Approach → OH · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice approach and overhead from the middle of the court, filmed from a court level side angle. His approach steps are compact with a small adjustment shuffle into a neutral stance on the slice, followed by quick repositioning and a pivot to set his feet under the ball for the overhead.
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6.8s |
FH Approach → OH · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load in a semi-open position with a pronounced knee bend, then drive forward as his back leg extends to carry momentum into the court toward the ensuing overhead.
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6.4s |
FH Approach → FH Volley · Front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a central position, filmed from the front. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance before moving forward, followed by quick recovery steps toward the net after contact.
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6.7s |
FH Approach → OH · Front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body as he moves forward, with his non-hitting hand helping him square up into a balanced ready position for the subsequent overhead.
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6.7s |
FH Approach → FH Drop Volley · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot followed by a forehand drop volley from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact on the drop volley, he lets the racquet finish softly out in front while his weight continues moving forward into the court, quickly bringing both hands back toward a compact ready position near the net.
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5.9s |
FH Approach → FH Volley · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a neutral court position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn and then uncoil in sync with the trunk, creating a pronounced torso rotation forward into the court on the approach.
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6.2s |
FH Approach → BH Volley · Side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that firms up into a stable, laid-back wrist at contact.
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4.9s |
FH Approach → FH Volley · Side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand approach shot from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with his trunk so that his chest faces the court at contact, showing clear sequential rotation from hips to torso to shoulders.
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6.5s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk into a deep coil before contact, then uncoil in sequence from hips through torso to shoulders, making the chest clearly open toward the net in the follow-through.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then the torso uncoils ahead of the arm so the hitting shoulder trails slightly through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is easy to see here, with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the loop before firming up and pronating slightly through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with a clear front-foot plant before he drives through the one-handed backhand and a short recovery step back toward the middle.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist lag that firms up just before contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #6
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a front court-level angle. His hips stay relatively closed at the start, with a pronounced knee bend and then a strong upward leg drive that straightens the legs through contact.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #7
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is easy to see here, with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the forward swing before uncoiling into contact.
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2.3s |
BH Center · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline in a closed stance, filmed from a front court-level angle. His closed hips and strong knee bend are easy to see as he drives off the back leg and lets the front hip clear only after contact.
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2.8s |
BH Center · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand grip is firmly set in a strong eastern backhand position, with noticeable wrist lag on the take-back that tightens into a stable, laid-back wrist at contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center Down The Line · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a closed stance, with a clear cross-step recovery back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center Down The Line · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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3.1s |
BH Half Volley Center · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. His hips stay relatively closed at the start, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward as he uncoils into the one-handed backhand.
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2.4s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. From this view, his eastern one-handed backhand grip and the pronounced wrist lag before a relaxed release through contact are clearly visible.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance as he regains a neutral ready position behind the baseline.
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2.6s |
BH Half Volley Moves Back · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a half‑volley position, filmed from court_level front. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips through torso to shoulder, making the degree of upper‑body rotation and timing of the release easy to distinguish from this angle.
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2.3s |
BH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist lag that tightens into a firm, stable wrist at contact.
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3.2s |
BH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from a neutral court position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His footwork features quick adjustment steps into a semi-open stance, with his upper body rotating while his arm action extends fully through contact as he moves laterally.
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3.1s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from a closed stance on the run, filmed from a court-level front angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is evident with a laid-back wrist creating noticeable lag before contact, then a pronounced wrist extension as he drives up and across the ball.
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3.5s |
BH Running · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path to impart heavy topspin.
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4.4s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. He plants his outside leg first in an open stance while on the run, then uses a small recovery hop to push back toward the center after contact.
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2.9s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the front court level angle. His open stance backhand is struck while moving laterally, with a pronounced outside leg plant followed by a quick recovery step back toward the center.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the short court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extended while his weight moves slightly forward and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the court level front, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders and trunk rotate as a single unit on the unit turn, then uncoil with noticeable separation between shoulder line and hips just before contact, emphasizing strong trunk-driven acceleration.
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2.5s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact his one-handed follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm retracting back as he pushes off the outside leg to recover toward a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a deep outside leg bend as he pushes off and crosses behind to reach the wide ball.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the baseline, filmed from a court level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he moves out to the wide ball, with a deep outside knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to load and drive back toward the court.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as he loads, with a noticeable knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to drive into the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high across his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. He plants in a distinctly closed stance with his front foot stepping across his body, using a small adjustment hop and crossover recovery steps to get back toward the center.
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2.8s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending across his body while his weight carries him back toward the center, bringing both hands up into a compact ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils in sequence so the chest squares to the net just after contact, emphasizing strong upper-body rotation through the shot.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from court-level front. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending out toward the target while his weight transfers back toward the center of the baseline as he recovers.
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2.4s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Open
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot early, then uses small adjustment steps with his inside foot to load before swinging and recover back toward the center.
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3.3s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with the right foot setting a stable base before he drives through the shot and brings the back leg forward in recovery.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending up and back as he recovers his stance and begins to bring the non-hitting hand forward into a ready position.
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2s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the ad side, filmed from a court_level rear angle. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerating on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the Ad side, filmed from a court_level rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils in sequence so that the hitting shoulder leads the racquet through contact.
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2.4s |
BH Wide · Court-level-rear · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight continues moving back toward the center, with the non-hitting arm extending behind for counterbalance as he recovers into a ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His feet set in a neutral stance with a small adjustment step before contact, followed by a quick recovery step that brings him back toward his baseline position.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that gradually firms up into a stable, slightly laid-back wrist at contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extended while his weight moves forward into the court, quickly bringing the non-hitting hand back to the racket throat to recover into a ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with his outside foot planting early before he transfers weight forward into the shot.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through wraps high across his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he resets into a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball struck around waist to mid-torso height, and the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His closed stance is clear as he steps across with his front foot, loading on the back leg before rotating through and taking a small recovery adjustment step back toward the center.
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2.6s |
BH Half Volley Center · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with a clear weight transfer onto the front foot and a couple of quick recovery steps back to his ready position.
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4.1s |
BH Half Volley Center · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball meeting the strings around waist to mid-torso height as the racket accelerates steeply up the back of the ball.
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2.2s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. His feet set up on a classic neutral line to the ball, with a small adjustment step just before contact and a couple of quick recovery steps that bring him back toward his baseline position.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his one-handed backhand is struck around waist to mid-torso height with a slightly closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head up and across the ball.
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3s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the baseline while moving back, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes small adjustment steps as he retreats and sets into a neutral stance, then a controlled recovery step that brings him back toward his ideal baseline position.
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2s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that firms up into a stable, slightly laid-back wrist at contact.
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2.3s |
BH Half Volley Moves Back · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a half-court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance before he quickly recovers into a neutral ready position.
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2.1s |
BH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the side on the run, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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3s |
BH Running · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the side on the run, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his one-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of his hip with the racket face closed and accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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3.5s |
BH Running · Court-level-side · Open
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from an open stance on the ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the hitting shoulder continues through after contact while the chest opens toward the court.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending out toward the sideline while his weight continues to move laterally, and he quickly brings both hands back toward his body to recover into a ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His one-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of his body with the racket face closed enough to impart heavy topspin, and the racket head accelerates on a steep low-to-high path.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His one-handed backhand contact is taken slightly in front of his body with the racket face closed enough to impart heavy topspin, and the racket head accelerates on a low-to-high path finishing around shoulder height.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact he extends his hitting arm fully across his body while his non-hitting arm drifts back for balance, and he quickly re-centers his feet into a ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the backhand side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His one-handed backhand uses a strong eastern backhand grip with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that firms up just before contact.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His closed stance is clear as he crosses his right foot behind to reach the wide ball, then uses small adjustment steps to recover back toward the baseline.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past his hips on the unit turn, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds sequentially from the legs and hips through the torso into the hitting arm.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Court-level-side · Open
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from a court level side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him before he resets into a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across his body before contact, with a small recovery hop that brings him back to a neutral position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance before he smoothly returns to a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is easy to see here, with a relaxed wrist that maintains noticeable lag before a firm, upward snap through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small hop into a neutral stance before contact, followed by quick recovery steps that bring him back to his baseline position.
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2.9s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed at the start with a deep knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive upward to support the one-handed backhand extension.
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2.8s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance before he quickly returns the racquet to a neutral ready position.
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3.4s |
BH Center Down The Line · Front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a deep coil on the takeback, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to hitting arm, creating a pronounced chest rotation toward the net at contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His one-handed backhand contact is made around waist to hip height with a slightly closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball struck around waist height and the racket accelerating steeply up the back of the ball for heavy topspin.
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2.7s |
BH Lob Running · Front
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand lob from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His eastern one-handed backhand grip stays firm while the wrist remains laid back through the loop, then subtly unhinges upward at contact to impart heavy topspin on the lob.
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3.9s |
BH Moves Back · Front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center baseline, filmed from the front. His footwork features a small hop into a split-step before he moves back and settles into a neutral stance with a clear weight transfer onto the front leg.
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3.9s |
BH Running · Front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from a neutral central position, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm with the hitting shoulder finishing high and across the body despite the closed stance.
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2.6s |
BH Running · Front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight continues moving forward into the court, with the non-hitting hand extending back to aid recovery into a ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Running · Front
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His one-handed backhand grip stays firmly in an eastern backhand position, with a noticeable laid-back wrist that releases into a subtle upward snap right through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Running · Front · Open
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. After contact he finishes with his hitting arm wrapping high across his body while his weight continues moving laterally, then quickly brings both hands back in front to re-establish a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Short · Front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His small adjustment steps set up a solid neutral stance, with a clear split-step followed by a controlled weight transfer onto the front leg before contact.
