Leg Action · Deuce #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path emphasizes racket head acceleration through the ball.
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4.2s |
BH Approach → BH Volley · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand approach shot from a central position, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk rotate as a single unit on the two-handed backhand, with a pronounced coil on the unit turn followed by a clear uncoiling of the torso driving him forward into the court.
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5.9s |
FH Approach → FH Volley → BH Half Volley → BH Volley · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach and forehand/backhand volleys from the front, filmed from a front angle. His small adjustment steps into the approach shot set up a semi-open stance, followed by quick, short crossover recovery steps as he closes in toward the net for the volleys.
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11.7s |
FH Approach → FH Volley · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach shot from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders load with a noticeable closed turn before contact, then the trunk uncoils aggressively forward, with the chest finishing square toward the net as he moves in.
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5.8s |
BH Approach → BH Volley → FH Volley · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand approach shot followed by a backhand and forehand volley from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick split step before moving forward, using small adjustment steps into a neutral stance on the approach and then side-steps to recover positioning at the net between volleys.
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8.4s |
FH Approach → OH · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach shot from a neutral court position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his weight forward into the court and quickly brings the racquet down into a compact ready position as he continues moving toward the net.
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6.3s |
BH Approach → BH Half Volley · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand approach shot followed by a backhand half volley from the side. His hips stay relatively closed through the approach step, with a pronounced knee bend and forward-driving rear leg that carries his momentum into the court as he moves through the half volley.
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7.5s |
FH Approach → BH Volley · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach followed by a backhand volley from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His hips load with a noticeable knee bend on the approach step, then drive forward as his legs extend into the court to support the transition into the volley.
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4.7s |
FH Approach → BH Volley · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach followed by a backhand volley from the center of the court, filmed from the side. At contact on the approach forehand his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and on the subsequent backhand volley the racket stays firm and slightly in front of his body with a compact forward punch.
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6.2s |
FH Approach → FH Volley · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand approach shot from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that releases into a strong wrist snap through contact as he moves forward.
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5.7s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across the baseline with a strong shoulder turn, followed by small recovery steps that bring him back toward a neutral position after contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. The contact point is slightly in front of his body with the racket face close to vertical, and the racket head accelerates sharply upward along the swing path after impact.
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2.8s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed to the net with a pronounced knee bend on the loading leg, and he drives upward through the legs to initiate rotation into the shot.
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2.3s |
BH Center · Front · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil together through contact with noticeable separation between the upper body rotation and the later release of the arms.
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2.6s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance, followed by a quick recovery step back toward the center after contact.
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3s |
BH Center Cross Court · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His two-handed backhand contact is made around waist to mid-torso height with a slightly closed racket face and a noticeably accelerating racket head through the ball.
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2.8s |
BH Center Down The Line · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed at the start with a strong knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive upward to support a stable two-handed swing through the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Center Down The Line · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive upward to support a strong weight transfer into the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His deep knee bend and strong push off the ground are easy to see as his hips stay relatively closed while the legs drive up through contact.
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1.9s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders and trunk coil together early, then uncoil in sequence with a pronounced rotation of the upper body driving through the shot.
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2.4s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the take-back, then uncoil sharply through contact with the chest finishing square or slightly open toward the net.
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3.3s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. From this view, his two-handed grip shows the dominant right hand in a strong semi-western position with noticeable wrist lag that releases into a firm, stable wrist at contact.
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2.8s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high in front of his body as he transfers weight onto his front foot and quickly resets the racket in front for the next shot.
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2.8s |
BH Half Volley Center · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His two-handed backhand uses a firm continental grip on the bottom hand with noticeable wrist lag before contact and a controlled, compact wrist release through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. From this angle you can see his two-handed grip stay firm with a noticeable wrist lag in the takeback that firms up into a stable, square wrist position at contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with the dominant hand in a continental position and the non-dominant hand adding topspin, while his wrists stay relaxed with a noticeable lag that firms up just before contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a noticeable knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive upward and forward into the shot.
