BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her feet set into a stable, slightly open stance with a small adjustment step just before contact, and she finishes with a short recovery step that readies her to move laterally.
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2.1s |
BH Center Cross Court · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the front shoulder driving forward and the torso finishing fully rotated toward the target.
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2.6s |
BH Center Cross Court · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. From this angle you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet and a pronounced wrist lag that snaps forward just before contact.
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2.3s |
BH Center Down The Line · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is almost perfectly square to the net with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and her compact two-handed swing drives the racket head straight through the line of the shot.
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2.6s |
BH Center Down The Line · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk load together into a deep coil, then uncoil in a tightly sequenced motion that brings the chest square to the target just after contact.
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2.2s |
BH Center · Court-level-front · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is nearly square to the net with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates straight through the hitting zone before finishing high.
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2.6s |
BH Half Volley Center · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her split-step is followed by a quick adjustment hop into a stable, slightly open stance, with small recovery steps preparing her to move back to the middle after contact.
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2.2s |
BH Half Volley Center · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her two-handed backhand contact is struck around waist height with a slightly closed racket face and a steep upward swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.5s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her two-handed grip stays compact with a firm, stable bottom hand while the top hand drives through contact, and you can clearly see a laid-back wrist position that unwinds into a controlled, late wrist release through the ball.
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3.3s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her two-handed racket meets the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep upward swing path, producing strong racket head speed through contact.
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2.8s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a front court-level angle. From this view, you can see her firm two-handed grip with the left hand driving the racquet and the right wrist staying laid back until a late, sharp release through contact.
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3s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders turn early as the trunk coils against the hips, then uncoil in sequence with a noticeable lead-shoulder pull that drives the two-handed swing through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she retreats, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward to stabilize the shot despite her backward momentum.
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3.5s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front #6
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced unit turn on the takeback, then uncoil in sync with her hip rotation so the upper body unwinds as the racquet accelerates through contact.
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3.7s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-front · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a neutral stance while moving back, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay relatively closed to the net as she loads, with noticeable knee bend and a strong push off the back leg to stabilize while retreating.
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3.3s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the front court-level angle, hit in a closed stance. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her trunk as she steps through, making the upper body rotation clearly visible from this frontal view.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with the chest and shoulders finishing high and across her body.
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3.3s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Closed #3
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the center, filmed from court level front. She sprints laterally then plants her outside foot into a distinctly closed stance before swinging, with a pronounced recovery step back toward the baseline after contact.
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2.8s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Closed #4
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the front court level angle. After contact she drives her weight through the closed stance and quickly brings both hands back toward her centerline, transitioning into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.8s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the center in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay relatively open to the net while her outside leg plants with a deep knee bend to load, then drives upward to stabilize her upper body through contact.
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3s |
BH Running · Court-level-front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is almost square to the ball with the contact point around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply up the back of the ball for heavy topspin.
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2.8s |
BH Short · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the short court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the legs into contact are clearly visible, with the hips driving forward while staying relatively closed to the net during the swing.
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4.6s |
BH Short · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the short court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her knees sink into a deep bend before contact and her hips stay relatively square to the net, with the back leg driving forward to push her weight into the ball.
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3s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the center, filmed from court level front. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then the torso uncoils ahead of the arms so the racquet lags slightly behind the chest before contact.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact she drives her weight through her front leg and quickly brings both hands back toward her torso to reset into a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she lets the racquet wrap around her front shoulder while her weight finishes on the front foot and both hands return quickly toward a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Closed #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her closed stance makes the rear hip load clearly visible, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg before she drives off it into the shot.
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3s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. After contact she finishes with her racquet wrapping high across her body while her weight drives back toward the center, bringing both hands quickly down into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her two-handed backhand is hit from an open stance, with a strong lateral push-off and quick recovery steps bringing her back toward the center after contact.
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3.1s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. She uses an open stance with a pronounced split-step into a strong lateral push off her outside leg, then executes quick recovery steps back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the open stance, filmed from court level front. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head driving aggressively through the line of the shot.
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2s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view, you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with the left hand driving the racquet and a stable, slightly laid-back right wrist that stays quiet through contact.
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2s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with a noticeable late acceleration of the upper torso just before contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view, her two-handed grip shows the left hand in a strong semi-western position with a pronounced wrist lag that snaps forward just before contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center Cross Court · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her footwork features a quick split-step into a strong neutral stance, with small adjustment steps aligning her hips and shoulders before she drives through the cross-court swing and recovers to the center.
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3.5s |
BH Center Down The Line · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line from the rear court-level angle. After contact, her follow-through finishes high with the racket wrapping around her left shoulder as she quickly uncoils her hips and resets both hands on the handle to recover back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her racket face stays slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the two-handed swing drives up and through the shot with noticeable racket head acceleration.
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2.4s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high with the racket wrapping over her lead shoulder as she quickly regains a balanced, wide ready stance to recover for the next shot.
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3.1s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high with the racket over her right shoulder as she pushes off her outside leg to recover quickly back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.2s |
BH Running · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-closed grip structure is clear from behind, with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and a stable wrist that maintains lag through the swing before a compact release at contact.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Court-level-rear · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her racket contacts the ball slightly in front of her body with a relatively square face and a steep upward swing path, creating strong racket head acceleration through contact.
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2.8s |
BH Running · Court-level-rear · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from a closed stance on the run, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her compact two-handed grip is steady with minimal grip change, and the rear view makes the delayed wrist lag and firm wrist at contact especially clear.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her compact arm action is paired with a wide base and semi-open stance, with quick adjustment steps before contact and a small crossover recovery step back to neutral.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court_level angle. Her two-handed grip is firm with the dominant wrist laid back on the takeback and then pronating slightly through contact to keep the racquet face stable on the short ball.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the short court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her hips stay relatively closed with a deep knee bend on the outside leg, then drive upward as both legs extend through contact.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a neutral position, filmed from court-level rear. From this angle you can see her firm two-handed grip with the top hand dominant and the wrist laid back before contact, then releasing into a controlled, compact wrist snap through the ball.
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4.4s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position, filmed from court_level rear. From this angle you can see an early, deep shoulder turn with her trunk strongly coiled against the hips before uncoiling in sync with her arm swing through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the center, filmed from a court_level rear angle. From this view you can see her firm two-handed grip with the top hand dominant and a laid-back hitting wrist that stays stable through contact before relaxing in the follow-through.
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2.4s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the baseline, filmed from a court_level rear angle. After contact she finishes with her racquet wrapping high over her right shoulder while her weight continues moving back toward the center, quickly resetting her feet into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Wide · Court-level-rear · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view, her two-handed grip shows the left hand driving with a firm wrist while the right wrist stays relatively relaxed with noticeable lag before a strong, synchronized wrist release through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Court-level-rear · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view, her two-handed grip is firm with the non-dominant (left) hand driving the stroke while the wrists stay laid back through the swing before releasing slightly through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. She plants in a mostly neutral stance after a wide lateral shuffle, then uses quick recovery steps to move back toward the center after contact.
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2.4s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her two-handed backhand contacts the ball slightly in front of her lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path, creating strong racket head acceleration through contact.
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3.8s |
BH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the open stance on the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this angle you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with the non-dominant left hand driving the racquet and the right wrist staying relatively quiet with minimal wrist snap through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she extends her arms fully through the ball with the non-hitting hand releasing and opening out for balance as her weight transfers forward into a compact, ready recovery stance.
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2s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Closed
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline in a closed stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork features a quick adjustment hop into a firm plant of the front foot, with her back leg driving through and a clear recovery step that brings her smoothly back toward her ready position.
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2s |
BH Center · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this side view, her two-handed grip shows a firm, laid-in bottom hand with the top hand driving through and a stable wrist structure that stays laid back until just before contact, when a subtle wrist release sends the racquet head through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Court-level-side · Open
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the ground are clearly visible as her hips stay relatively open while rotating through the shot.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and you can clearly see her left arm driving through while the right arm stays compact to keep the swing path tight through the hitting zone.
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3.5s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her two-handed racket stays closed with a slightly upward swing path, meeting the ball around waist height in front of her body for a solid contact point.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork features a quick split-step into retreating adjustment steps, setting up a solid semi-open stance before she drives through the two-handed backhand.
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4.2s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible as she loads into the shot, with her hips staying closed until just after contact.
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3.1s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her as she regains her stance and prepares to recover back toward the center of the court.
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2.4s |
BH Moves Back · Court-level-side #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong rear-leg push-off are clearly visible as she loads into the shot with her hips remaining relatively closed to the net.
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3.1s |
BH Running · Court-level-side · Closed
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the side of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she drives her weight through her closed stance and quickly uncoils her upper body, letting the racquet finish around her lead shoulder as she pushes off to recover toward the center.
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3s |
BH Running · Court-level-side · Open
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside foot while moving laterally, then uses quick recovery steps to push back toward the center after contact.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her follow-through finishes high with both hands on the racquet while her weight transfers into the court, quickly bringing her feet back to a balanced ready position for the next shot.
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2.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her quick crossover steps into the corner set up a strong open-to-neutral stance, with a low base and clear weight transfer before she pushes off the outside leg to recover.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Court-level-side · Open
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from a court_level_side angle. After contact she extends her follow-through high with the racquet finishing around shoulder level while her weight continues to shift into the court and her non-hitting arm counterbalances behind her to help her recover toward the center.
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3.3s |
BH Center · Front · Closed
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the chest finishing square or slightly past the net as the kinetic chain unwinds.
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3.5s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her compact split step into a wide, low base is followed by a semi-open stance on contact, with quick recovery steps bringing her back to a neutral position on the baseline.
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2.5s |
BH Center Down The Line · Front
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is almost perfectly square to the net with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates straight through the line of the shot for a firm down-the-line trajectory.