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3.1s |
BH Lob · Front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand topspin lob from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate deeply under the chin on the unit turn and then uncoil in sync with the trunk, with the chest staying closed toward the net until just after contact to lift the ball high.
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3.4s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide ball in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as his outside leg plants deeply with noticeable knee bend, then drives up and across to help him recover back toward the court.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the front. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with a laid-back wrist creating noticeable lag before he drives the knuckles through the ball at contact.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the front. His eastern backhand grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist lag that sets up a late, sharp release through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide ball in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as he steps across with the front leg, creating a strong base with noticeable knee bend before driving up through the shot.
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2.8s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the front of the court, filmed from a front angle. His one-handed backhand grip is clearly eastern with a relaxed hand, and you can see a pronounced wrist lag that stays laid back until just before contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his early shoulder turn and deep trunk coil, followed by a pronounced uncoiling of the torso that leads the arm and racquet through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with a laid-back wrist creating pronounced lag before he drives the racket head up and across the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the front court position, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing so the racquet lags slightly behind his torso through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand down the line from the front. His one-handed follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm retracting back as he recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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4.4s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. His footwork features a quick adjustment shuffle into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a pronounced recovery step back toward the center.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Front · Open
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from the front. At contact his one-handed backhand racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high path.
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2.2s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed at the start of the swing before unwinding in sync with a deep knee bend and upward leg drive that helps lift his heavy topspin backhand.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sync with a strong leg drive upward and into the court.
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3.2s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His one-handed backhand contact is made around waist to mid-torso height with a noticeably closed racket face and a long, accelerating upward swing path through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the takeback, then uncoil in sync with a pronounced trunk rotation that starts from the hips and sequences up through the torso into the hitting arm.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed to the baseline with a pronounced knee bend on the back leg, then unwind as he drives off the front leg to transfer weight into the shot.
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3.3s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line and filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sequence with a strong upward leg drive that lifts his body through contact.
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2.3s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His one-handed backhand grip is firmly eastern with noticeable wrist lag on the take-back that gradually firms up just before contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive up and forward into the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the rear. From this angle you can see a pronounced shoulder turn with the back shoulder rotating well behind the baseline before contact, followed by a distinct uncoiling of the trunk that initiates the forward swing.
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2.2s |
BH Moves Back · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing a stable base before he uncoils up through the shot.
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2.3s |
BH Running · Rear · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the rear. His closed stance is clear as his hips stay turned sideways to the net while his outside leg plants strongly and drives his weight through the shot.
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2.8s |
BH Running · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the rear. His hips stay closed to the baseline while his outside leg loads deeply, with a pronounced knee bend driving his recovery back toward the court.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed relative to the baseline as he sprints wide, with a deep outside leg bend and strong push-off that lets his inside leg step through during the one-handed backhand swing.
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2.4s |
BH Short · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high topspin path.
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2.7s |
BH Short · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clear, with a relaxed wrist that sets up early lag and then firms up through contact without excessive wrist snap.
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3.7s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand from a wide ball on the backhand side, filmed from a rear angle. His closed stance is clear in the way his hips stay turned sideways with a strong knee bend on the outside leg before driving up and across into the shot.
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3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly upward swing path with the racket face just a bit closed, meeting the ball around waist height with the strings brushing up for heavy topspin.
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2.9s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the rear. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm to drive the racquet through the ball.
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2.4s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment shuffle into a semi-open stance before contact, followed by a pronounced recovery step back toward the center baseline.
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2.8s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the rear. His hips stay closed longer with a deep knee bend on the outside leg, then unwind as he drives up and out toward the wide ball.
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2.9s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the rear court position, filmed from a rear angle. His one-handed backhand grip stays firmly in an eastern backhand position, and the rear view makes the pronounced wrist lag and late snap up the back of the ball very clear at contact.
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3.9s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from the rear. His shoulders rotate significantly past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils in sync with the hitting arm so that his chest faces more toward the net at contact.
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3.1s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with notable wrist lag on the takeback that gradually firms up into a stable, slightly laid-back wrist at contact.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with the front foot planting just before he drives upward through the shot.
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125 |
2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist to mid-torso height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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3.4s |
BH Center · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed to the net through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sequence with a strong push off the rear leg driving his body into the shot.
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125 |
2.8s |
BH Center · Side · Closed · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with a pronounced trunk rotation that drives the racquet through the ball.
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3s |
BH Center · Side · Closed · 125fps #4
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. His eastern backhand grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist lag that releases into a subtle upward snap at contact to impart heavy topspin.
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125 |
2.8s |
BH Center · Side · Closed · 125fps #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the trunk so that the chest squarely faces the net at contact, clearly showing sequential trunk rotation through the hit.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extended while his weight transfers onto the front leg, and his non-hitting hand returns quickly toward a ready position for recovery.
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125 |
2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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125 |
2.4s |
BH Center · Side · Open · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps. His hips stay relatively open to the net while his knees load deeply, and you can see a strong upward leg drive initiating the forward swing.
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125 |
2.7s |
BH Center · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with the front foot stepping diagonally forward before he drives through the shot and recovers along the baseline.
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125 |
2.6s |
BH Center · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side at 125 fps in slow motion. His one-handed backhand grip is a strong eastern with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that smoothly unwinds into a relaxed, laid-back wrist at contact.
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125 |
2.6s |
BH Center · Side · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle in high-speed 125 fps. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, followed by a pronounced front-foot plant that anchors his weight before he drives up and through the shot.
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3s |
BH Moves Back · Arm-action · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side at 125 fps. After contact his racquet wraps high around his shoulder as his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he regroups into a compact ready position.
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125 |
3.1s |
BH Moves Back · Side · Closed · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the baseline, filmed from the side. His closed stance is clearly visible as he moves back with small adjustment steps before planting his front foot across his body and then using a pronounced rear-leg push-off to recover.
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125 |
6.2s |
BH Moves Back · Side · Open · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His open stance shows the outside hip loading back with a deep knee bend before the legs drive upward and forward into the shot.
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125 |
2.9s |
BH Moves Back · Side · Open · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand from an open stance while moving back, filmed from a side angle at 125 fps. His eastern backhand grip is firm with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that smoothly unwinds into a stable, slightly laid-back wrist position through contact.
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125 |
3.6s |
BH Moves Back · Side · Open · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a neutral baseline position in open stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net before contact, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, making the sequencing of torso and hitting shoulder especially clear in this slow-motion view.
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125 |
3.2s |
BH Moves Back · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending upward as his weight shifts slightly onto the back foot before he regroups into a compact ready position.
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125 |
2.8s |
BH Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high around his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance, and he quickly regains a neutral stance to recover for the next shot.
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125 |
2.9s |
BH Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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125 |
3.1s |
BH Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand in a closed stance from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed to the net while his outside leg plants deeply with a pronounced knee bend, then drives upward and forward to carry his weight through the shot.
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125 |
3.4s |
BH Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #4
Gaston Gaudio's running one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. His eastern backhand grip stays firm with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a subtle upward wrist snap through contact to brush heavy topspin.
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125 |
3s |
BH Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #5
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His closed stance is clear as his outside (left) leg plants first while he shuffles laterally, then crosses his right leg behind during recovery back toward the baseline.
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3s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively closed at the start with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sync with a strong upward leg drive that extends fully through contact.
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125 |
5.1s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. The slow-motion view shows a compact arm action with the racket dropping well below the ball before contact and a slightly closed racket face brushing up to create heavy topspin.
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125 |
4.2s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a central baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending forward while his weight transfers onto the front foot, bringing him smoothly back toward a neutral ready position.
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125 |
3.1s |
BH Short · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand from a closed stance at the baseline, filmed from a side angle in 125 fps slow motion. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that smoothly unwinds into a firm but relaxed wrist at contact.
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125 |
3.1s |
BH Short · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His one-handed follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him as his weight transfers forward into a compact recovery step.
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125 |
2.3s |
BH Short · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle in high-speed 125 fps slow motion. At contact his one-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball struck around waist to mid-torso height, and the racket head accelerating upward on a steep, topspin-heavy swing path.
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125 |
4.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side, filmed at 125 fps slow motion. His one-handed backhand contact point is slightly in front of his hip with a closed racket face and a pronounced upward swing path for heavy topspin.
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125 |
2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing so the racquet whips through after the torso has initiated the forward motion.
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125 |
3.1s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #10
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high across his body with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him as he recovers back toward a neutral ready position.
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125 |
2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed to the net as he drives off the outside leg, with a deep knee bend that loads into an upward leg drive through contact.
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125 |
2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle at 125 fps in slow motion. His closed stance is evident as his front foot steps across the body line while his weight transfers forward, followed by a small recovery step to push him back toward the center.
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125 |
2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #4
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a side angle at 125 fps slow motion. The racket contacts the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path, producing visible racket head acceleration through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a side angle. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across his body and he uses a strong lateral push-off to recover back toward the court after contact.
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125 |
2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #6
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps slow motion. His hips stay closed to the net as his outside leg plants deeply with a pronounced knee bend, then drives upward and forward to initiate the swing.
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125 |
3.2s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #7
Gaston Gaudio's wide one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and you can clearly see the racket head accelerating upward along a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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125 |
3s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #8
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight transfers into the court, finishing with the non-hitting hand extending back to help him recover toward a neutral ready position.
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125 |
2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #9
Gaston Gaudio's wide one-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his eastern one-handed backhand grip with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist lag that releases into a subtle upward snap through contact.