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3s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil together through contact with the chest finishing square to slightly open toward the net.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Front · Neutral #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His hips remain relatively square to the net with a noticeable knee bend on the loading phase, and he drives upward through his legs to stabilize the stroke.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His footwork shows a quick adjustment step out toward the ball followed by a semi-open stance, with a pronounced recovery push off the outside leg to get back toward the center.
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1.9s |
BH Wide · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's one-handed backhand on a wide ball from a neutral position, filmed from the front. His shoulders turn almost fully sideways during the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils aggressively into contact as his chest rotates back toward the net.
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2.4s |
BH Running · Front · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the front, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils aggressively through contact with the chest finishing well toward the target.
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2.6s |
BH Running · Front · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. After contact he finishes with the racquet wrapping high across his body while his weight continues moving forward into the court, quickly bringing both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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3s |
BH Running · Front · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and you can clearly see the upward swing path accelerating through the hitting zone.
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2.9s |
BH Running · Front · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western top hand and continental bottom hand are clearly visible, with a pronounced wrist lag on the racket head that firms up into a stable, slightly laid-back wrist position at contact.
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3.1s |
BH Running · Front · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. His hips stay relatively open to the net while his outside leg plants with a deep knee bend, providing the main drive as he pushes off into and through the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Running · Front · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively open to the net while his knees sink into a deep bend, and he drives off the outside leg to stabilize the body as he hits on the move.
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3s |
BH Short · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from a front angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible, with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet while the dominant wrist stays relatively firm and minimizes excessive wrist flick through contact on the short ball.
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3.2s |
BH Short · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from a front angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible, with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and a firm but relaxed wrist structure that stays stable through contact with only a slight release after impact.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high in front of his body while his weight moves into the court and he quickly resets his hands into a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Short · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the short court, filmed from the front. His compact split-step into a wide, slightly open stance is visible, followed by a quick adjustment of his right foot to load the outside leg before uncoiling into the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. After contact his follow-through finishes high with the racket over his front shoulder as he pushes off his outside leg to recover back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with a strong trunk coil on the unit turn, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the chest finishing fully toward the target.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide ball in a closed stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay closed to the net with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, then uncoil as he drives off that leg to recover back toward the court.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance on the front court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders and trunk rotate as a single unit on the takeback, then uncoil aggressively with the chest finishing well past neutral toward the target line.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle in a closed stance. His shoulders rotate significantly past his hips on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arms so the racquet lags slightly behind the torso through contact.
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2.5s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across his body, and you can see him use a quick adjustment hop before planting and driving off his outside leg to recover.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand wide from the front. His closed stance is clear as he steps across with the front foot, using a strong lateral push-off and recovery shuffle back toward the center after contact.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Front · Closed #6
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front, filmed from a front angle. After contact he finishes with the racquet high across his body while his weight transfers onto the front foot, quickly bringing both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.6s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand wide from the center, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the two-handed swing drives forward with noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high in front of his body as he pushes back toward the center and quickly brings the racquet down into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front.
His split-step leads into a quick lateral push and semi-open stance, with small adjustment steps as he stretches wide before planting the outside foot for recovery.
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3.1s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the two-handed swing driving straight through the ball before wrapping across his body.
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3s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand wide from the front court position, filmed from a front angle. After contact his follow-through extends high with the racket finishing around shoulder level while his weight shifts back toward the center and his non-hitting hand helps him recover into a ready stance.
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3.8s |
BH Half Volley Wide · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on a strong knee bend, then uncoil with a noticeable push off the outside leg to reach the wide ball.