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3s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. After contact she extends her follow-through high with both hands on the racquet and quickly returns her feet to a balanced, ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. Her feet set up on a balanced neutral base with a small adjustment step before contact, followed by a quick recovery step back toward the center baseline position.
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2.3s |
BH Center · Front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with a laid-back wrist position on the dominant hand that stays stable through contact before releasing slightly in the follow-through.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with the bottom hand dominant and a pronounced wrist lag that releases into a compact wrist snap right at contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Front · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. After contact she extends her two-handed follow-through high across her body while her weight settles onto her front foot and she quickly returns the racquet to a ready position in front of her torso.
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3.1s |
BH Inside In · Front
Kim Clijsters's backhand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil early as the racquet prepares, then uncoil in a unified rotation with the hips, making the degree of shoulder turn and torso release easy to compare between preparation and contact.
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2.3s |
BH Moves Back · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center baseline, filmed from the front. Her shoulders rotate as a unit with her trunk into a closed position on the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the chest finishing square or slightly open toward the net.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her footwork includes a quick split step into a retreating crossover pattern, setting up a stable neutral stance before she drives through the ball.
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3.9s |
BH Moves Back · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil together into a compact unit turn, then uncoil with the chest rotating square through contact as the rear shoulder drives through the shot.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Front #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center, filmed from the front. Her footwork includes a quick split-step into small adjustment steps as she moves back, setting into a stable neutral stance before driving through the shot and then recovering toward the middle.
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2.6s |
BH Running · Front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the center baseline, filmed from the front. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside foot wide while on the run, then uses quick recovery steps to push back toward the middle after contact.
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2.9s |
BH Running · Front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from the front. Her semi-closed top hand grip and firm bottom hand show clearly, with noticeable wrist lag that straightens through contact for a solid, stable hit.
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3.3s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Front
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a central baseline position, filmed from the front. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the ground are clearly visible, with the hips driving forward and slightly uncoiling as the legs extend through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Short · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. At contact her racket face is nearly square to the ball with the contact point around waist height, and the two-handed swing drives forward with noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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4.1s |
BH Short · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. Her two-handed grip is firm with the dominant hand in a strong continental position, and you can see her wrists stay laid back through the swing before a compact, controlled release at contact.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from the front. Her hips stay relatively closed to the net as she drives off the outside leg, with a deep knee bend on that leg to load before pushing into the shot.
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3.7s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly against the closed stance, with a pronounced upper-body rotation into contact followed by a compact, synchronized uncoil through the finish.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the front court position, filmed from a front angle. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly against the hips before uncoiling in sync with her weight transfer, making the degree of upper-body rotation especially clear as she stretches out wide.
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2.8s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the center, filmed from the front. Her two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep upward swing path visible through the hitting zone.
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2.7s |
BH Lob Wide · Front
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand lob from the center, filmed from the front. After contact her follow-through finishes high with the racquet above shoulder level while she quickly regains a neutral stance, bringing both hands back toward a ready position.
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3.4s |
BH Wide · Front · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a neutral stance, filmed from the front. Her two-handed grip is firm with a slightly laid-back wrist on the dominant hand that straightens through contact, while the non-dominant wrist stays stable to guide the racket face.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the front court position, filmed from a front angle. Her shoulders rotate sharply with a pronounced trunk coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her hip rotation as she drives through the open-stance backhand.
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3s |
BH Wide · Front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see her firm two-handed grip with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and a pronounced wrist lag that releases into a compact, controlled snap through contact.
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2.2s |
BH Wide · Leg-action · Front · Open
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside leg firmly, using a strong lateral push-off and quick recovery steps to get back toward the center.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the rear. Her closed hips and strong knee bend on the outside leg are clearly visible as she loads and then drives up and forward through the shot.
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2.3s |
BH Center Cross Court · Rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her strong knee bend and deep hip hinge during the loading phase are clearly visible, followed by an explosive leg drive that uncoils her hips into the shot.
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2.2s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her two-handed backhand contact occurs slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep upward swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.4s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court down the line, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high with the racket over her right shoulder as she quickly uncoils her hips and resets her feet into a balanced, ready position on the baseline.
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2.5s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court down the line, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she extends her follow-through straight toward the target with her weight driving into the court, then quickly releases her non-hitting hand to reset into a balanced ready position.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her racket contacts the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face, and the swing path accelerates low to high with noticeable racket head speed through contact.
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2.2s |
BH Center · Rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the rear. After contact she extends her racquet out toward the target while her weight continues to rotate through her hips, and her non-hitting arm opens for balance before she resets into a neutral ready position.
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2.1s |
BH Center · Rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to hip height, with the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball on a low-to-high swing path.
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2.5s |
BH Inside Out · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.7s |
BH Inside Out · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she extends her racquet fully toward the InsideOut target while her non-hitting hand opens up behind her for balance before she quickly resets into a low, wide ready position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
BH Inside Out · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand inside-out from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her two-handed grip is firm with the left hand dominant on the handle, and there is a noticeable laid-back wrist position that is maintained into contact before a subtle release through the finish.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Arm-action · Rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the rear. Her racket face stays slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see her arms extend through the ball with the racket head accelerating up and across the body.
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1.8s |
BH Moves Back · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her two-handed grip stays compact with notable wrist lag on the dominant hand that releases into a subtle upward wrist snap through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Moves Back · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her split-step leads into quick retreating adjustment steps, setting a solid semi-open stance before she plants and drives through the backhand.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. As she moves back, she uses quick adjustment steps into a neutral stance before contact and then executes a strong recovery shuffle to get back into position.
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2.5s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil against the direction of movement, then uncoil in sync with her hip rotation, making the separation between upper and lower body easy to see from behind.
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2s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, you can see her firm continental bottom-hand grip setting the racquet face while her top hand drives through with a stable wrist and minimal wrist snap at contact.
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2.5s |
BH Short · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she extends her two-handed follow-through high while her weight drives forward into the court, quickly bringing both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.4s |
BH Short · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders through contact.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Rear
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the center, filmed from a rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong lateral push off the outside leg are clearly visible as her hips stay low and drive out toward the wide ball.
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3.6s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide ball on the ad side in a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sync with her hip rotation as she drives through the ball.
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2.5s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Rear
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the center baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her racket face stays slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the upward swing path creates strong racket head acceleration through the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. Her two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep upward swing path visible through the acceleration of the racket head.
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3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil against the hips on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence as the torso unwinds before the arms complete the swing.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips stay relatively open to the baseline while her knees are deeply flexed, and you can see a strong lateral push off the outside leg to reach and stabilize for the wide shot.
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2.8s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. After contact she extends her racquet forward with a long two-handed follow-through while her weight transfers into the court and her non-hitting arm helps her quickly recover toward a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively closed at preparation with a deep knee bend, then drive forward aggressively through extension of the legs as the hips uncoil into contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the takeback, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sync with her hip rotation through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively closed at load with a deep knee bend, then drive forward as both legs extend aggressively into the court through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her feet plant on a neutral base with a clear unit turn, and she uses small adjustment steps before contact followed by a quick recovery step back toward her ready position.
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3s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net in the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils ahead of the arms to drive the racquet through contact in a clear kinetic chain sequence.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see her firm two-handed grip with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet and a pronounced wrist lag that straightens into a solid, stable wrist position through contact.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her two-handed grip shows a firm, stable bottom hand with the top hand driving the racquet through contact, while her wrist maintains a noticeable lag that releases just before impact.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively open to the net as she loads deeply into her legs, with a pronounced knee bend and strong upward leg drive into the shot.
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2.4s |
BH Half Volley Running · Side
Kim Clijsters's running backhand half-volley from the side. Her hips stay low with a deep knee bend as she moves through the ball, and her outside leg drives laterally while her hips stay relatively closed to keep the shot controlled on the stretch.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her footwork includes quick adjustment steps as she retreats and sets into a semi-open stance, with her weight transferring off the back leg just before contact.
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3.2s |
BH Moves Back · Leg-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her early shoulder turn and pronounced trunk coil are clearly visible, with the torso unwinding sequentially before the arms extend through contact.
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4.4s |
BH Moves Back · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her two-handed grip stays compact with a noticeable laid-back wrist position on the dominant hand that firms up into a strong, stable angle right at contact.
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3.3s |
BH Moves Back · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. The side view makes it easy to see her slightly closed racket face at contact with the ball struck around waist height in front of her body and the racket accelerating steeply up the back of the ball.
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2.9s |
BH Moves Back · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. After contact she releases her left hand off the racquet early, letting the racquet continue across her body as she transfers weight onto her outside leg and begins to reset into a neutral ready position.
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1.6s |
BH Moves Back · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see her firm two-handed grip with the left hand driving the racket and a pronounced wrist lag that straightens through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Moves Back · Side #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through finishes high with the torso slightly rotating and weight shifting onto the outside leg before she quickly regathers into a compact ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Side #6
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible as her hips stay closed to the net through the loading phase before rotating into contact.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Side #7
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her footwork features quick retreating adjustment steps into a semi-open stance, then a firm plant of the outside foot before rotating through the two-handed swing.
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2.5s |
BH Moves Back · Side #001
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Moves Back · Side #002
Kim Clijsters's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible as she loads into the shot, with the hips staying closed until just before contact.
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2.5s |
BH Running · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the side. Her follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her as she transfers weight through the shot into an immediate split-step recovery.
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3s |
BH Running · Side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from the side, hit in an open stance. Her hips stay relatively open to the court while her outside knee bends deeply and drives upward through contact, showing strong leg engagement despite her lateral movement.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's running backhand from an open stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively open to the net while her outside leg loads with a deep knee bend, then drives upward and forward to support rotation through contact.