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125 |
2.8s |
BH Wide · Side · Open · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm with a clear sequential release into contact.
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125 |
3.2s |
BH Center · Side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the baseline in a closed stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders coil well past 90 degrees relative to his hips before uncoiling, with the trunk rotation clearly leading the racquet into contact.
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2.8s |
BH Center · Side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the side. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that firms up into a stable, laid-back wrist position just before contact.
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4.4s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending forward while his weight transfers onto the front foot, bringing him quickly back into a compact ready position.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in neutral stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the trunk so that the chest squares to the net just after contact, emphasizing a clear kinetic chain from legs through torso to the hitting arm.
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3.3s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the takeback, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds smoothly from hips through torso to the hitting shoulder.
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3s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him before he recovers back into a compact ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Moves Back · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net, creating a pronounced trunk coil that clearly unwinds from the hips upward into the hitting shoulder.
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1.7s |
BH Moves Back · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed relative to the net as he loads on the outside leg, with a pronounced knee bend that deepens just before he drives upward and back into the court.
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2.1s |
BH Moves Back · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. The side view makes it easy to see his racket drop well below the ball before contact and then accelerate up on a steep low-to-high path, with the ball struck around waist height slightly in front of his body.
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3.3s |
BH Short · Side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand from the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed through the loading phase with a pronounced knee bend, then unwind in sync with a strong upward leg drive to lift the ball over the net.
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4.2s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand from a wide ball on the ad side in a closed stance, filmed from the side. His contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip with the racket face marginally closed, and the racket head accelerates on a low-to-high path that finishes well above shoulder height.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path moves steeply upward, accelerating the racket head through a heavy topspin finish.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from a closed stance on the side of the court, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through finishes high with the hitting arm extending forward while his weight transfers into the court and his non-hitting arm opens behind him to aid recovery back toward the center.
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2.8s |
BH Half Volley Wide · Side
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with the racket head accelerating upward along a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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2s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral
Gaston Gaudio's backhand wide from the baseline, filmed from the side. His neutral stance is clear as he plants his front foot toward the net and uses small adjustment steps to load on the outside leg before rotating into the shot.
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3.1s |
BH Drop Shot · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. At contact his one-handed backhand racket face is slightly open with the ball struck just below net height, and the racket head slows through impact with a short, compact follow-through.
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3.4s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders stay relatively closed with a compact trunk coil, then subtly uncoil forward with minimal rotation to soften the stroke and take pace off the ball.
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2.9s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with a controlled forward step into the shot and a quick recovery step back toward the center.
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4.1s |
BH Drop Shot · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His eastern one-handed backhand grip stays relatively soft in the fingers, enabling a late, delicate wrist release that subtly opens the racquet face just before contact.
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4s |
FH Drop Shot · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand drop shot from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, then subtly drive upward as he steps into the ball with a compact, abbreviated leg push.
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3.4s |
BH Drop Shot · Side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from the side. After contact his racquet finishes softly in front of his body while his weight stays mostly on the front foot, and he begins a compact recovery with his non-hitting hand moving back toward the racquet handle.
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3.5s |
BH Drop Shot · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, and there is only a subtle leg drive forward as he softens the shot.
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3s |
BH Drop Shot · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand drop shot from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His one-handed backhand uses a strong eastern backhand grip with a noticeably relaxed wrist that subtly softens right before contact to take pace off the ball.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the net before contact, then the trunk uncoils in sync with the upward arm motion, making the chest square up to the target just after impact.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed hand, and you can clearly see his wrist pronating through contact to direct the serve into the box.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His stance stays closed with a deliberate weight transfer onto the front leg, and his front-foot pivot into the court is clearly visible during the service motion.
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3s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racquet handle, with a relaxed wrist that pronates sharply through contact to direct the serve.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racquet handle, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the forearm and hand rotate together toward the target.
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3.2s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his hitting arm extends fully toward the target while his back leg swings through, leaving him landing on his front foot and quickly starting to square up into a ready position.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his weight drives into the court with his tossing arm dropping naturally as he brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. From this angle you can see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to drive the serve into the box.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket comes through with a slightly closed face at contact, reaching full extension well above his head with noticeable racket head speed up and into the ball.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His feet stay staggered in a platform stance as he bends his knees into the toss, then drives up and lands slightly inside the court with a small recovery step to regain balance on the baseline.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the ball with the contact point slightly above head height, and the racket head accelerates upward and across his body on a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact his back leg swings forward into the court and he lands on his front foot, quickly bringing both hands back toward a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His staggered stance and knee bend are clearly visible as he drives up into the ball, with a pronounced front-leg push and balanced landing that set up an efficient recovery step toward the baseline.
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3.4s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from court level side. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders just before racket drop.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this view, his shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline before uncoiling in sync with a pronounced trunk rotation that leads the arm into contact.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders just before racket drop into contact.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His follow-through carries his arm across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, helping him land balanced and quickly organize into a ready position.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders as he drives up to contact.
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3.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork shows a measured platform stance with a small forward pivot into the court and a clear back-leg drive that lands him well inside the baseline for recovery.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load with a deep knee bend and then drive upward together with an aggressive leg extension, clearly showing how his lower body initiates the upward motion into the serve.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. The racket moves up on edge into contact with a slightly closed face and reaches the ball at about head height, showing a fast upward pronation of the forearm through the hit.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact his torso continues rotating toward the court and his back leg swings through, leaving him landing on his front foot and quickly settling into a balanced ready position.
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3.7s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops to help him transition quickly back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.5s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the ball with a slightly pronated forearm, meeting the ball just above head height with a steep upward swing path that creates pronounced racket head speed through the hit.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed during the knee bend and then uncoil in sync with a strong upward leg drive, clearly visible in the extension of his back leg through contact.
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5.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the knee bend and then uncoil upward as the back leg drives off the ground into the court.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. His knees load deeply with a pronounced bend before driving upward, and you can see his hips uncoil toward the target as his back leg extends through the hit.
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3.2s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the knee bend and then drive up explosively with strong leg extension toward the left to create the wide angle.
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4.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the ball with a slightly closed angle, and you can clearly see the upward swing path and rapid racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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5.1s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork shows a measured pinpoint stance with the back foot drawing up to the front before a controlled knee bend and upward drive into the court.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and disguise.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip stays firm while the wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct snap visible as the racket accelerates up and across the ball.
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3.9s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve wide from the Deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly pronated with the strings nearly square to the target, meeting the ball at full extension above his head with noticeable upward racket head speed along the intended wide trajectory.
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3.5s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate from closed to more open as he uncoils into the serve.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the rear. His footwork features a pronounced pinpoint stance with the back foot drawing up to the front before an aggressive leg drive into the court.
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4.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted up with the ball struck just above full extension, and you can clearly see the racket head accelerating up and across his body on a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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4.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point just above head height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along the right side of his body.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His feet set in a comfortable platform stance with a small adjustment step before the toss, and he lands slightly inside the baseline with a clear front-leg pivot to begin his recovery.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the toss with a pronounced knee bend, then drive upward as the back leg extends to initiate hip rotation into the court.
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3.8s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from a rear angle. His feet set in a mostly neutral stance before he drives up into the serve, with a small adjustment step of the back foot to line up the toss toward the wide target.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline during the trophy phase, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders as his arm accelerates up to contact.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is stable through the motion, with a pronounced wrist pronation after contact that is clearly visible as the racquet face turns outward toward the side fence.
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3.3s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate deeply away from the court during the trophy position, then uncoil in sync with a strong trunk rotation that clearly leads the arm into contact.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the rear. His hips load with a pronounced knee bend before driving up into contact, with the back leg pushing through and the hips uncoiling toward the court.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a deliberate platform stance with a small forward weight transfer and a balanced landing on his front (left) foot before a controlled recovery step back toward the baseline.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the rear. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds in sequence from hips to shoulders into contact.
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3.6s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve wide from the Deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly pronated with the strings square to the target, meeting the ball at a fully extended reach above his head with noticeable upward racket head acceleration.
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3.8s |
First Serve → BH Volley · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand volley from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His knees are noticeably flexed as he loads, with the outside hip slightly opening while the back leg drives forward to support a compact step into the volley.
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7.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, bringing him quickly back toward a balanced ready position.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The racket comes up on edge into a fully extended contact slightly in front of his body, with a clearly pronated racket face driving through the ball at peak reach.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he drives his weight into the court and quickly brings his tossing hand back in front of his body as he lands in a balanced stance ready for the next shot.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline in the trophy position, then the trunk uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders just before arm acceleration.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. The racket contacts the ball slightly in front of his body with a clearly pronated racket face, and the upward swing path and racket head speed are evident as his arm extends fully through contact.
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3.9s |
FH Half Volley Moves Back
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly open at a low contact point below waist height, with a compact forward swing path that keeps the racket head traveling close to the court surface.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn before unwinding with a noticeable knee bend and upward leg drive through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball to impart heavy topspin.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, with a clear right-foot pivot and a couple of quick recovery steps back to a neutral position after contact.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a front court-level angle. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket face closed and a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a subtle pronation through contact.
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2s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn before rotating through contact, with a noticeable knee bend that loads the legs and then drives upward into the shot.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a front court-level angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight continues moving slightly forward, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into the open stance followed by a quick recovery step that brings him back toward the center baseline.
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3s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His feet set wide in a stable open base with a small hop into the split step before he plants and rotates, then he uses a couple of quick adjustment steps to recover back toward his baseline position.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His feet set wide in an open base with a small adjustment hop before contact, and he finishes with a clear recovery step that keeps him balanced on the baseline.