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2.5s |
BH Wide · Front · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the front, hit in an open stance. His shoulders and trunk rotate aggressively into the shot, with a pronounced coil on the unit turn and a rapid uncoiling that keeps the chest facing the net only at the very end of the swing.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Front · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see the racket head accelerate steeply upward along the swing path after impact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face stays relatively square through contact at about waist height, with the racket head accelerating low to high along the baseline toward the target.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face stays relatively closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the rear view makes the upward acceleration of the racket head along the baseline direction easy to see.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible from behind, with the dominant hand in a semi-western position and the non-dominant hand driving the stroke as the wrists stay laid back until just before contact.
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3s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a noticeable knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive upward and forward into the shot.
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3s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact height around waist level, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward through the ball for strong topspin.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the rear. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and the dominant wrist staying relatively firm, creating controlled wrist lag before a compact release through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the rear. From this angle you can clearly see his two-handed grip with the left hand driving the racket and the right wrist staying firm through contact with only a slight release after the ball leaves the strings.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's two-handed backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his dominant hand in a strong semi-western-type position on the bottom of the handle while the non-dominant wrist stays laid back through the swing before releasing slightly after contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Rear · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact point is slightly in front of his body with the racket face close to square and the racket head accelerating upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.5s |
BH Center Cross Court · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through finishes high with the racket over his right shoulder as he transfers weight onto his front foot and quickly resets his hands into a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Center Cross Court · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his two-handed grip shows the dominant right hand in a strong continental position with noticeable wrist lag as the racquet drops before driving forward into contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arms to drive the two-handed swing through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, hit down the line, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil during the unit turn, followed by a synchronized uncoil where the torso leads the racquet through contact along the down-the-line path.
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2.8s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court down the line, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is made 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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2.7s |
BH Center Down The Line · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court hit down the line, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face stays almost perfectly square to the baseline with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the target line.
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2.9s |
BH Half Volley Center · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a noticeable knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive up and forward into the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Half Volley Center · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a deep coil on the takeback, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders through contact, making the degree of upper-body turn easy to compare between preparation and follow-through.
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2.3s |
BH Half Volley Center · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through finishes high with the racquet over his right shoulder as he transfers weight onto his front foot and quickly resets his two-handed grip into a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with his hips so that the trunk drives the racquet through contact before his shoulders finish fully wrapped around.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through up and across his body while his weight moves forward into the court and he quickly resets his feet into a ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through straight toward the target before his hands separate and he quickly re-loads his feet into a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Rear · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a stable neutral stance, followed by a quick recovery step back toward the middle after contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Rear · Open
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is made around waist to hip height with a slightly closed racket face and a steep upward swing path, producing strong racket head acceleration through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Lob · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand lob from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed while his knees flex deeply on the loading leg, driving upward to lift the ball high despite limited forward momentum.
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4.4s |
BH Half Volley Moves Back · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from mid-court, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through finishes high with both hands on the racquet as his weight shifts onto his back foot before he squares up again into a ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Moves Back · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the rear. His footwork features quick retreating adjustment steps into a semi-open stance, followed by a balanced recovery back toward the center baseline.
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3.3s |
BH Running · Rear · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a quick adjustment shuffle into a closed stance, with his outside leg planting firmly before he drives through the shot and then crosses over to recover back toward the middle.
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3.4s |
BH Running · Rear · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the rear, hit in a closed stance. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the takeback, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the rear court, filmed from a rear angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot wide while on the run and then uses quick recovery steps to shuffle back toward the center after contact.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his relatively relaxed bottom-hand grip combined with a laid-back wrist position that straightens into a firm, stable wrist at contact.
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4.6s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from a neutral court position in open stance, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he finishes with his torso unwinding toward the court and his non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind him as he pushes off the outside leg to recover back toward the center.
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3.1s |
BH Running · Rear · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's running two-handed backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the rear view makes the upward, left-to-right swing path and accelerating racket head speed clearly visible.
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2.8s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk coil early as the racquet goes back, then uncoil in a connected sequence with minimal extra torso rotation through contact, emphasizing compact arm action.