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3.2s |
BH Running · Side · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's running backhand in open stance from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the hips to drive the two-handed swing through contact.
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3.6s |
BH Running · Side · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's running open-stance backhand from the side. Her racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply up the back of the ball on a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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3.3s |
BH Running · Side · Open #5
Kim Clijsters's running two-handed backhand from the side, hit in an open stance. After contact she lets the racquet wrap high around her left shoulder while her weight continues moving toward the sideline before she quickly re-loads into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Short · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball.
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3.6s |
BH Short · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her compact split step into a neutral stance is followed by a quick pivot and decisive weight transfer onto the front foot before she recovers with small adjustment steps back to ready position.
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3s |
BH Short · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate as a unit with a pronounced trunk coil on the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with her chest finishing fully rotated toward the net.
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5.4s |
BH Short · Side #001
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. After contact she extends her follow-through high with both hands while her weight transfers into the court, quickly returning to a compact ready position.
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5.5s |
BH Short · Side #002
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her hips so that the trunk unwinds just before contact to drive the two-handed swing.
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5.4s |
BH Short · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her quick split step into a semi-open stance is followed by a strong push off the outside leg and a decisive recovery step back toward the center.
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2.1s |
BH Short · Side #001
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with the racket head accelerating forward on a relatively flat swing path through the ball.
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2.2s |
BH Short · Side #002
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the baseline on the deuce side, filmed from the side. She uses a quick split step into a semi-open stance, then drives off her outside leg with a couple of small recovery steps preparing for the next shot.
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2.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the side. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk, with a pronounced early coil and delayed uncoil that shows clear sequencing from lower body to torso before the arms release through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. Her strong knee bend and deep hip sit into the outside leg are clear before she drives laterally to reach the wide ball.
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2.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. Her racket face stays slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates forward on a relatively flat, linear swing path.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from the deuce court wide position, filmed from the side. Her two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of her lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head aggressively through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #2
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her closed stance is clear as she steps across with her front foot, using a strong lateral push-off and a couple of recovery steps to get back toward the center after contact.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #1
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively closed to the net as she loads, with a deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to drive into the shot.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her feet plant on a neutral line to the baseline before she drives into the shot, then she uses a quick crossover recovery step to move back toward the center.
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3.8s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand wide from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a strong coil on the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the arm swing so the torso leads the racquet through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide ball on the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her open stance shows strong knee flexion on the outside leg and aggressive hip rotation toward the court as she drives through the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively open to the net as she loads with a deep knee bend, then drives upward through her legs to transfer weight laterally into the shot.
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2.4s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's wide two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see her semi-western top hand grip setting the racket face and the pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a firm, stable wrist position at contact.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's wide backhand from the side in an open stance, filmed from a side angle. After contact she drives her weight off the outside leg and finishes with the racquet wrapping high across her body while her non-hitting hand helps her rotate back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her two-handed grip stays compact with a noticeably softening of the bottom hand and a relaxed, slightly cupped wrist just before contact to take pace off the ball.
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2.9s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her compact split step leads into a slightly open stance, with quick adjustment steps bringing her closer to the ball before she softens her knees and leans forward into contact.
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3.1s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's two-handed backhand drop shot from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her relatively soft grip and slightly laid-back wrists are visible as she relaxes the hands before contact to take pace off the ball.
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2.9s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from the center baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend, and she subtly lowers her center of gravity by flexing both legs before a gentle upward push into the shot.
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2.4s |
BH Drop Shot · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her racket face is slightly open at contact with the ball taken just below net height, and the compact, decelerating swing path creates a soft touch with minimal racket head speed.
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2.1s |
BH Drop Shot · Front
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from a central court position, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly open with the ball struck just below net height, and the racket head decelerates quickly after a short, compact swing path.
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3.4s |
BH Drop Shot · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from the side. Her shoulders and trunk coil early with a noticeable upper-body turn, then uncoil minimally into contact, with the torso staying relatively quiet to soften the shot.
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4.7s |
BH Drop Shot · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from a neutral position, filmed from the side. After contact her racquet finishes slightly in front with her weight easing forward, and she quickly brings both hands back toward her center to recover into a compact ready stance.
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6s |
BH Drop Shot · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand drop shot from a neutral position, filmed from the side. After contact her follow-through stays compact with the racket head softening in front of her body as she transfers a bit of weight forward and quickly brings both hands back toward a ready position.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her racket arm forms a pronounced upward throwing motion into contact, with the racket face slightly closed and contacting the ball at a high point well above her outstretched tossing arm.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her stance shows a solid platform base with a pronounced knee bend, and you can see her front foot driving up and into the court as she lands to start her recovery.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that turns the strings toward the box.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she lands on her front leg with her back leg kicking through, then quickly regathers both feet into a balanced ready position for the next shot.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her racket face is slightly pronated at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of her body.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a deep coil with the front shoulder dipping significantly before uncoiling in a clearly sequenced motion from hips to torso to hitting arm.
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2.8s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips load with a deep knee bend and then drive up together as she extends through the legs, showing a strong upward push off the ground into the serve.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, and you can see her wrist stay relatively firm through the toss before pronating sharply just after contact.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact her arm action continues fully across her body while her back leg swings forward, leaving her in a balanced, forward-weighted stance ready to recover for the next shot.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling upward as she pushes off the ground.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil away from the court during the trophy phase, then uncoil in a tight sequence into contact, with the left shoulder lifting and rotating back as the right shoulder drives up and through the ball.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck well above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of her body for a pronounced upward swing path.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil away from the court before uncoiling in sequence, with the shoulder line rotating well past perpendicular to the baseline before driving up into contact.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her knees load deeply as her hips stay relatively closed to the baseline before driving upward, with an explosive leg push that straightens both legs into contact.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that finishes with the palm facing more toward the side fence.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk load with a pronounced upper-body coil during the toss, then uncoil in sequence so the hitting shoulder rotates through ahead of the hips at contact.
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2.9s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side down the middle, filmed from the front. From this angle you can see her shoulders fully coil away from the target before driving her trunk forward in a distinct uncoiling sequence that leads the racquet up into contact.
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2.8s |
First Serve Down The Line · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clear on the toss hand side, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racquet face closes toward the target.
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2.8s |
First Serve Down The Line · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact her arm extends fully into the court with her weight landing on the front foot, and she quickly brings both hands back toward the center line to reestablish a compact ready position.
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2.5s |
First Serve → FH Swinging Volley · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court and quickly brings both hands together in front of her body to transition into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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6.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, making the upward swing path and rapid racket head acceleration clearly visible.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact she lands on her front foot with her weight driving into the court, and her non-hitting arm drops back as she quickly brings both hands toward the racket to recover into a compact ready position.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front angle. Her split-step into a loaded stance is followed by a pronounced knee bend and upward drive, with her front foot planting slightly into the court to support a strong weight transfer through the serve motion.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then drive upward as her legs extend aggressively into the court.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. After contact she lands on her front foot with her weight driving into the court, and her non-hitting arm drops and then helps her square up quickly into a ready position for the next ball.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and you can see the racket head accelerate steeply upward along the right side of her body.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad side, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk load into a deep coil with the tossing arm fully extended, then uncoil in a sequenced motion that brings the hitting shoulder up and through as the chest rotates toward the net.
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2.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a front angle. Her shoulder line clearly rotates away from the target during the toss, then powerfully unwinds with a pronounced trunk uncoil that sequences from hips through torso into the serving arm.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racket face turns down and across the ball.
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3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see her shoulders tilt and rotate as her trunk coils during the toss, then uncoils in sync with her arm swing to drive up through the serve.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and you can clearly see the racket head accelerate upward along a pronounced diagonal swing path.
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2.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her hip rotation is easy to track as her front hip stays closed through the knee bend and then drives through with an aggressive leg push upward into contact.
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3.1s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see distinct wrist pronation as the racquet face squares up through contact.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. After contact she lands on her front foot with her non-hitting arm dropping to her side as she quickly regains a square, ready position on the baseline.
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3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add racket head speed.
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2.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates sharply upward through the hitting zone.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive are clearly visible as her hips stay closed toward the net before uncoiling into the serve.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her front-facing stance shows a pronounced knee bend and stable base before the ball toss, with a small adjustment of the back foot to align her hips and shoulders into a strong platform stance.
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3s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce court, hit wide, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted upward with a fully extended hitting arm, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across the ball to create a high-contact, driving serve out wide.
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2.8s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce court, hit wide, filmed from the front. After contact she lands on her front foot with her torso uncoiling toward the court and her non-hitting arm dropping back before she quickly regroups into a square ready position.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load into a deep knee bend with noticeable leg drive straight up through contact, and you can see her rear hip rotating aggressively toward the net as she pushes off the ground.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork includes a small adjustment step into a platform stance, and you can clearly see her driving up through her legs with a coordinated hip and shoulder rotation into the court.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is nearly vertical with a slightly closed angle, meeting the ball well above head height as the racket accelerates up and across her body on a pronounced upward swing path.
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2.6s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk coil deeply away from the court during the toss, then uncoil in a sequential rotation that clearly leads from the hips through the torso into the serving arm.
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3.4s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork features a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with the back foot drawing up to the front foot before she drives up and into the court.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load into a deep knee bend before driving upward, with her back leg extending strongly to push her hips through into the court.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court and quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position, preparing for the next shot.
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2.7s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her compact, rhythmic service motion includes a balanced pinpoint stance and a controlled landing that pushes her slightly toward the wide target before she quickly regathers her feet on the baseline.