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3s |
FH Half Volley Center · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley from center court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His compact split step into a semi-open stance and small adjustment steps into the ball are clearly visible before he quickly recovers his feet back toward a neutral position on the baseline.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand Inside-In from the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with a fast upward whip of the racket head through and across the ball.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with a relaxed wrist that creates noticeable lag before a sharp pronation through contact.
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3.5s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a noticeable knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive up and forward into the shot.
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3.2s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His follow-through wraps across his body with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he quickly returns the racquet to a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from CourtLevelFront. His semi-western grip is easy to see, with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a relaxed but sharp wrist snap right at contact.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the middle of the court, filmed from CourtLevelFront. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips, then the trunk uncoils in a clear sequence from hips to shoulders just before contact.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn then open explosively through contact as his knees drive upward from a deep bend, giving a clear view of strong leg push-off into the shot.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's inside-out forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the chest squares to the court just before contact.
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2.8s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight continues moving into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back to the racket in a compact ready position.
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2.5s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #6
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level front angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the hips so the trunk leads the arm into contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #7
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the baseline, filmed from CourtLevelFront. His feet set up in a strong open stance with a small adjustment step before contact and a quick crossover recovery step back toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #8
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance as he moves back, with a clear recovery step that returns him toward the center after contact.
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3.2s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing a stable base before a late uncoiling of the hips through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with a pronounced low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head up and across the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance as he regains a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball to impart heavy topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His shoulders load with a pronounced coil against the hips and then uncoil in sequence, making the trunk rotation and timing of the upper-body release especially clear from this view.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders stay closed deep into the forward swing while the trunk uncoils late, with the chest rotating toward the net only after the hitting arm has already started accelerating through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his non-hitting hand extends back for counterbalance before he quickly regains a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high path to impart heavy topspin.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket face closed and the wrist laid back, creating a pronounced lag before a relaxed wrist snap through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from a neutral court position, filmed from a court_level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that releases into a relaxed, natural pronation through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into an open stance followed by crossover recovery steps back toward the baseline position.
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2.9s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #6
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body as his weight continues moving forward, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His relatively compact arm action keeps the racket close to his body at contact, with the racket face slightly closed and accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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2.5s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His compact arm action is paired with a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, followed by a quick recovery step back to his ready position.
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3s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. His relatively compact arm action makes the laid-back wrist and semi-western grip easy to see as he maintains wrist lag into the forward swing before a relaxed release through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from court_level front. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he recovers into a ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand wide from the center, filmed from a court-level front angle. His open stance is paired with a quick adjustment shuffle out to the ball and a pronounced recovery step that brings his outside leg back toward the center after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket hand positioned well under the handle, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a compact wrist snap right at contact.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. He plants his front foot across his body in a distinctly closed stance, using small adjustment steps to get around the ball before swinging.
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3.2s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide ball on the Deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. His closed stance shows his front hip staying pointed more toward the sideline at load, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing the main push back into the court.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #4
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from a closed stance on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the racquet lags and whips through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a neutral stance on a wide ball, filmed from a court-level front angle. His racket meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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2.9s |
FH · Court-level-front · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from a neutral stance on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his follow-through wraps fully across his body while his non-hitting hand extends back for counterbalance before he recovers toward a ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Neutral #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His neutral stance is clear as he plants both feet before rotating, with small adjustment steps taken outward to reach the wide ball before swinging.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position in the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, and there is clear wrist lag before a late, relaxed wrist release through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders turn significantly past perpendicular to the net before contact, with a pronounced trunk coil that unwinds in sequence from hips to shoulders as he swings through the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders stay significantly closed relative to the net during the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the hips so the trunk rotation clearly leads the arm swing through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. His upper body shows a pronounced shoulder turn with the hitting-side shoulder dipping slightly as the trunk coils, then uncoils ahead of the arm to initiate the forward swing on this wide ball.
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3s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Neutral
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders as he drives through the ball.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Open
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head up and across the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-rear
Gaston Gaudio's inside-out forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His feet set up in a strong open stance after a small adjustment shuffle, with a clear recovery step that brings him back toward the center ready for the next ball.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. The contact point is slightly in front of his body with the racket face moderately closed, and the upward, low-to-high swing path produces strong topspin as the racket accelerates through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from a neutral court position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. His shoulders coil significantly beyond his hips before uncoiling, creating a noticeable trunk rotation sequence that unwinds from the torso into the arm through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His hips load in a closed position with a pronounced knee bend before uncoiling, and his rear leg drives forward to initiate rotation into the shot.
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2.5s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court_level rear angle. The contact point is well in front of his body with the racket face slightly closed, and the racket head accelerates on a steep low-to-high path to impart heavy topspin.
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2.4s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head up and across the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from an open stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His hips stay relatively open to the net while his knees sink into a deep bend, and you can see his outside leg driving up and around to help him recover back toward the center.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders load with a pronounced coil relative to his hips, then uncoil in sequence so the trunk rotation clearly leads the arm swing into contact.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His semi-western grip is clear with the racquet face closed and a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a relaxed but distinct wrist snap through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork shows a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance before contact, followed by a smooth recovery step that brings him back toward a neutral court position.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn before the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm, making the sequencing of torso rotation into contact especially clear.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing so the racquet lags and whips through contact.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn and then uncoil ahead of the hips, creating a clear sequence of trunk rotation leading the swing.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively open to the net as he loads, with a noticeable knee bend and upward leg drive that uncoils through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight continues moving forward, and he quickly returns his non-hitting hand to the racquet handle to re-establish a ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Half Volley Moves Back · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a noticeable knee bend to stay low through the ball, and his back leg drives slightly upward to stabilize his body as he recovers.
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2.4s |
FH Half Volley Moves Back · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a noticeable knee bend on the outside leg, using a low, bracing base in the legs rather than a big leg drive to control the ball off the short hop.
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2.1s |
FH Half Volley Short · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders stay relatively closed with a compact trunk coil, then uncoil in sync with a short forward rotation to time the ball early off the bounce.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce side, filmed from court_level_side. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path to impart heavy topspin.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand Inside-In from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net before uncoiling, with the trunk leading the forward rotation ahead of the arm to sequence the kinetic chain.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Leg-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His semi-western grip is clear with the racket face closed on the backswing, and the side view makes the delayed wrist lag and subsequent pronation into contact especially visible.
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2.1s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-side · Neutral
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a neutral stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. He takes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance before planting his front foot and then uses a couple of quick recovery steps to get back toward his ideal court position after the swing.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from an inside-out position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders coil significantly past his hips on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the racquet lags and whips through contact in a clear kinetic chain sequence.
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3.2s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head sharply up and across the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a noticeable sink in the knees before he drives slightly upward off the outside leg into the forward swing.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the backswing, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the hitting shoulder lags slightly before whipping through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that releases into a subtle wrist snap right through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the racquet lags briefly before whipping through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racquet face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that releases into a relaxed but clear pronation through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His semi-western grip is evident with pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a relaxed but sharp wrist release through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side #6
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into an open stance as he retreats, then a small recovery step forward to regain court position after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively low with a deep outside-leg bend and a pronounced lateral push-off, allowing his hips to rotate through even while his upper body and arm extend toward the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he sprints, with a pronounced knee bend and long lateral stride pattern that loads the outside leg before he pushes off into contact.
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3s |
FH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that snaps forward just after his right foot plants on the run.
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2.5s |
FH Running · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net before uncoiling, with the trunk clearly leading the forward rotation ahead of the arm swing.
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2.8s |
FH Running · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the baseline on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork features a quick adjustment shuffle into an open stance followed by strong lateral recovery steps back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the net before uncoiling, with the trunk clearly leading the forward swing and pulling the arm into contact.
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2.7s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court level side angle. His short arm action keeps the racket close to his body at contact, with a slightly closed racket face and a compact, upward swing path through the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Short · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight moving into the court, and he quickly returns his non-hitting hand to the racquet throat to reset in a neutral ready position.
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4.6s |
FH Short · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact he extends his follow-through high across his body while his weight continues moving into the court, quickly bringing both hands back to a neutral ready position.
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3.9s |
FH Short · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork shows a compact adjustment step pattern into a semi-open stance, with a small hop and quick recovery shuffle back toward the baseline.
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2.8s |
FH Short · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sync with a strong upward leg drive into the ball.
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3.8s |
FH Short · Court-level-side #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body with his weight moving into the court, and he quickly re-sets both hands on the racquet in a compact ready position.
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4.8s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders, with a noticeable late acceleration of the hitting shoulder through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this side view you can clearly see his semi-western grip creating strong wrist lag on the takeback and a pronounced wrist release through contact.
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3.3s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his outside leg plants and then pushes him back toward a neutral recovery stance with the non-hitting arm extending for balance.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the forward swing shows a pronounced low-to-high path with noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap fully across his body while his weight continues moving into the court, then quickly brings both hands back toward the center to reset into a ready position.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Neutral
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His neutral stance is clear as he plants his outside foot, then uses small adjustment steps to line up the ball before rotating through the shot.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot wide, then uses a small recovery shuffle back toward the center after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay noticeably open to the net as he loads on a wide base, with a deep knee bend in the outside leg driving up and around through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a quick recovery step that squares his hips back toward the baseline.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn and then unwind over a stable base, with a noticeable knee bend and upward leg drive as he moves through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. After contact he finishes with the racquet wrapping high across his body while his weight settles on the outside leg before he resets his hands into a compact ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight transferring onto his front foot, and he quickly returns his non-hitting hand to the racket throat to re-establish a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is easy to see here, with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a relaxed but clear wrist pronation through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Half Volley Center · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes around shoulder height with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Half Volley Center · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders stay relatively closed with a compact trunk coil, then uncoil in sync with a short arm swing, making the upper body rotation the primary source of pace on this low, early-contact shot.