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3.2s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed at the start with a deep knee bend, then uncoil with a strong upward leg drive that straightens both legs through contact.
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3.8s |
BH Short · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the trunk so the chest faces forward just after contact.
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3.3s |
BH Short · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through high and across his body while his weight moves forward, quickly bringing the racquet back to a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Short · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he finishes with the racquet wrapping high over his right shoulder as his weight transfers onto his front (left) foot, quickly bringing both hands down into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick split step into a few adjustment shuffles before setting a solid neutral stance with his weight loaded on the outside leg.
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3.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is taken around waist to hip height with a slightly closed racket face and a noticeable acceleration of the racket head through the outside of the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His quick crossover steps out to the wide ball set up a semi-open stance, followed by a strong recovery push off the outside leg to get back toward the middle.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the Rear, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a quick crossover step to cover the wide ball before planting into a mostly neutral stance with the outside leg bracing for stability during the swing.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed to the baseline as he loads, with a pronounced knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to drive into the shot.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high over his right shoulder as his weight finishes on the front foot, quickly bringing both hands down into a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps over his front shoulder as his weight lands on the front foot, and he quickly unwinds his torso back to a neutral ready position with the non-hitting hand returning to the racket.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from a rear angle. The contact point is taken slightly in front of his body with the racket face fairly square to the baseline, and the rear view makes the upward acceleration of the racket head along the swing path clearly visible.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #5
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance on the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of his lead hip with a relatively square racket face, and the racket head accelerates on a low-to-high path that finishes around shoulder height.
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2.3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Closed #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his weight through his closed stance and finishes with the racquet wrapping high across his body as he quickly pushes back toward a neutral ready position.
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2s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's two-handed backhand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western left-hand grip and firm right-hand support create clear wrist lag on the takeback that straightens through contact with a controlled, compact wrist release.
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3s |
BH Wide Cross Court · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the center, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads, with a pronounced knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to reach and drive through the wide ball.
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3s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the rear court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and a firm but relaxed wrist structure that stays stable through contact with minimal wrist snap.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of his body with a relatively closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Wide Down The Line · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the center, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sync with his hip rotation as he drives out toward the wide ball.
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2.3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide neutral-stance position, filmed from the rear. From this angle you can clearly see his two-handed grip stay firm while the wrists remain relaxed, creating a noticeable wrist lag that releases into a compact snap right at contact.
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3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. His neutral stance is clear as he plants both feet along the baseline before rotating his hips, with small adjustment steps taken to reach the wide ball while keeping his shoulders closed through contact.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from the rear. His hips stay relatively open to the baseline as his knees bend deeply on the outside leg, showing a strong lateral push-off as he drives out toward the wide shot.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the rear view makes the upward, left-to-right swing path and strong racket head acceleration clearly visible.
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3s |
BH Wide · Rear · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk are heavily coiled against the hips before contact, then uncoil in sequence with a noticeable upper-body rotation driving through the line of the shot.
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3.2s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see his bottom hand in a firm semi-western/eastern backhand grip while the top hand drives through with a strong wrist lag that releases into a pronounced forward wrist snap at contact.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-continental bottom hand with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the swing before firming up right at contact.
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3s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a deep coil on the takeback, then uncoil ahead of the arms so the torso leads the racquet through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. The contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip with the racket face close to vertical, and the racket head accelerates low to high along a compact, two-handed swing path.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the racquet wrapping around his left shoulder as his weight transfers onto his front foot, and he quickly brings both hands down into a neutral ready position for recovery.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his two-handed grip with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet and the dominant wrist staying firm with a controlled lag before contact.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body as his weight transfers onto his front foot, with his non-hitting hand helping him quickly recover back into a ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders load with a pronounced turn relative to his hips before contact, then his trunk uncoils ahead of the arms, making the separation and sequencing of torso and shoulder rotation easy to see.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Arm-action · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His split-step is followed by a quick pivot into a neutral stance, with his right foot anchoring as he drives through and then takes small recovery steps back toward the middle.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps across his body with his weight transferring into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Side · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His closed stance is clear as his front foot steps across the baseline plane, with a compact adjustment step into contact followed by a short recovery hop back toward a neutral position.