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3.2s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted toward the sideline with the ball struck just above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of her body.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through brings her hitting arm down across her body as her weight lands on her front foot, quickly bringing both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her legs show a deep knee bend during the loading phase, with a strong upward leg drive that extends fully through contact as her hips rotate into the court.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court with her torso fully unwinding toward the target, and her non-hitting arm tucks in as she lands balanced and quickly begins to reset for the next shot.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the rear. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible from behind, along with her hips uncoiling toward the court as she pushes off the ground.
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3.2s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can see her continental grip staying firm while her wrist pronates fully through contact, turning the strings toward the target.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork includes a small adjustment step into a pinpoint stance before the toss, then a pronounced left-leg kickback and balanced landing well inside the baseline for efficient recovery.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork features a compact platform stance with a small, controlled rocker step before driving up, and she lands slightly inside the court with a quick recovery step back to her baseline position.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her continental grip stays firm while her wrist remains relaxed, enabling a pronounced pronation through contact that is clearly visible from behind.
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2.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her stance remains solidly grounded through the toss with a pronounced knee bend, and you can see her back leg driving up and through into the court to aid her forward momentum after contact.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline in the trophy position, then uncoil in sync with her trunk as her chest opens toward the court just before contact.
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3s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. Her trunk coils markedly away from the court with a deep shoulder turn, then uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders as the tossing arm drops and the hitting shoulder whips up into contact.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact she drives her weight into the court and finishes with her tossing arm dropping quickly as she lands balanced and ready to recover for the next shot.
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2.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. Her 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 the contact.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her feet stay grounded in a platform stance as she bends deeply into her knees before driving upward, with a small front-foot adjustment to align her body into the court during the toss.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips rotate from a closed position into full extension as she explodes into the court.
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3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips powerfully uncoiling upward as she extends to contact.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand on the handle, and her wrist pronates aggressively through contact, finishing with the strings facing slightly toward the side fence.
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2.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. Her footwork shows a controlled platform stance with a small front-foot adjustment before the knee bend, and a clear forward landing on her left leg into the court after contact.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her shoulder line rotates well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline before uncoiling, with a pronounced trunk coil that initiates the upward kinetic chain into the serve.
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3.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, along with strong hip extension as she pushes up into the serve.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her footwork shows a quick adjustment hop into a wide base, settling into a strong neutral stance with a clear weight transfer off the right leg into the shot.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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2.9s |
FH Center Cross Court · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips before contact, then her trunk uncoils aggressively through the shot with the chest finishing fully rotated toward the target.
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1.9s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive out of the open stance are clearly visible as her hips rotate aggressively toward the court while her outside leg anchors the movement.
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3.1s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her quick split-step into a wide open stance and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible before she uses small adjustment steps to recover toward the middle.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-front · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay noticeably open toward the net while her knees are deeply flexed on the load, then her legs drive upward and forward to initiate the forward swing.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. At contact her 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 swing path.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand inside-in from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her 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 swing path.
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2.7s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that smoothly unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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4.6s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level front angle. At contact her 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 for heavy topspin.
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0.1s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with the racquet face slightly closed, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that releases into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. At contact her 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 swing path.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her quick split-step into a series of small adjustment steps sets up a semi-open stance, with her weight transferring off the back foot as she recovers forward after contact.
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2.8s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she retreats, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward to stabilize and redirect the incoming ball.
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3.1s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. From this view, her semi-western grip and strong wrist lag are evident as the racquet head stays laid back before a sharp wrist release through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she lets her hitting arm wrap fully across her body as her weight settles onto her back leg, then quickly drops both hands in front of her torso to re-establish a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her feet adjust with quick retreating steps into a semi-open stance before contact, followed by a small hop and recovery step that bring her back into a balanced position on the baseline.
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3.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as she transfers weight back to a neutral stance with both hands quickly returning to a ready position in front of her torso.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #6
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay relatively open to the net as she loads on a wide base, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive to stabilize the shot while retreating.
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2.3s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-front #7
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating upward and forward through the ball.
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3.2s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see the racket head accelerate steeply upward through the hitting zone.
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2.4s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her hips stay low with a deep knee bend as she drives off the outside leg, and her hips rotate through while her trail leg swings around to help her recover back toward the court.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her quick adjustment steps into an open stance followed by a strong lateral recovery step are clearly visible as she moves back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she drives her weight through the shot and quickly brings both hands back toward her body to recover into a compact ready position for the next ball.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk load with a pronounced upper-body coil during the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the chest fully rotating toward the net as the kinetic chain unwinds.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-front #6
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her quick adjustment steps into an open stance followed by a strong recovery shuffle back toward the middle are clearly visible from this angle.
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3s |
FH Short · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips, then uncoil in sequence so the trunk rotation leads the arm and racquet through contact.
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4.1s |
FH Short · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court_level front angle. From this angle, you can see her semi-western forehand grip with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong, stable wrist at contact.
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4.1s |
FH Short · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center short court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with the racket face closed at setup, and she maintains pronounced wrist lag before releasing a compact wrist snap through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with a slightly closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand wide from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible as her hips open aggressively toward the ball during the wide movement.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from court_level front. Her shoulders load with a pronounced turn relative to her hips, then her trunk uncoils aggressively through contact with a visible delay between hip rotation and upper-body release.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the center, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her follow-through wraps fully across her body with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing in front as she recovers back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the center, filmed from court_level front. After contact her follow-through wraps fully across her body while her non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before she quickly recovers her stance to prepare for the next shot.
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2.9s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with the racket face slightly closed, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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3s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from court_level front. Her shoulders load with a pronounced turn relative to her hips before contact, then her trunk uncoils aggressively forward, clearly showing the upper body leading the kinetic chain into the hitting zone.
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2.8s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a court_level front angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with a pronounced separation between hip and shoulder rotation.
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3.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside foot wide, uses a quick split-step into a lateral push, and then takes small recovery steps back toward the middle after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her racket meets the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed-to-neutral face and a steep low-to-high swing path, producing noticeable racket head speed through contact.
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3.4s |
FH Wide · Court-level-front · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong pronation of the wrist through contact on this wide ball.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips load with a deep knee bend and noticeable sit into the back leg before driving up and uncoiling through contact, with her legs pushing explosively into the court.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with the racket face slightly closed, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward through contact for heavy topspin.
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2.9s |
FH Center Cross Court · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her footwork features a quick split-step into a loaded open stance with strong push-off from the outside leg before recovering back toward the middle.
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2.2s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she finishes with her racquet wrapping high over her left shoulder while her weight transfers onto her front leg, quickly bringing both hands back to a ready position on the baseline.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her quick split step into a wide open stance is followed by a strong push off the outside leg and a decisive crossover recovery step back to the middle.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this rear view, you can clearly see her deep shoulder turn relative to her hips and the pronounced trunk uncoil that sequences into her hitting arm through contact.
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3.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-rear · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her follow-through wraps high across her body while her weight drives forward into the court, and she quickly resets her feet into a neutral ready position after contact.
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2.4s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level rear angle. After contact she finishes with her racquet wrapping high over her left shoulder as her weight drives into the court and she quickly resets her feet into a compact ready position.
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3.4s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. She uses a quick split-step into an open stance, then pushes off her outside leg and takes small adjustment steps to recover back toward the middle after contact.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her 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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1.8s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her hips so that her trunk finishes fully squared and slightly open toward the target.
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3.3s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside In from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the take-back, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court_level rear angle. She sets up in a strong open stance after a quick split-step, using small adjustment steps to load on her outside leg before driving through and recovering back toward the middle.
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4.3s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her hips load deeply with a pronounced knee bend before uncoiling, and her legs drive explosively upward and into the court as she rotates into the shot.
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4.7s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's inside-out forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net in the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively ahead of the arm swing, making the sequencing of torso rotation into contact very clear from behind.
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2.2s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center while moving back, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she retreats, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward to stabilize and push into the shot despite moving backward.
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2.9s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-western forehand grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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4.2s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she retreats, with a deep knee bend and strong push off the right leg to stabilize before rotating into the shot.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her footwork features a quick split-step into retreating adjustment steps as she moves back, setting up in a semi-open stance before driving through the shot and recovering toward the center.
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3.4s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk load with an early, deep coil, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced rotation where the torso leads the arm through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-western forehand grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the racquet drop that unwinds into a strong, late wrist release through contact.
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3s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. At contact her 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.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-western forehand grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that snaps through just after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her footwork features a quick split-step into long lateral strides and a wide open stance, followed by aggressive recovery steps back toward the middle after contact.
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6.6s |
FH Running · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from a court-level rear angle. She uses a quick adjustment hop into an open stance before contact, then takes several aggressive crossover recovery steps back toward the middle of the baseline.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a low-to-high swing path.
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2.8s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the short-court position, filmed from a court_level rear angle. From this view you can see her shoulders fully coil so that her back nearly faces the net before contact, then uncoil in sequence with her trunk driving through the shot.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the short court, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as she transfers weight into the court and quickly resets her feet into a compact ready position.
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3.1s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her hips load deeply with noticeable knee flexion, then drive upward and uncoil so the rear hip clearly rotates through toward the net as she contacts the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Short · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her contact point is slightly in front of her body with the racket face moderately closed, and the upward swing path creates strong racket head acceleration through the ball.
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4s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the center, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg are clearly visible as her hips open aggressively toward the sideline during the swing.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a court_level rear angle. Her open stance shows strong external hip rotation with a deep right-knee bend that she drives upward and into the court as she uncoils into the wide ball.
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3.3s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide ball on the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view her semi-western grip is clear, with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open #21
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the Deuce side in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she finishes with her torso uncoiling toward the court and her non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her, then quickly brings both hands back toward the racket handle as she recovers toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay noticeably open toward the sideline as she loads, with a deep knee bend in the outside leg before driving up and around into the shot.