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2s |
FH Half Volley Moves Back · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand half-volley while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with a relaxed hand on the handle, and there is a distinct wrist lag that stays laid back through the compact forward swing into contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the center court position, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn before driving forward, with a deep knee bend on the right leg providing a clear upward leg drive into contact.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from an inside-in position, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with a pronounced low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His semi-western grip is easy to see here, with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that unwinds into a firm, slightly laid-back wrist at contact.
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3.1s |
FH Inside In · Front · Neutral
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed at the start with a clear knee bend, then unwind in sequence with a strong push off the back leg driving his weight into the court.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Front · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from a closed stance, filmed from the front. At contact the racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to mid-torso height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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3.3s |
FH Inside Out · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn, then unwind with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive that load and release through the shot.
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2.4s |
FH Inside Out · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's inside-out forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the baseline, filmed from the front. His hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive upward and toward the InsideOut direction.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the center court position, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is clearly visible with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a relaxed, slightly laid-back wrist at contact.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head sharply through the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Moves Back · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. At contact, his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the forward swing drives steeply up the back of the ball, creating noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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3.2s |
FH Moves Back · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body as he transfers weight onto his back foot and quickly resets his hands into a neutral ready position.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center, filmed from the front. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into an open stance as he moves back, then a quick recovery step that returns him toward a balanced baseline position.
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2.5s |
FH Running · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while running from a neutral court position, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed as he moves, with a pronounced knee bend and driving push off the outside leg to load and strike on the run.
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3.3s |
FH Running · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand on the run from the baseline, filmed from the front. His footwork features quick adjustment steps as he moves laterally and he hits from a semi-open stance before taking small recovery steps back toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a central court position, filmed from the front. His shoulders load with a deep turn relative to the hips before contact, then the trunk uncoils in sequence so the chest finishes fully rotated toward the target.
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3.7s |
FH Short · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball for heavy topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a relaxed but distinct wrist snap through contact on the short ball.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is easy to see here, with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that unwinds into a relaxed, slightly laid-back wrist at contact on the short ball.
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2.1s |
FH Short · Front #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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5.2s |
FH Short · Front #6
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, and the trunk uncoils in sync with the forward hip rotation, making the degree of torso rotation and sequencing easy to compare between preparation and contact.
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3.3s |
FH Short · Front #7
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. His split-step is clearly timed just before the opponent’s contact, followed by a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance before uncoiling into the shot.
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4.6s |
FH Short · Front #8
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the short court position, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is easy to see here, with the racket laid back and strong wrist lag maintained until just before contact.
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3.6s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Front
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the center, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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4.3s |
FH Wide · Front · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide ball in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, creating a strong lateral base before he drives out of the stance.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident in the strong racket-face tilt, and there is clear forearm and wrist pronation through contact as the wrist unrolls toward the target.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside leg early, then uses small adjustment steps with his inside foot to load and recover back toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate significantly past his hips on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the racquet lags and whips through after the torso has initiated the forward rotation.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot early, using small adjustment steps to load on the right leg before uncoiling into the shot.
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2.2s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with the racquet hand positioned well under the handle, and there is clear wrist lag on the take-back that releases into a subtle wrist snap through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into an open stance followed by a quick recovery step back toward the middle after contact.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot, rotates his hips, and uses small recovery steps to get back toward the middle after contact.
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2s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the way his wrist maintains a pronounced lag on the racquet head before uncoiling into a relaxed pronation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand Inside-In from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a late, relaxed wrist release through contact.
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2.1s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand Inside-In from the rear. The contact point is slightly in front of his body with the racket face closed and accelerating on a low-to-high path, creating heavy topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. He sets up in a strong neutral-to-open stance with small adjustment steps before contact and uses a quick crossover recovery step to get back toward the center.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the rear court position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the backswing, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the Rear, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight carries into the court and his non-hitting hand extends back to help him square up into a ready position.
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2.8s |
FH Inside In · Rear #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the rear court position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing so the racket lags and whips through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's inside-out forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high over his left shoulder while his weight continues moving into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back to the racket in a compact ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn then unwind aggressively as his legs drive up from a deep knee bend, creating a pronounced pivot off the back leg into the shot.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand hit InsideOut from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the upward windshield-wiper motion accelerates the racket head rapidly through the InsideOut line.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Rear, filmed from a rear angle. The racket contacts the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Rear, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline before uncoiling, with the trunk rotation clearly leading the forward swing and pulling the hitting arm through.
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2.4s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #6
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Rear, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket hand positioned well under the handle, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a clear pronation through contact.
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3s |
FH Lob Inside Out · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand lob InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive that help lift the ball high for the lob trajectory.
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2.7s |
FH Lob Running · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand lob on the run from the baseline, filmed from the rear. His footwork features quick adjustment steps as he sprints wide and then plants in a semi-open stance before lifting the ball up and over his opponent.
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3.5s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance before he re-centers his stance into a neutral ready position.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk so that the chest faces forward only just after contact.
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2.3s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his semi-western grip and delayed wrist lag are clear as the racquet head stays well below the hand before releasing into contact.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the rear. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a pronounced knee bend and delayed hip rotation driven by a strong push off the right leg into the shot.
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2.3s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing the main load before a late uncoiling through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Running · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lets the racket wrap high around his non-hitting shoulder while his weight continues moving into the court and his feet quickly re-set into a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His contact point is well in front of his body with the racket face slightly closed, and the upward windshield-wiper swing path creates heavy topspin as the racket accelerates through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Short · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive up and forward into the short forehand.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with a noticeably fast upward swing path accelerating through the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a small hop into a split-step followed by a quick adjustment shuffle into a semi-open stance before rotating into the shot and taking a couple of recovery steps back to ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Rear #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load into a strong coil with a clear knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive upward and forward to rotate his lower body into the shot.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance, and he quickly shuffles back toward a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from the rear. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that releases into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the rear in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the trunk so the chest finishes facing well into the court after contact.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the take-back, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a relaxed but clear pronation through contact.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path for heavy topspin.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Side · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident as his wrist stays relaxed with noticeable lag during the forward swing before unhinging through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Side · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed during the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind from the ground up as his legs drive upward and forward into the ball.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Side · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high path to impart heavy topspin.
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2s |
FH Center · Side · Open #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight continues moving forward, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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2s |
FH Inside In · Side · Neutral #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight transferring onto his front leg before he quickly resets the racquet in front to return to a ready position.
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3.1s |
FH Inside In · Side · Neutral #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His footwork shows a small adjustment hop into a stable neutral stance before contact, followed by a controlled recovery step that returns him toward the center of the baseline.
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2.4s |
FH Inside In · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then unwind in sequence with a strong upward leg drive that is easy to see from this side view.
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3.1s |
FH Inside In · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight clearly transferring into the court before he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
FH Inside In · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce court, filmed from the Side. His follow-through wraps high across his body with his weight moving into the court, and he quickly returns his non-hitting hand to the racket throat as he resets into a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. His feet set up in a strong open stance with a pronounced load on the outside leg before he uncoils and then uses small adjustment steps to recover toward the center.
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3.3s |
FH Inside Out · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side angle. His follow-through finishes high with the racquet wrapping around his non-hitting shoulder as his weight transfers into the court and he quickly returns the racquet to a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's inside-out forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn and then unwind aggressively as his legs drive up from a deep knee bend into contact.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Side #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the baseline, filmed from the side. His footwork features a small adjustment hop into an open stance, followed by a quick recovery step that returns him toward the center of the court.
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2.8s |
FH Inside Out · Side #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. At contact the racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates on a steep low-to-high path creating heavy topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Lob Moves Back · Side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand lob while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck above shoulder height, and the swing path extends steeply upward to lift the lob deep.
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4s |
FH Moves Back · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high over his shoulder with the non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him before he regroups into a compact ready position.
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2.4s |
FH Moves Back · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the hips on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, making the sequencing of shoulder and torso rotation easy to distinguish.
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2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His footwork features a quick adjustment hop into an open stance as he retreats, then a strong rear leg load before a controlled recovery step back toward the court.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Side #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him as his weight transfers slightly backward before resetting into a ready position.
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2.4s |
FH Running · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is clear as his wrist stays laid back during the forward swing and then pronates through contact to roll topspin up the back of the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is clear with the racket laid back into strong wrist lag before he releases the wrist into a relaxed pronation through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Running · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils late with a noticeable lag between hip rotation and shoulder rotation as he contacts on the run.
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3s |
FH Running · Side #4
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the side. His hips stay closed as he sprints out wide, with a deep outside knee bend and strong push off the right leg driving him through contact and into recovery.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Side #5
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed as he plants the outside leg, with a deep knee bend that loads the quad before an aggressive lateral push through the shot.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Side #6
Gaston Gaudio's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high across his body while his weight continues moving forward into the court before he quickly regains a neutral ready position.
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3s |
FH Short · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders just before contact.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, followed by a quick recovery step that brings him back toward his ideal baseline position.
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2.4s |
FH Lob · Side
Gaston Gaudio's forehand topspin lob from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate deeply under a pronounced trunk coil, then uncoil sequentially from hips to shoulders to arm, making the degree of upper-body rotation and timing of the kinetic chain easy to distinguish.