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2.2s |
FH Wide · Court-level-rear · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong, stable wrist position through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact her racquet wraps high over her left shoulder while her weight drives into the court, and she quickly drops both hands toward a neutral position as she recovers back into her ready stance.
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3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the pronounced wrist lag on the takeback and the strong, forward wrist pronation through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her loaded stance shows deep knee flexion and aggressive leg drive upward, with the hips powerfully unwinding from a closed to a more open position through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Court-level-side #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with the racket face slightly closed, and the side view makes the steep low-to-high swing path and rapid racket head acceleration very clear.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her follow-through wraps high across her body with her weight driving into the court, and she quickly re-sets her feet into a wide, ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the way the racket face closes slightly during the forward swing, with pronounced wrist lag that releases into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Court-level-side · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her hips stay coiled as she loads on a deep knee bend, then drive forward with a strong leg push that opens her hips into the shot.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her feet set in a strong open stance after a quick split-step, with a pronounced load on the outside leg before she drives through and recovers back toward the center.
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4.4s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her follow-through wraps fully across her body with her non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her as she quickly regains a wide, athletic ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the baseline, filmed from a court_level_side angle. Her shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders just before contact.
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2.4s |
FH Inside Out · Leg-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact her weight drives into the court with a pronounced hip and leg drive, and she quickly brings the racquet back toward her body as she pushes off the outside leg into a ready recovery stance.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she finishes with a high, across-the-body follow-through and quickly brings both hands back toward the racket to recover into a balanced ready stance.
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3.5s |
FH Running · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the neutral court position, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she lets her hitting arm wrap fully across her body while her non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance, then she quickly regains an athletic stance with her weight transitioning forward into her next recovery steps.
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2.4s |
FH · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a deep coil relative to her hips before uncoiling in sequence, making the short arm action and trunk rotation timing easy to distinguish.
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3.1s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Court-level-side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her shoulders load with a pronounced coil relative to her hips before uncoiling in sequence, making the short arm action and trunk rotation timing easy to distinguish.
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3.3s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide neutral-stance position, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her contact point is slightly in front of her lead hip with the racket face moderately closed, and the racket head accelerates upward on a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her open stance shows strong hip clearance toward the net with a deep outside knee bend that loads the legs before driving up and around the shot.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact on this wide ball, she finishes with her torso fully rotated toward the court and her non-hitting arm extending back for counterbalance before settling into a ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Court-level-side · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a court level side angle. Her shoulders turn significantly past 90 degrees relative to the net before contact, then her trunk uncoils aggressively with a noticeable delay between hip rotation and upper body release.
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3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her strong knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling explosively toward the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her split-step into a wide, semi-open stance is followed by a strong push off the outside leg and a quick recovery shuffle back toward the center.
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2s |
FH Center Cross Court · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her semi-western grip is clear from the closed racquet face, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that releases into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.1s |
FH Center Cross Court · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the forward swing accelerates steeply upward for heavy topspin.
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2.2s |
FH Center Cross Court · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her split-step into a wide, semi-open stance is followed by a strong push off the outside leg and a quick crossover recovery back toward the middle.
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2.1s |
FH Center Cross Court · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. Her shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against a relatively stable lower body, then uncoil in sequence so the trunk rotation leads the arm into contact.
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2.6s |
FH Center Down The Line · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist to mid-torso height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path.
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3.5s |
FH Center Down The Line · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from the front. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with a pronounced separation between hip and shoulder rotation visible from this angle.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her neutral stance is clear as she plants both feet along the baseline, then uses a small hop and quick adjustment steps to load evenly before rotating into the shot.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. After contact she finishes with a high, across-the-body follow-through while her non-hitting hand counterbalances and she quickly returns to a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. Her racket meets the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed-to-neutral racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path, creating visible racket head acceleration through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Half Volley · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand half-volley from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her hips stay relatively square to the net while her knees are deeply flexed, with a quick upward leg drive to stabilize her body through the short, compact swing.
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2.3s |
FH Half Volley · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand half-volley from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact she extends her racquet forward with her weight moving into the court, then quickly brings both hands back toward a compact ready position for the next shot.
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1.8s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a central position, filmed from the front. Her hips stay closed through the load with a deep knee bend, then drive forward explosively as her legs extend into contact.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her follow-through wraps fully across her body with the non-hitting arm retracting quickly to help her shoulders unwind and bring her back into a compact ready position.
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3.9s |
FH Inside In · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. At contact her 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 swing path.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. After contact she finishes with a high across-body follow-through and quickly brings both hands back in front of her torso, using a small hop to recover into a neutral ready position.
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1.9s |
FH Inside In · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. Her hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then drive explosively forward as her legs extend into contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Leg-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her footwork features a pronounced split-step into a quick adjustment hop and a semi-open stance, with a strong push off the outside leg to drive into the court before recovering toward the center.
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2s |
FH Inside In · Leg-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as she drives her weight into the court and quickly re-sets her feet into a balanced ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. She uses a strong split step into an open stance, then pushes off her outside leg and takes quick recovery steps back toward the middle after the inside-out swing.
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2.8s |
FH Inside Out · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center, filmed from the Front. From this angle you can see her semi-western grip creating pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that releases into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the front. From this angle you can see her semi-western forehand grip creating clear wrist lag on the take-back that unloads into a sharp, controlled wrist snap through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside Out · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center, filmed from the front. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are evident as her hips stay relatively closed to direct the ball inside-out.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center baseline while moving back, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates sharply upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the center, filmed from the front. The contact point is slightly in front of her body with the racket face moderately closed, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her hips stay low with a deep knee bend as she drives off the outside leg, then her hips rotate through while the trail leg swings around to help her decelerate after contact.
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3.4s |
FH Running · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her hips stay low with deep knee flexion as she accelerates forward, then rotate aggressively through contact with a pronounced push off the outside leg.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced laid-back wrist position that stays lagged until just before contact, where a sharp forearm and wrist release whips the racquet face up the back of the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Front #5
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil noticeably against the direction of movement, then uncoil in sequence so that the torso rotation clearly leads the arm swing through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Front
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders coil significantly relative to her hips before uncoiling in sequence, with a compact arm action that makes the trunk rotation and chest opening toward the target especially clear.
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3.3s |
FH Short · Front
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact her follow-through finishes high across her body as she transfers weight into the court and quickly resets both hands on the racquet in a compact ready position.
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2.8s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her split-step into a wide open-stance base is followed by a strong lateral push-off and clear recovery steps back toward the center.
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2.8s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil with the front shoulder pointing toward the net post, then a strong uncoiling sequence where the torso leads the arm into contact.
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2.6s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her hips stay relatively closed at the start with a deep knee bend, then drive upward and rotate aggressively as her legs push off the outside leg into the wide ball.
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2.5s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center, filmed from the front. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that snaps forward aggressively just before contact.
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3.5s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from the front. After contact she finishes with a high, across-the-body follow-through while her non-hitting hand extends back for balance as she regains a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside foot, rotates her hips into the shot, and uses quick recovery steps to push back toward the center.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her open stance is clear as she plants her outside foot first, then uses a strong lateral push-off to recover back toward the center after contact.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through wraps high over her shoulder with the non-hitting arm retracting back, and she quickly brings both hands to the racket handle to recover into a balanced ready position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
FH Center Cross Court · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center Down The Line · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load in a semi-open position with a deep knee bend, then drive forward as her legs extend explosively into the court during the forward swing.
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4.4s |
FH Center · Rear · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. From behind you can clearly see her semi-western forehand grip creating strong wrist lag on the takeback and a pronounced wrist snap through contact.
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1.8s |
FH Center · Rear · Open
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with a pronounced separation between hip and shoulder rotation.
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2.3s |
FH Half Volley · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand half-volley from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk stay relatively square with a compact coil, then uncoil in a short, connected rotation that matches the abbreviated nature of the half-volley swing.
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1.9s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to mid-torso height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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2.1s |
FH Inside In · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend before driving up and unwinding aggressively through the shot, showing strong leg push-off into the court.
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2.3s |
FH Inside In · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils aggressively ahead of the arm swing, showing clear separation between hip and shoulder rotation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high path.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a heavy topspin swing path.
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2.8s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as her non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before she quickly re-centers into a ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. From behind you can see her shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net, with a pronounced trunk coil that unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders as she swings forward.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to her hips on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk leading the arm swing into contact.
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2.3s |
FH Moves Back · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders load with a deep turn relative to her hips, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact, showing a clear separation and sequential rotation from hips to shoulders.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Leg-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. Her racket contacts the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates rapidly through contact.
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3.8s |
FH Running · Leg-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. Her deep shoulder turn and pronounced trunk coil are visible as her upper body rotates ahead of her hips, then uncoils through contact while her shoulders continue to rotate even after the ball leaves the strings.
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2.1s |
FH Running · Rear
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she finishes with a high, across-the-body follow-through while her momentum carries her back toward the middle, quickly resetting her feet into a ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load deeply with a pronounced knee bend before driving up through the shot, and her rear hip clearly rotates through to face the net at contact.
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3.1s |
FH Short · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her split-step leads into a quick adjustment shuffle and a semi-open stance, followed by a strong recovery step back toward the middle after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed 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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3.1s |
FH Short · Rear #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips load deeply with a pronounced knee bend, then uncoil as her legs drive up and into the court to initiate the forward swing.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Rear
Kim Clijsters's wide forehand from the center baseline, filmed from a rear angle. She uses a quick lateral shuffle into an open stance and then performs a strong recovery crossover step back toward the middle after contact.