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3.3s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from the side. His open stance shows his hips staying relatively square to the net at contact while his legs load with a deep outside knee bend before driving up into the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the side in an open stance, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight continues to rotate off the outside leg, bringing him smoothly back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his non-hitting hand extends back for counterbalance before he recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from a wide ball on the deuce side, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively open to the net as he loads on a wide base, with a clear knee bend and strong leg drive pushing up and into the shot.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #5
Gaston Gaudio's forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward through the ball on a pronounced low-to-high path.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #6
Gaston Gaudio's wide forehand from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight continues moving toward the sideline before he re-loads into a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him as he quickly recovers back into a neutral ready position.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. He sets up with a small split step into a neutral stance, then uses a compact pivot and minimal adjustment steps to align his body before driving through the one-handed backhand.
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3.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him as he steps forward and quickly re-sets into a compact ready position on the baseline.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively open toward the net while his knees are deeply flexed on the return load, giving a clear view of how his legs drive up and out of the stance into the shot.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. He uses an open stance with a compact pivot and small adjustment steps before contact, followed by a quick recovery step that readies him to move back toward the center of the baseline.
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3.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the ad court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of his body with the racket face closed enough to brush up for topspin, and the contact point sits around waist to mid-torso height with a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand grip stays in a strong eastern backhand position with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that firms up into a stable, laid-back wrist at contact.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders and trunk coil together into a compact unit turn, then uncoil with the chest rotating toward the net just after contact, making the sequencing of shoulder rotation leading trunk release easy to see.
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3.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight transfers forward and he quickly resets both hands on the racquet into a compact ready position.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a loose wrist that pronates through contact to add spin rather than flattening out the ball.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. He uses a compact split step into an open stance, planting his outside foot early before rotating his hips to drive through the return and then taking a small recovery step back toward the center.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front · Open #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. The racket drops deeply behind his back before driving up with a steep, pronated swing path, producing a clearly upward contact slightly above shoulder height.
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4.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front · Open #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from court-level front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk into the backswing, then uncoil in a smooth sequence from hips through torso to the hitting shoulder just before contact.
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3.4s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from court-level front. His follow-through finishes with the racquet face slightly open in front of his body as he uses a small hop to recover quickly back into a neutral ready position.
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4.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His feet set in a neutral stance before he initiates the toss, with a small adjustment step of the front foot to align his body into the court before driving up to the ball.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a front court-level angle. After contact he lands on his front foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops to help him transition smoothly back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is easy to see, with a relaxed hand and a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that continues into the follow-through.
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3.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips uncoil from a closed to more open position as he accelerates into the serve.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that finishes with the strings facing slightly toward the ad side fence.
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3.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the toss before uncoiling aggressively through contact, driven by a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand return of a second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his follow-through wraps across his body while his non-hitting hand extends out for balance, and he quickly brings the racquet back to a neutral ready position as he recovers toward the center of the baseline.
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3.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible topspin with the racket accelerating rapidly through the hitting zone.
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3.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a controlled front-leg drive and balanced landing that sets up an immediate split-step for the next shot.
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3.4s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocker step into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and coordinated front-foot plant before driving up into the serve.
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4.1s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss with a deep knee bend, then drive upward as the back leg extends to initiate hip rotation into the court.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk during the toss, then uncoil in a smooth, sequential motion from hips through torso to shoulder as he drives up to contact.
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3.4s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork shows a measured platform stance with a small front-foot adjustment before the toss, and he drives up into the court with a clear front-leg push and balanced landing on the baseline.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racket face accelerates up and across the ball.
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3.1s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders and trunk rotate as a unit during the toss and then uncoil sequentially from the hips upward, with a pronounced shoulder-over-shoulder action visible at contact.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His feet execute a compact pinpoint stance with a small front-foot adjustment before the toss, then he lands slightly inside the baseline and brings the back leg through to aid recovery toward the center.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #4
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings through, bringing him smoothly into a balanced, forward-weighted ready position.
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3.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #5
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a measured pre-serve bounce into a pinpoint stance, with a noticeable weight transfer from back to front foot as he drives up into the serve.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #6
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed hand, and you can clearly see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racket edge leads and then turns outward.
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3.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #7
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact he lands balanced on his front leg with his non-hitting hand dropping naturally as he quickly regathers both hands on the racquet into a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return on a first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His shoulders stay closed longer than his hips on the unit turn, with a noticeable delayed uncoil of the trunk that sequences the kinetic chain from the legs through the torso into the one-handed slice.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His shoulders and trunk coil deeply away from the court during the toss phase, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced motion from hips to shoulders to arm as he drives up into contact.
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4.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact he lands into the court with his weight moving forward, his non-hitting arm relaxing back toward his body as he quickly brings the racquet down and readies both hands on the handle for the next shot.
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3.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand return of first serve from the ad court, filmed from court-level side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path accelerates steeply upward to impart heavy topspin.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and the side view makes the upward wrist pronation and subtle snap through contact easy to see.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil before the hit, then uncoil ahead of the arm as the trunk rotates through contact in a clear kinetic chain sequence.
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4.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The side view makes it easy to see his arm action creating a slightly upward racket path at contact, with the racket face moderately closed as it meets the ball just above shoulder height.
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4.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket can be seen dropping deep into the trophy position before accelerating up on edge, with contact made at full extension slightly in front of his head.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from court-level side. From this side view, his shoulders rotate early to load the one-handed backhand, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His legs show a moderate knee bend with a smooth upward leg drive into the court, and his hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase before uncoiling toward the target.
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4.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate into the court as he uncoils toward contact.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders, making the degree of upper-body rotation and timing of trunk release easy to distinguish.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His legs load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, and his hips uncoil from a closed position into the court as he pushes off the ground.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above shoulder height, and the upward swing path and racket head speed create pronounced topspin.
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3.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him before he quickly regroups into a compact ready position on the baseline.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate early as he coils the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to arm, making the degree of upper-body rotation and timing of the release easy to compare between preparation and contact.
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3.5s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from court level side. His hips stay relatively closed to the net with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, creating a stable base as he steps into the slice.
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3.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket accelerates up on edge before pronating into contact slightly above head height, with the strings square to the box for a strong, driving serve.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His knees load deeply before trophy position and his back hip drives up and into the court, showing a strong upward leg drive through contact.
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3.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load by coiling away from the court with a pronounced knee bend, then uncoil upward as the back leg drives through to initiate the serve motion.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact his serving arm extends fully toward the target while his weight drives into the court, and his non-hitting hand drops quickly as he lands in a balanced position ready to move for the next shot.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and you can see the racket head accelerating steeply up and across the ball along a pronounced diagonal swing path.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings through, bringing him into a balanced, forward-weighted stance ready for the next shot.
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4.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His arm action finishes with the hitting hand dropping naturally toward his left hip while his weight moves into the court, leaving him ready to transition into a balanced recovery position.
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2.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load with a clear knee bend and then drive up into contact, with the back hip rotating through as the legs extend into the court.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His continental grip is steady with a relaxed hand, and from this side view you can see clear wrist pronation through contact as the racquet edge turns outward to impart spin.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His continental grip stays relaxed through the tossing phase, with a pronounced wrist pronation just after contact that is clearly visible from this side view.
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3.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket moves up on edge into contact with a slightly closed face, meeting the ball just above head height before pronating aggressively through the strike.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket arm action shows a pronounced elbow lead into contact with the racket face slightly closed and meeting the ball just above shoulder height before accelerating up and across.
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3.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The side view shows his racket dropping well below the ball before contact, with the strings brushing up and slightly across to impart topspin and kick.
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4.2s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's forehand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk into a deep coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to shoulders, making the degree of upper-body rotation especially clear from this side view.
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3.5s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is firm with a slightly relaxed wrist, allowing a clear view of the wrist pronation as his hand rotates through contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. His hips load with a deep knee bend and then drive up together with an aggressive leg push, creating strong upward extension before landing into the court.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. His eastern one-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the takeback before firming up just before contact.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's first serve return from the Ad court, filmed from the front. He takes a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance and uses a quick lateral recovery step to be ready for the next shot.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #5
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops to help him transition back into a balanced ready position.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the Ad side in open stance, filmed from the front. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips, then uncoil in sequence so the trunk rotation brings the hitting arm through the contact zone.
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3.2s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His feet set into a neutral stance with a small adjustment step just before contact, followed by a quick recovery step that readies him to move back toward the center.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a loose wrist that pronates through contact to add spin while keeping the racquet face controlled.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His knees sink into a deep bend before upward leg drive, and his hips stay relatively closed to the baseline until just after contact.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed at the split step and then rotate through as his rear leg drives forward, with a noticeable knee bend helping him load into the shot.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is firm with a slightly relaxed wrist, allowing a clear pronation of the forearm and subtle wrist snap through contact.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on the outside leg with a deep knee bend before driving up and across into the court.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front · Open #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court in an open stance, filmed from the front. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high across his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he settles into a compact ready position on the baseline.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front · Open #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot early, then uses a small adjustment step with his inside leg to align for the one-handed backhand while keeping a compact split-step before contact.
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4.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is only slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible topspin rather than a flat delivery.
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4.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed at contact while a strong knee bend and upward leg drive are visible as he pushes off the ground into the shot.
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3.6s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly open at contact with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket path moves forward with a subtle downward carve through the hit.
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3.8s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return on a first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His shoulders stay relatively closed through the unit turn, with a noticeable but compact trunk coil that unwinds late to keep the slice compact and controlled against the incoming pace.
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3.7s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes with the racket face slightly open and his non-hitting hand extending back for balance as he quickly recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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2.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping naturally, then quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position to prepare for the next shot.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping back for balance before both hands return to a neutral ready position.