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3s |
FH Wide · Rear · Neutral
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. Her neutral stance is clear as she plants both feet along the baseline after a quick lateral shuffle, then uses small recovery steps to move back toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with the racket face slightly closed, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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2.2s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide ball on the Deuce side in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. Her contact point is well in front of her body with the racket face slightly closed, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. From this angle you can clearly see her semi-western forehand grip creating pronounced wrist lag before contact and a strong, upward wrist release through the ball.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders coil well past 90 degrees relative to her hips before uncoiling, with a pronounced trunk rotation that sequences clearly from the hips through the torso into the hitting arm.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Leg-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a deep trunk coil against a braced front side, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders, making the separation angle between pelvis and upper torso clearly visible.
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4.2s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her hips load by turning sideways with a deep knee bend, then uncoil forward as her legs drive up and through the court during the swing.
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3.2s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then drive forward as her legs extend explosively into the court.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Center · Side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a modern, low-to-high swing path.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Side · Open #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her contact point is slightly in front of her lead hip with the racket face moderately closed, and the racket head accelerates on a low-to-high path that finishes around shoulder height.
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2s |
FH Center · Side · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. After contact she drives her weight through her front leg with a high wrap-around forehand finish before quickly returning her hands toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Half Volley Center · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see her semi-western grip creating pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a sharp, late wrist release through contact.
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2.4s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is evident in the strong wrist lag on the takeback and the pronounced wrist snap forward just before and through contact.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn and then uncoil ahead of the hips, showing a clear separation between trunk rotation and lower-body drive.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the side, filmed from a side angle. Her shoulders load with a pronounced turn relative to her hips, then her trunk uncoils sharply into contact with a visible delay between hip rotation and upper-body rotation.
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2.7s |
FH Inside In · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the side, filmed from a side angle. Her semi-western grip is evident with the racket laid back and a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. Her aggressive hip rotation is driven by a deep right-knee bend and strong push off the back leg as her hips open into the court.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Side #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through wraps high across her body with her weight driving into the court, and she quickly resets her feet into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Inside In · Side #6
Kim Clijsters's forehand Inside-In from the center on the Deuce side, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong push off the ground are clearly visible as her hips drive forward and unwind into the shot.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Side #7
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideIn from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her feet load in a strong open-to-semi-open stance with a pronounced knee bend, and she uses quick recovery steps after contact to regain her lateral court position.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a deep coil relative to her hips, then uncoil in sequence as the trunk rotates through contact, making the separation and release of the upper body easy to see.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible as her hips load closed and then rotate aggressively toward the target.
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3.3s |
FH Inside Out · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand InsideOut from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side. Her feet load in a strong open stance with a pronounced knee bend, and you can see a quick recovery step that readies her to move back toward the center after contact.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's inside-out forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. After contact her follow-through wraps high across her body while her weight drives into the court, and she quickly brings both hands back to a ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through wraps high across her body as her non-hitting arm counter-balances behind her, then quickly returns to a neutral position to help her recover back into a ready stance.
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2.2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the take-back, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #11
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to her hips on the unit turn, then her trunk uncoils in a clearly sequenced motion from pelvis to ribcage to shoulders through contact.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is clear from the side view, with pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Moves Back · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. Her contact point is slightly in front of her hip with the racket face moderately closed and the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. Her semi-western grip and pronounced wrist lag are clearly visible as the racket head trails behind before uncoiling into contact.
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2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #45
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. Her follow-through wraps high across her body as her weight shifts onto the back foot, and she quickly drops the racquet and non-hitting hand into a neutral ready position for recovery.
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3.3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her footwork features quick adjustment steps as she retreats and sets into a semi-open stance before driving through the ball and recovering forward.
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3.3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #6
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through wraps high across her body as her weight settles onto her back leg before she quickly regathers into a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Side #67
Kim Clijsters's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. Her quick split-step into a retreating adjustment and semi-open stance is clearly visible as she loads on the outside leg before swinging.
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2.3s |
FH Running · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. After contact her follow-through finishes high across her body while her weight continues moving forward into the court, and she quickly regathers her feet into a balanced, ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a sharp, late wrist release just before contact.
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3s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is paired with a compact arm action where the wrist maintains a pronounced lag on the forward swing before a sharp release through contact.
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4.5s |
FH Short · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her early split step into a wide open stance and aggressive forward weight transfer are clearly visible as she steps into the short ball.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center side, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn before uncoiling in sync with her trunk, showing a pronounced separation between hip and shoulder rotation through contact.
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3.7s |
FH Short · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her early split-step leads into a quick pivot into an open stance, with a strong push off the outside leg and a couple of small adjustment steps before and after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the side. Her semi-western forehand grip is paired with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into strong pronation through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Side
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide court position, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a deep turn relative to her hips, then her trunk uncoils aggressively into contact, with the upper body clearly rotating through before the arm whips forward.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from the side. She plants in a strong open stance with her outside foot bracing as she pushes laterally, then uses quick recovery steps to start moving back toward the center.
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2.2s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide ball on the deuce side, filmed from the side. At contact her 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.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #4
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as she transfers weight into her outside leg, then she quickly brings both hands back to the racket handle to recover toward a neutral ready position.
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2.4s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #5
Kim Clijsters's forehand from a wide position in the deuce court, filmed from the side. Her open stance shows strong knee bend on the outside leg with noticeable hip coil before driving up and around into the shot.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #6
Kim Clijsters's forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. Her open-stance follow-through finishes high across her body while her weight transfers into the court and her non-hitting hand quickly returns to a ready position for recovery.
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2.4s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders rotate as a unit with a pronounced trunk coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her hips so the torso drives the racquet through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front court-level angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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2.1s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she lands on her front foot with her torso uncoiling toward the court and her non-hitting arm dropping naturally as she quickly returns to a balanced ready position behind the baseline.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racquet edge turns outward toward the target.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front court-level angle. She uses a compact split step into a semi-open stance, then drives off her outside leg with a quick recovery step that readies her to move back toward the center.
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2.1s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from court-level front. Her two-handed backhand return uses a firm continental left-hand-dominant grip with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that straightens into a solid, stable wrist position through contact.
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2.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from court-level front. She sets up in a balanced neutral stance with a compact split-step into a quick pivot, then uses small adjustment steps to load on her outside leg before driving through the return.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a front-facing court-level angle. After contact she extends her follow-through across her body while her weight shifts into the court, quickly bringing both hands back toward a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.4s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her two-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of her lead hip with a closed racket face and a compact, upward swing path through contact.
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3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from court-level front. Her shoulders and trunk load together into a compact coil, then uncoil in a tightly sequenced motion where the upper body rotation clearly drives the racquet through contact.
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3.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is firm with a slightly relaxed wrist, allowing a pronounced pronation of the hitting hand through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #6
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above shoulder height, and the upward swing path creates visible spin-oriented racket head speed through the hit.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil during the toss that uncoils in sequence from the torso through the hitting arm as she drives up into contact.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil with the tossing arm fully extended, followed by a sharp uncoiling sequence where the torso rotates ahead of the arm swing to drive into contact.
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2.8s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is firm with the racket hand, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that turns the strings down into the court.
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2.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders stay closed longer than her hips during the upward swing, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sharply into contact to sequence the kinetic chain from legs through torso to arm.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, creating a pronounced wrist snap just after impact.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips stay closed through the knee bend and leg drive, then rotate explosively toward the court as her back leg kicks back to complete the motion.
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3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add pace and spin.
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3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulder line turns noticeably away from the target before contact, then her trunk uncoils in sync with her tossing arm dropping, creating a clear sequential rotation from hips to shoulders.
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2.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips powerfully uncoiling upward as she pushes off the ground.
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3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her stance transitions from a stable, slightly closed base into a powerful upward drive, with a clear front-foot pivot and balanced landing that sets up her first recovery step toward the baseline.
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2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #5
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court and quickly brings both hands together in front of her body, settling into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #6
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her hips load with a deep knee bend and then drive upward aggressively, with the back hip extending fully as her legs push off the ground into contact.
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2.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #7
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across the ball, emphasizing strong pronation through the hit.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #8
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the target during the toss, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced rotation that drives her hitting shoulder up and through the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist pronation through contact to add spin and control.
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2.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates a pronounced brushing action that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court and quickly brings her non-hitting hand back to the center of her body, settling into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.1s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulder line rotates noticeably away from the target before contact, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils upward and into the court in sync with her arm swing.
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2.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact her racket face is only slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward whip of the racket head creates a pronounced brushing action through the top of the ball.
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2.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders and trunk rotate as a unit during the toss and then uncoil aggressively into contact, with a pronounced upward trunk extension that links her leg drive to the shoulder-over-shoulder motion.
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2.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court and quickly brings both hands together in front of her body, settling into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her racket comes up to contact with a slightly closed face just above shoulder height, and you can clearly see the upward brushing motion that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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3.4s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible, with the hips uncoiling vertically as she pushes off the ground into contact.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her racket meets the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a compact, upward swing path driving through contact.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulder line rotates markedly away from the court during the trophy phase, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her footwork includes a small, rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance before she drives up to the ball and lands with her right foot slightly recovering toward the baseline.
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2.9s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips uncoil aggressively into the court as she lands on her front leg.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, creating a pronounced wrist snap just after impact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she drives up and into the court, with her back leg swinging forward and her tossing arm dropping quickly as she lands in a balanced position ready to recover for the next shot.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #6
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulder line turns noticeably away from the court during the toss, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders into the contact.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips rotate aggressively into the court as she uncoils toward contact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that keeps the racquet face square as it moves up and across the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay closed longer during the toss and loading phase, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward that uncoils her hips into contact.
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2.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her toss brings the ball slightly to her left, and at contact her racket face is tilted for heavy topspin with the contact point just above head height, creating a pronounced upward swing path.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her follow-through brings her weight diagonally into the court and she quickly brings both hands back toward a compact ready position to prepare for the next shot.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive are clearly visible as her hips open toward the court during the service motion.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #5
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulders rotate early as she coils the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders to arms, with the rear camera clearly showing the degree of upper-body rotation relative to her hips.
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2.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #6
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her two-handed backhand grip is clearly visible, with the left hand driving the racket and a firm but relaxed wrist structure that stays stable through contact before a subtle post-impact release.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #7
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her two-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a compact, upward swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact her follow-through finishes high with the racket wrapping around her left shoulder as she quickly uncoils her hips and resets both hands on the handle to recover back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.4s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips stay closed toward the baseline until late in the motion when they uncoil into the court.
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2.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay closed to the court for most of the toss and knee bend, then drive up and slightly into the court as both legs extend explosively into the ball.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her follow-through finishes slightly toward her left with her weight landing on the front foot, and she quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she drives her follow-through up and across her body while her weight moves into the court, quickly bringing both hands back to a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her split-step into a grounded, slightly closed stance is followed by a strong leg drive and clear front-foot pivot into the court, with balanced recovery steps ready for the next shot.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she lands on her front foot and lets her hitting arm finish across her body while her non-hitting arm drops quickly to help her recover into a balanced ready position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive are clearly visible as she loads on her back leg and extends upward through her hips into the serve.
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2.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her shoulder line turns markedly away from the court during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders as she drives up into the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her compact, rhythmic footwork into the toss leads into a solid platform stance, with a small rear-foot adjustment to load on her back leg before driving up into the serve.
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2.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #4
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then drive upward as her back leg straightens to propel her into the court.
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2.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling upward and forward as she pushes off the ground.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the court-level side. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court, with her non-hitting arm opening out for balance before she quickly resets into a compact ready position.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. From this side view, you can see her continental grip stay firm while her wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct snap just after impact.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her early split step into a semi-open stance leads into a quick pivot and compact adjustment step toward the ball before she plants and drives through the return.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from court-level side. From this angle, you can see her racket drop fully behind her back before driving up to contact at full extension with a slightly pronated racket face.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the edge of the ball to impart strong topspin and kick.
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3.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from court-level side. Her early shoulder turn and strong trunk coil are clearly visible, with the torso uncoiling ahead of the arm swing to drive the two-handed backhand through contact.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact, she drives her weight into the court with a long two-handed follow-through and quickly brings both hands back toward the racket handle as she recovers into a compact ready position.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and the side view makes it easy to see her wrist pronation unfolding through contact.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. She uses a compact split step into a semi-open stance, then drives off her outside leg and takes a couple of quick recovery steps to reset toward the center baseline.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court, finishing with her tossing arm dropping and her body naturally flowing into a balanced landing ready for the next shot.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court and quickly brings her non-hitting arm back in front of her body as she lands in a balanced, ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her racket comes up to contact slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and pronounced upward swing path, creating strong racket head acceleration through the ball.
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2.8s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips powerfully uncoiling upward as she pushes off the ground.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork shows a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a strong upward leg drive and a clear front-foot landing that sets up an efficient recovery step toward the baseline.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above shoulder height, and the upward swing path creates heavy topspin with noticeable racket head acceleration through the hit.
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2.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive that is easy to track from the side.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her hips load with a deep knee bend before driving up into the ball, with the back leg extending fully to propel her into the court.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to her hips during the trophy phase, then uncoil sequentially from trunk to arm, making the upper-body rotation and timing of the kinetic chain very clear from this side view.
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2.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #4
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off both feet visible before she lands slightly inside the baseline ready for the next shot.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Court-level-side #5
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible, and from this side view you can see her wrist pronation unrolling through contact to add spin and control.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. At contact her racket face is nearly square to the ball with the contact point slightly above head height, and you can see the racket head accelerating upward along a pronounced pronation-driven swing path.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact her follow-through finishes high with the racket in front of her body as she quickly re-centers her stance, bringing both hands back toward a compact ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. Her deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, along with the hips uncoiling upward as she pushes off the ground.
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2.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her shoulder line rotates noticeably away from the target during the trophy phase, then her trunk uncoils aggressively ahead of the arm swing, showing clear separation between upper body rotation and racket acceleration.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can see her continental grip stay firm while her wrist pronates aggressively through contact to drive the serve.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her two-handed backhand return uses a firm, closed racquet face with the non-dominant (left) hand driving the stroke while the right wrist stays relatively quiet and stable through contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #5
Kim Clijsters's first serve return from the Ad side, filmed from the front. Her hips stay low with a deep knee bend on the return stance, then drive upward as both legs push explosively into the split-step and initial reaction step.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #6
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above hip height, and the compact swing path drives the racket head quickly through the hitting zone.
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2.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her shoulder line turns noticeably away from the target during the toss, then her trunk uncoils in a synchronized sequence with her arm swing, making the chest square up to the net just after contact.
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2.4s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted upward with the ball struck just above full arm extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across, indicating a strong upward swing path for spin and speed.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips rotate aggressively into the court as she uncoils toward the ball.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her compact split step into a slightly open stance sets up quick lateral adjustment steps before and after contact to recover toward the center.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a front court-level angle. Her shoulder line stays relatively closed through the toss, then the trunk uncoils in sync with her hitting arm so that the chest rotates toward the target just after contact.
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3.5s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand slice return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her compact split step into a slightly open stance and quick adjustment steps toward the ball are clearly visible before she plants and slices.
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3.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. At contact her 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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3.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is firm with a slightly relaxed wrist, allowing a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that is clearly visible from this angle.
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3.4s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the target during the toss, then uncoil in a sequenced rotation that brings the hitting shoulder through before the hips fully square.
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2.4s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve return from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her split-step is timed just before the opponent’s contact, leading into a quick lateral adjustment and a stable, slightly open stance as she plants to hit.
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2.9s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #5
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racquet handle, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the strings face the target.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #6
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her footwork includes a small pre-serve hop into a pinpoint stance, with the back foot drawing up to the front before she drives up and lands slightly into the court.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #7
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the toss hand-off, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the racquet face turns down into the court.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the target during the toss, then uncoil in sequence with a pronounced shoulder-over-shoulder action that drives up through contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline, and you can see a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils upward and into the court in sync with her arm swing.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible from behind, with her hips powerfully uncoiling toward the target as she pushes off the ground.
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2.9s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she lets her hitting arm fully extend down and across her body while her weight lands on her front foot, quickly bringing both hands back together in front of her torso to reset for the next shot.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first-serve return from the center, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she loads, with a pronounced knee bend that sets up a strong upward leg drive into the split-step and initial push toward the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's first-serve return backhand from the center, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk load together with a pronounced upper-body coil, then uncoil in sequence so the torso rotation clearly leads the racquet through contact.
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2.4s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her as she quickly recovers back into a wide, ready stance on the baseline.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced drive off the back leg straight up into the court before landing on her front foot.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips uncoil toward the court as her back leg swings through the baseline.
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3.1s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, her continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand that allows pronounced wrist pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #4
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her split-step lands just before the opponent’s contact, leading into a quick pivot and semi-open stance as she plants her outside foot to drive into the return.
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2.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her footwork features a rhythmic rocker step into a pinpoint stance, with a controlled knee bend and balanced landing on her front foot that sets up an efficient recovery toward the baseline center.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she loads on a wide base, with a deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg driving her into the court through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. The rear view makes it easy to see her racket drop into a deep backscratch position and then accelerate up on a steep, brushing path that produces a slightly closed racket face at contact above head height.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path and rapid racket head acceleration create pronounced topspin.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. She uses a quick split-step into a semi-open stance, then takes small adjustment steps to load on her outside leg before driving into the return and recovering toward the center.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #67
Kim Clijsters's second-serve backhand return from the center, filmed from a rear angle. Her two-handed backhand return uses a firm, compact grip setup with noticeable wrist stability through contact, showing minimal wrist rollover as the racquet drives through the ball.
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2.9s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand slice return on the first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the rear. After contact she extends the racquet out in front with her upper body weight moving slightly forward, then quickly uncoils her shoulders back to a neutral stance with both hands returning to the ready position.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of her body.
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2.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a strong coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with her hip rotation so the upper body stays slightly closed through contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. Her footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off the front leg visible as she transitions through the trophy position into the court.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her two-handed backhand contacts the ball slightly in front of her lead hip with a closed racket face and a compact, accelerating swing path through the contact zone.
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3.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. Her continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand, and you can see clear wrist pronation through contact as the racquet face turns outward after impact.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. Her compact split-step into a semi-open stance and quick first adjustment step toward the ball are clearly visible before she plants and drives through the return.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. After contact she drives her weight into the court with a long two-handed follow-through, quickly bringing both hands back toward her torso as she resets into a compact ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact she drives her weight into the court with a full pronation and lands on her front foot before quickly bringing both hands back toward a compact ready position.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. Her footwork includes a rhythmic step-up into the stance followed by a controlled knee bend and upward drive, with her back leg kicking through to aid full body rotation into the court.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. Her footwork includes a small, rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a controlled knee bend and upward leg drive that are clearly visible from the side.
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2.9s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #4
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling upward as she pushes off the ground.
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2.8s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. At contact her racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and you can clearly see the upward whip of the racket head as her arm straightens through the hitting zone.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. After contact she drives her weight into the court with a full pronation of the hitting arm, then quickly lets the racquet drop and both hands come together in front of her body as she lands in a balanced, ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling from a loaded, closed position into a more open alignment as she launches into the court.
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2.9s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. Her shoulder line rotates well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders as she drives up into the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second-serve return from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. Her early split step into a semi-open stance and quick pivot show clear weight transfer into the court before she takes her first recovery step back toward the center.