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3.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small, rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance before driving up, with a clear front-leg step into the court and a balanced landing ready for the next shot.
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3.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the court during the toss, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced motion where the torso rotation initiates the upward swing before the arm whips through.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a pinpoint stance before the toss, then a controlled landing on his front foot with a quick recovery step ready to move for the next shot.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that finishes with the palm facing slightly outward.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #5
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small, rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance before pushing up, with a clear front-foot pivot toward the court during the service motion.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve return forehand from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil together through contact with minimal independent shoulder over-rotation.
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3.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss with a pronounced knee bend, then uncoil with an upward leg drive that pushes him into the court.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss and knee bend, then uncoil with a noticeable upward leg drive as he pushes off the ground into contact.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping naturally as he brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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4.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Gaston Gaudio's forehand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the load with a pronounced knee bend, and then uncoil in sync with a strong leg drive pushing off the outside leg into the court.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in a smooth sequence from hips through torso to shoulders before the arm extends through contact.
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3.5s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His one-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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3.9s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his hitting arm extends fully toward the target while his back leg swings through into the court, bringing him quickly into a balanced, forward-weighted ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted upward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head whips up and across the ball on a steep upward path.
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3.5s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve return from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he sets up, with a noticeable knee bend and push from the outside leg to load into the one-handed backhand return.
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3.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, and the rear view makes the upward wrist pronation through contact easy to see.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him before he quickly recovers back into a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his one-handed backhand follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight moves slightly forward and he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The contact point is taken slightly in front of his lead hip with the racket face closed enough to brush up the back of the ball, creating a steep low-to-high swing path and visible acceleration of the racket head through contact.
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3.2s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the rear. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline and the trunk coils tightly before uncoiling in sync with the upward drive of the hitting arm.
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BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand slice return of first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His eastern backhand grip is clearly visible with a firm, stable wrist that stays laid back through contact before gently unwinding into the follow-through.
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3.6s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the handle, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racket edge turns outward toward the target.
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3.1s |
BH Return Slice 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His split-step is timed as the server makes contact, leading into a small pivot and neutral stance that set up a controlled lateral recovery step back toward the center.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline, and the rear view makes the coordinated trunk coil and uncoil into contact clearly visible in relation to his tossing arm.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the rear. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted upward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head whips up and across the ball on a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates a pronounced brushing action for topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible topspin with a whippy increase in racket head speed through the hit.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above shoulder height, and you can clearly see the upward brushing swing path creating spin.
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4.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate early as he coils the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to arm, making the degree of upper-body rotation and timing of the release easy to distinguish.
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4.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate early as he coils the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders with the chest finishing square to the net.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad court side, filmed from a side angle. His feet set in a mostly neutral stance with a small adjustment step as the ball arrives, and he uses a compact split-step followed by a short recovery step back toward the baseline after contact.
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4.4s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return of first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact his racquet finishes out in front with the non-hitting hand extending back for balance as he transfers weight forward and quickly recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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3.2s |
BH Return Slice 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice return on a second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His racket face is slightly open at contact with the ball meeting the strings just below shoulder height, and the racket travels on a noticeably downward, elongated path through the shot.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline in the trophy position, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, showing a clear separation between hip and shoulder turn.
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2.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact.
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4.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment step into a pinpoint stance before the toss, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off the front leg visible from this view.
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3.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip stays relaxed through the toss, with a pronounced wrist pronation driving the racket head up and through the ball at contact.
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3.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed through the knee bend and loading phase, then uncoil upward with a strong left-leg drive that lifts his body into the court.
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3.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and the side angle makes the upward wrist pronation and subtle snap through contact easy to see.
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4.2s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see his relatively relaxed continental grip with a loose wrist that pronates smoothly through contact to add spin.
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3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil during the trophy phase, followed by a clearly sequenced uncoil where the torso leads the motion before the hitting arm accelerates up to contact.
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2.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racquet accelerates up and across the ball.
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2.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork features a controlled platform stance with minimal pre-serve shuffling, and he drives up into the ball off a stable base with a clear front-foot pivot as he lands inside the court.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact he lands balanced on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping quickly as he brings both hands back together into a compact ready position.
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3.4s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders and trunk coil together during the toss, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced motion where the torso rotation leads the arm swing into contact.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss with a pronounced knee bend, then drive up together with an aggressive leg extension that initiates his upward swing.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment step into a pinpoint stance before the toss, with a controlled knee bend and weight transfer driving up through the serve.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court toss position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulder line turns slightly away from the net while the trunk coils under the tossing arm, then uncoils in sequence so the chest opens toward the target just after racquet drop.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His follow-through finishes with the racket hand wrapping across his body while his weight moves into the court, bringing him quickly into a compact, ready stance for the next shot.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from court-level front. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head acceleration through the hit.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see distinct wrist pronation through contact as the racket edge turns outward to impart spin.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip stays relaxed with a noticeable increase in wrist pronation through contact, creating a distinct snap as the racquet accelerates up the back of the ball.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. His follow-through brings his hitting arm down across his body as his weight moves into the court, finishing with both hands resetting together in front of his torso in a ready position.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His follow-through brings his back leg forward into the court, helping him land balanced and quickly organize into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend, then uncoil upward as his legs drive through the court to initiate racquet acceleration.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket contacts the ball with a slightly closed face at a height just above his head, and you can clearly see the upward brushing motion that produces heavy topspin and kick.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His continental grip stays firm with a relaxed wrist, allowing clear pronation through contact as the racket edge leads and then turns outward after impact.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulder line coils well past perpendicular to the baseline before uncoiling in sync with trunk rotation, making the torso turn clearly lead the arm swing in the kinetic chain.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay steady while his wrist pronates through contact, with a relaxed hand that firms up only at the moment of impact.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend, then uncoil upward as his back leg drives through to initiate an aggressive upward swing path.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket contacts the ball just above head height with a slightly closed face and an upward brushing path that emphasizes spin over racket head speed through the court.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His knees load deeply before trophy position and you can see a pronounced upward leg drive that straightens through contact while the hips uncoil toward the court.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this side view, you can clearly see his continental grip stay stable while his wrist pronates smoothly through contact to add spin and control.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders and trunk coil together early in the motion, then uncoil in a smooth sequence where the torso rotation clearly precedes the arm swing into contact.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact his torso continues rotating toward the court with his non-hitting arm tucking into his body, and he lands on his front leg before settling into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.3s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see an early wrist pronation starting just after contact to guide the ball down the middle.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk during the toss, then uncoil together toward the target with a noticeable upward trunk extension just before contact.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small adjustment step into a pinpoint stance before the toss, then a controlled landing on his front (left) foot that sets up an immediate couple of recovery steps back to the baseline position.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible with relatively relaxed fingers, and the front view makes it easy to see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact rather than an exaggerated wrist snap.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the toss hand side, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that keeps the racquet face closing as it moves up the back of the ball.
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3.5s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. His knees load deeply before trophy position and his hips stay relatively closed to the net, then unwind late as his back leg drives up into the court.
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3.5s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the toss hand release, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racquet edge leads and then turns outward toward the target.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His feet show a deliberate pinpoint stance with the back foot drawing up to the front before an upward drive, followed by a small hop into the court for recovery.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His footwork shows a measured platform stance with a controlled knee bend and a small front-foot adjustment into the court before landing on his left leg to start the recovery.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. The racket face comes up to a relatively closed position at contact with the ball slightly above head height, and the swing path accelerates upward to impart spin while keeping racket head speed controlled.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the toss and then rotate into the court as his back leg drives up and forward, with a clear upward push off the ground from both legs.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket drops deep behind his back before contact and then accelerates up on edge, with the strings meeting the ball slightly above head height to create strong upward spin.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss and loading phase, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive that brings the back hip through as he extends into the court.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through leaves his hitting arm relaxed across his body while his weight moves into the court, bringing him quickly back into a compact ready position on the baseline.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face stays slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path is clear as the racket accelerates through the hitting zone.
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3.8s |
Second Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from a rear angle. His feet set in a mostly neutral stance before the toss, with a pronounced knee bend and a small rear-leg push upward that is easy to track from behind.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a measured platform stance with a subtle weight transfer from back to front foot before landing inside the court on his front leg to start the recovery.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can see his relatively relaxed continental grip with a loose wrist that pronates progressively through contact rather than snapping abruptly.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss and loading phase before unwinding in sync with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive into the court.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed to the baseline during the trophy position while a deep knee bend and upward leg drive are clearly visible as he pushes into the court.
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3.1s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve wide from the Deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his weight moves into the court and his back leg swings through, bringing him quickly into a balanced, neutral ready position on the baseline.
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4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline during the trophy phase, then the trunk uncoils in sequence with the upward leg drive to transfer energy into the hitting arm.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact his hitting arm extends fully into the court while his back leg swings forward, leaving him landing on his front foot and quickly settling into a compact ready position.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping naturally and quickly regroups into a balanced ready position on the baseline.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork shows a deliberate front-foot pivot into the court with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive that is easy to track from this lateral view.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulders load with a pronounced sideways turn relative to the baseline before uncoiling in sync with trunk rotation as he drives up into the ball.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulder line turns noticeably away from the court during the toss, creating a clear trunk coil that then unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders into the hitting phase.
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3.5s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his racquet finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing in front of his body as he transfers weight onto his back foot and starts to recover toward a ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a neutral court position, filmed from court-level front. His shoulders stay closed longer than his hips during the run, with a late uncoil of the trunk that keeps the hitting shoulder slightly higher and leads the racquet through the ball.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand slice uses a firm continental grip with a noticeably stable wrist, maintaining minimal wrist flexion through contact to keep the racquet face consistently open.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. His shoulders stay closed with a pronounced upper-body tilt as the trunk rotates minimally through contact, emphasizing a stable shoulder line that guides the racquet path while the lower body does most of the adjustment work.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #3
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a neutral position, filmed from court_level front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net while his outside knee bends deeply to support a low, sliding step as he carves through the slice.
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3s |
BH Slice Short · Court-level-front
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the short court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a firm but relaxed wrist that stays stable through contact to keep the racket face slightly open.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from court_level front. His footwork includes a quick adjustment step out to the ball followed by a closed stance, with the front foot planting firmly before he carves through the slice.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from court-level front. His follow-through finishes with the racquet head high and out in front while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position in a closed stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. His one-handed backhand uses a firm continental grip with a noticeably stable wrist, keeping the racquet face slightly open through contact without excessive wrist movement.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact his racquet finishes out in front with the non-hitting arm dropping back for counterbalance as he steps through the court and quickly returns to a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders rotate early into a deep closed alignment, then the trunk stays relatively stable through contact with a subtle uncoil that lets the hitting shoulder track through on a slightly downward plane.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders turn early to set the racquet path, and you can see a controlled trunk uncoil that stays relatively quiet through contact, emphasizing upper-body stability over aggressive torso rotation.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across his body, with small adjustment steps taken before planting and slicing.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with a pronounced front-foot plant that anchors his weight before he carves through the slice.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level front angle. His footwork shows a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with the front foot planting early and the back leg lightly trailing to aid recovery toward the center.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His one-handed grip stays in a firm continental position with a noticeably laid-back wrist that remains stable through contact to keep the racket face consistently open.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide BH slice from the ad side, filmed from a court_level rear angle. His shoulders stay relatively closed with a pronounced upper-body tilt, and the trunk rotates as a single unit with the hitting arm, creating a long, continuous swing path through the slice.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with the wrist laid back and stable through contact, creating a firm racket face that stays relatively open throughout the swing.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Center · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the net while his knees maintain a moderate bend, with the back leg providing a stable base as he glides through the shot.
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3s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as he retreats, with noticeable knee flexion in the outside leg to stabilize and support the low, skidding slice.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the ad side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face stays slightly open with contact made around waist height, and the arm extends forward along a low, skimming swing path through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment shuffle into a semi-open stance, with his outside leg planting early to let him stay sideways through contact before taking a small recovery step back toward the baseline.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face stays slightly open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a distinctly downward, knifing path through the shot.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around hip height, and the racket travels on a distinct high-to-low path creating underspin.
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2.8s |
BH Slice Short · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, giving a low, stable base as he glides through the slicing motion.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Short · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a pronounced high-to-low path that keeps the head moving steadily through the shot.
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2.5s |
BH Slice Short · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His follow-through finishes with the racquet hand relaxed out in front as his weight transfers onto the front foot and he quickly brings the non-hitting hand back toward the handle area to recover into a ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Short · Court-level-side #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the short court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His stance stays mostly neutral with a slight open alignment as he glides with small adjustment steps into position before carving the slice and using a couple of quick recovery steps to reset.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His follow-through finishes with the racquet hand extended out in front while his weight continues to move laterally, bringing him smoothly back toward a neutral ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand slice from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level_side angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as his outside knee flexes deeply, giving a low base that supports a long, gliding step out to the wide ball.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball around hip height, and the racket travels on a distinctly downward, slightly forward path that keeps the shot low.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's one-handed backhand slice wide from a closed stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face stays noticeably open at contact with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the swing path continues forward with a pronounced downward cutting motion.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a slightly descending path that keeps the head stable through impact.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Court-level-side · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His closed stance shows his hips staying relatively closed to the net while his back leg loads with a noticeable knee bend before driving through the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as he retreats, with noticeable knee flex and a backward weight shift onto the outside leg before carving through the slice.
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2s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from the center baseline, filmed from a front angle. The racket face stays noticeably open at contact with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head travels on a slightly downward, skimming path through the hit.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Front · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net while his knees flex to lower his center of gravity, with the outside leg bracing and the inside leg stepping through after contact.
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3.5s |
BH Slice Wide · Front · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes out in front with the non-hitting hand staying back for counterbalance before he recovers into a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. His one-handed grip stays in a firm continental position with a noticeably stable wrist that stays slightly laid back through contact.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, giving him a low, stable base as he reaches out wide for the ball.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Short · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate early to set the racquet face, then the trunk stays relatively quiet through contact with a subtle uncoil that lets the hitting shoulder track forward on a shallow, slightly downward path.
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3.4s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Rear
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick lateral adjustment out to the ball followed by a slightly open stance, with his weight staying more on the outside leg as he reaches wide.
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2.8s |
BH Slice Wide · Rear · Closed
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. He steps across into a pronounced closed stance with his back foot clearly behind the front, using small adjustment steps to reach the wide ball before planting for the slice.
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2.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Rear · Open
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand slice from an open stance, filmed from the rear. After contact, his racquet finishes slightly across his body while his left arm extends back for counterbalance as he sidesteps toward the center to recover his ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Center · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as his front knee flexes deeply, giving a low base that supports a long, gliding stride through the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Arm-action · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm as his wrist remains relatively stable, with minimal wrist flexion through contact to keep the slice trajectory controlled.
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2.8s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. The racket face stays noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a distinctly downward, slightly forward path through impact.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. After contact his racquet finishes high with the hitting arm extended as his weight continues drifting backward, and his non-hitting hand starts to come back toward his body to prepare for the next shot.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a closed stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes with the racquet hand traveling out in front as his weight continues forward, and he quickly brings the non-hitting hand back toward the torso to help reset into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice on the run from a closed stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net to load the trunk, then uncoil in a smooth sequence where the torso leads and the hitting arm lags slightly through contact.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Side · Closed · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist remains laid back through the swing, with only a subtle release toward and just after contact.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the side, filmed from a side camera angle in high-speed 125 fps slow motion. His outside leg plants deeply with noticeable knee bend while the hips stay relatively closed, then his rear leg trails through to control momentum as he glides out of the shot.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Short · Side · Closed · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a closed stance at the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed to the net while a pronounced knee bend and forward leg drive create a low, stable base through the slicing motion.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Short · Side · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the baseline, filmed from the side in high-speed 125 fps. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, with the front foot planting early and the back leg trailing for support as he slices through the ball.
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3.5s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand slice from the side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders rotate early as the trunk coils against the hips, then uncoil in sequence so the hitting shoulder trails slightly behind the chest through contact, emphasizing a long, level arm action through the ball.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Arm-action · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's wide backhand slice from the side, filmed from a side court-level angle. His shoulders rotate early to set the racquet arm well behind his body, then the trunk uncoils in a measured sequence that keeps the hitting shoulder slightly below the non-hitting shoulder through contact.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position in a closed stance, filmed from the side. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a distinctly high-to-low path that keeps the head stable through impact.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide closed-stance position, filmed from a side angle at 125 fps. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while the wrist remains slightly laid back through the swing, with minimal wrist hinge at contact for a stable slicing motion.
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3.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position in a closed stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline to load the trunk, then uncoil in sync with the forward step, with the chest staying slightly closed through contact to keep the slice compact and controlled.
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2.4s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #4
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position in a closed stance, filmed from the side at 125 fps. His shoulders rotate early to fully close the trunk before contact, then the torso uncoils in sync with the hitting arm for a compact, continuous kinetic chain through the slice.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed · 125fps #5
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice wide from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across his body, with small adjustment steps setting up the slice before a controlled recovery back toward his neutral position.
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3.4s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Open · 125fps
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side in high-speed 125 fps. His open stance is clear as his outside foot plants early while his inside foot lightly adjusts, creating a stable base before a small recovery step back toward the baseline.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · 125fps #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. After contact he extends the racquet forward with a long, low follow-through while his non-hitting arm counterbalances behind him and his weight continues to move into the court before resetting.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · 125fps #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. His one-handed grip sits in a strong continental with a slightly laid-back wrist, and the high-speed angle makes the delayed wrist release through contact especially noticeable.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Center · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders stay slightly closed through contact while the trunk rotates minimally, creating a long, level swing path with a noticeable upper-body tilt away from the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Center · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a firm but relaxed hand position that keeps the wrist slightly laid back through contact to maintain a stable racket face.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net as the trunk coils on the takeback, then uncoils in a measured sequence that keeps the hitting shoulder slightly delayed behind the hips through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Moves Back · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His footwork features small adjustment steps as he retreats and sets into a slightly open stance, keeping his weight centered to control the slice while moving backward.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Running · Side #1
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact his racquet finishes out in front with the left arm counterbalancing behind him as he transfers weight onto the outside leg and quickly begins to square back into a neutral ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Running · Side #2
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His eastern backhand grip stays firm with a stable wrist, creating a slightly open racket face that stays constant from the high takeback through contact.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Running · Side #3
Gaston Gaudio's running backhand slice from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. After contact his racquet finishes out in front with the left arm counterbalancing behind him as he transfers weight onto his front leg and quickly begins to recover toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed #1
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while the wrist remains relatively stable, with only a slight laid-back angle maintained through contact to keep the slice low.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed #2
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice wide from a closed stance on the backhand side, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate early as the trunk coils against the hips, then uncoil in a compact sequence that keeps the hitting shoulder slightly below the non-hitting shoulder through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Side · Closed #3
Gaston Gaudio's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. The racket face stays slightly open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see the racket head travel on a distinctly downward, slightly forward path through the hit.
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2.9s |
Argentina