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3.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and the side view makes the progressive wrist pronation through contact easy to see.
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3.2s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court and quickly brings both hands back toward a compact ready position, preparing to move for the next shot.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. Her continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand, and the side view makes the pronounced wrist pronation through contact clearly visible.
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3.2s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact she lands on her front leg with her tossing arm dropping quickly as she drives forward into the court and starts bringing her racquet hand down into a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her compact stance transitions into a strong front-leg drive, with a small hop into the court that sets up an efficient first recovery step toward the baseline.
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2.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand, and you can see distinct wrist pronation through contact as the racket face turns outward after the hit.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulder line stays relatively closed as the trunk coils during the toss, then uncoils in sync with the upward leg drive, showing a clear sequential transfer from lower body to shoulder rotation.
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3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she drives her weight forward into the court and quickly brings both hands together on the racket in front of her body, settling into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. After contact she lands on her front (left) foot and quickly brings both hands back toward a compact ready position as she recovers toward the baseline.
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3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and you can clearly see the upward brushing path of the racket accelerating through the ball.
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3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Court-level-side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. Her footwork includes a small adjustment step into a stable platform stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive visible as she pushes off into the court.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her front-facing stance makes it easy to see a balanced platform stance with a subtle knee bend and a small, controlled pivot of the back foot as she drives up into the serve.
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4.4s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is only slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible racket head acceleration through the ball.
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2.6s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her hips stay closed to the baseline through the toss with a deep knee bend, then drive up together as her back leg extends aggressively into the court.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk load with a pronounced coil during the toss, then uncoil in sequence so the chest rotates toward the target just after the hitting arm comes up to contact.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive are easy to see as her hips uncoil from a closed position into contact.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her footwork features a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a controlled knee bend and balanced landing on her front foot that sets up an efficient recovery step toward the center.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact she lands on her front foot with her tossing arm dropping quickly to her side as she uncoils and settles into a compact ready position for the next ball.
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2.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil noticeably away from the target during the toss, then uncoil in a connected sequence so that the chest rotates through toward the net as the racquet accelerates up to contact.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. Her hips stay closed toward the baseline during the toss while a deep knee bend in both legs loads her lower body before driving up into the serve.
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2.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that continues into a relaxed, slightly ulnar-deviated wrist position in the follow-through.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her hips load in a closed position then uncoil as her legs drive upward, with a pronounced knee bend before push-off that is clearly visible from this angle.
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3.2s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact she drives her weight into the court and quickly brings both hands back toward a compact ready position, preparing to react to the return.
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2.3s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that keeps the strings square down the middle.
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3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and there is a distinct wrist pronation through contact that finishes with the strings facing slightly toward the left side fence.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil during the trophy phase, then uncoil sequentially from hips to shoulders as she drives up into the serve.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact she lands into the court with her weight moving forward and quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a front court-level angle. The racket drops deep on edge behind her back leg before coming up to contact with a slightly closed face and pronounced upward swing path for added spin.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that keeps the strings square to the target.
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2.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. After contact she lets her tossing arm drop naturally while her weight continues forward into the court, finishing in a compact, square-on ready position for the next shot.
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2.8s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her feet set in a solid platform stance before she drives up to the ball, and you can clearly see her front-leg landing and initial recovery step toward the center after contact.
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2.9s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, hit wide, filmed from the front. Her compact, rhythmic service motion leads into a balanced landing on her left foot, with a small adjustment step that sets up an immediate split-step and lateral recovery toward the center.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulder line turns well beyond 90 degrees relative to the baseline, and you can clearly see the trunk coil against the hips before uncoiling in sync with the upward arm swing.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through finishes with her hitting arm relaxing down across her body while her weight transfers into the court, bringing her quickly back toward a balanced, ready position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #3
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket moves up on edge into contact with a slightly closed face, with the ball struck just above head height as her arm extends fully into the court.
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2.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline during the trophy phase, then uncoil in sequence with a pronounced trunk rotation driving up into the serve.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her feet set in a platform stance with a pronounced knee bend before she drives up, and her back leg swings through into the court to aid recovery toward the baseline.
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2.7s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she lands on her front foot with her torso uncoiling toward the court and quickly brings both hands back to the racket to return to a balanced ready position on the baseline.
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2.8s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil away from the court followed by a synchronized uncoiling that brings her torso square to the baseline just before contact.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her continental grip is steady with relatively relaxed fingers, and from behind you can see a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that continues into the follow-through.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path and accelerating racket head are clearly visible from behind.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she lands on her front foot and quickly brings her tossing arm back in front of her body, transitioning into a balanced, square ready position on the baseline.
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2.9s |
Second Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the court during the toss, then uncoil in sequence so the trunk rotation leads the arm up and out toward the wide target.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. The racket can be seen dropping deeply behind her back into a pronounced racket drop before accelerating up to contact, with the strings slightly closed to impart spin.
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2.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her continental grip stays firm while the wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a noticeable snap upward as she drives up and across the ball.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. The racket drops deep behind her back before accelerating up on a steep, brushing path, with contact made at full extension slightly above head height and the strings angled for heavy topspin.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through carries her back leg forward into the court with a smooth weight transfer, finishing in a compact, ready position for the next shot.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact to add spin and control.
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2.5s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her toss rises slightly in front of her body and the racket drops into a deep backscratch position before accelerating up to contact with a clearly upward brushing path.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible, with the hips uncoiling toward the court as the back leg extends through contact.
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2.6s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce court, hit wide and filmed from a rear angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive up into the ball are clearly visible, with the hips uncoiling toward the target as her back foot leaves the court.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her feet stay grounded through the trophy position with a stable platform stance, and you can clearly see the rear leg driving up into the court as she lands on her front foot to start her recovery.
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3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. Her footwork includes a rhythmic rocker step into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive that is easy to track from this angle.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The side view makes the slightly closed racket face at contact and the upward, brushing swing path through the ball easy to see.
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3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her continental grip remains steady while a clear wrist pronation through contact is visible as her racquet accelerates up and across the ball.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, and the side view makes the upward wrist pronation at contact easy to distinguish.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see her relaxed continental grip and pronounced wrist pronation as the racquet accelerates up and across the ball after contact.
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2.8s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible as her hips uncoil upward through contact.
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2.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible as her hips uncoil upward through contact.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her racket drops into a deep backscratch position before moving up to contact at full extension, with the strings slightly angled to impart topspin.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. Her footwork shows a controlled platform stance with minimal pre-serve shuffling, and you can clearly see her weight transfer from the back foot to the front foot as she drives up into the serve.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Center · Arm-action · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her shoulders stay relatively closed through contact while the trunk uncoils gradually, with the upper body staying stable as the hitting arm extends through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. She plants her outside foot first into a slightly open stance before the slice, then uses quick crossover recovery steps to regain her baseline position.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #2
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level front angle. At contact, her racket face is slightly open with the ball struck around waist height, and you can clearly see the downward, skimming swing path that keeps the racket head moving smoothly through the ball.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #3
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. Her footwork includes a quick adjustment shuffle into a semi-open stance, with her outside leg planting firmly as she stretches wide and then crosses over to recover back toward the middle.
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2.8s |
BH Slice Running · Court-level-front #4
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from a front court_level angle. Her hips stay relatively closed to the net while her outside knee bends deeply, showing a pronounced lateral push off the outside leg as she moves through the shot.
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2.7s |
FH Slice Short · Court-level-front
Kim Clijsters's forehand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from a court level front angle. Her compact split step leads into a neutral stance with a small adjustment step, and she uses a controlled forward weight transfer to stay low through the sliced contact.
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5.7s |
FH Slice Running · Court-level-rear #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. She plants in an open stance after her split step, using quick adjustment steps to reach the ball and then a crossover recovery step to get back toward the center.
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2.1s |
FH Slice Running · Court-level-rear #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. From this view, her continental grip is evident with a firm but relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the swing and slightly carves under the ball at contact.
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2.4s |
FH Slice Wide · Court-level-rear
Kim Clijsters's forehand slice from the Deuce side, filmed from a court-level rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed as she stretches wide, with a deep knee bend and extended lead leg showing the strong lateral push and recovery footwork.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Running · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. After contact she extends the racquet hand forward with the non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind her as she transfers weight onto the front leg and quickly squares up into a ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
BH Slice Running · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a firm but relaxed wrist that stays laid back through contact, creating a stable racket face on the stretched defensive slice.
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2.6s |
FH Slice Running · Front
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the center court position, filmed from the front. Her shoulders stay relatively closed while the trunk rotates subtly through contact, with a noticeable delayed uncoil of the upper body compared to the quicker rotation of the hips.
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2.4s |
FH Slice Wide · Front #1
Kim Clijsters's forehand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible with a firm but relaxed wrist, staying stable through contact with only a subtle downward carve as she cuts under the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Slice Wide · Front #2
Kim Clijsters's forehand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly open with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a distinct high-to-low path that keeps the shot low over the net.
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2.4s |
BH Slice Running · Rear
Kim Clijsters's running backhand slice from the rear court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips stay relatively closed to the baseline as she lunges, with a deep flex in the outside knee providing stability and low contact while the back leg trails for recovery.
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3s |
FH Slice Running · Side #1
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her footwork includes a quick split-step into long lateral strides, finishing in an open stance with a pronounced outside leg plant to control her momentum.
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3.5s |
FH Slice Running · Side #2
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. The racket face is notably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head travels on a distinctly downward, skimming path through impact.
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2.7s |
FH Slice Running · Side #3
Kim Clijsters's running forehand slice from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her shoulders turn early with a pronounced upper-body tilt, and the trunk uncoils gradually through contact as the non-hitting arm counter-rotates to stabilize the torso during the split-step recovery.
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3.4s |
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