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2.5s |
BH Center · Side · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a closed stance, filmed from the side. After contact he drives his weight forward into the court with a full shoulder turn, finishing with the racquet wrapping around his body as he quickly resets his feet toward a neutral ready position.
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4.2s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His two-handed grip is firm with the dominant hand driving the racquet while the off-hand guides a pronounced wrist lag that straightens through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His feet plant in a solid neutral stance before contact, with a small adjustment step and a quick recovery shuffle back to his ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball through a compact two-handed swing path.
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2.4s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into a solid neutral stance, with a clear weight transfer from his back leg to his front leg as he drives through the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork shows a quick adjustment step into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a clear recovery step back toward the middle.
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2.9s |
BH Half Volley Center · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the ball with the strike zone around waist height, and the racket head accelerates forward on a slightly upward path through the hitting zone.
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3s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through high toward the target and quickly brings both hands back down into a compact ready position as his weight transfers onto his front foot.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His neutral stance is clear as both feet plant along the baseline before he drives through the ball and then uses small adjustment steps to recover toward the center.
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2.9s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arms, clearly showing the kinetic chain starting from the hips and torso.
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2.7s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from center court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a stable neutral stance, with his weight transferring forward as his back leg steps through after contact.
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2.6s |
BH Center · Side · Neutral #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in neutral stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body turn before contact, then the trunk uncoils in sync with the hips, making the separation between hip and shoulder rotation easy to see.
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2.4s |
BH Center · Side · Open
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively open to the net as he loads with a deep knee bend, then drives upward through the legs to rotate the hips through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Moves Back · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His two-handed backhand contact is made around waist height with a slightly closed racket face and a noticeably accelerating upward swing path through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Moves Back · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his two-handed grip stay firm with a laid-back wrist on the racquet hand that straightens through contact for a solid, controlled strike.
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2.9s |
BH Moves Back · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he retreats, with a noticeable knee bend and backward weight shift before he drives slightly up through his legs into contact.
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2.8s |
BH Moves Back · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with both hands on the racquet as his weight shifts slightly backward, then he quickly regains a neutral ready position with the racquet centered in front of his body.
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3.2s |
BH Moves Back · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the racket over his shoulder as his weight settles onto the back foot, and he quickly brings both hands down into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.1s |
BH Moves Back · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate significantly past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with his trunk so the chest faces forward just after contact.
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2.3s |
BH Moves Back · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. The contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip with the racket face nearly square to the baseline and the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball.
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2.8s |
BH Moves Back · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a quick split step into retreating adjustment steps, setting into a mostly neutral stance before transferring weight through the shot.
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2.5s |
BH Running · Side · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. As he sprints wide, he plants his outside foot and crosses his back leg behind into a distinctly closed stance before pushing off into quick recovery steps back toward the court.
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2.5s |
BH Running · Side · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand from a neutral court position in a closed stance, filmed from the side. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high over his lead shoulder while his weight continues moving through the court, quickly bringing both hands back toward his center to reset into a ready position.
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3.2s |
BH Running · Side · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running two-handed backhand from a closed stance on the side of the court, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western left-hand grip and firm right-hand support create a noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that straightens into a solid, stable wrist position through contact.
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2.7s |
BH Running · Side · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's running two-handed backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is almost perfectly vertical with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball on a low-to-high swing path.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net on the takeback, then his trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, creating a compact, short-armed hitting action through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His compact arm action is paired with a wide base in a mostly neutral stance, with small adjustment steps before contact and a clear recovery step back toward the center after the swing.
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5.4s |
BH Short · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see his two-handed backhand grip with the non-dominant (left) hand driving the stroke while the dominant (right) wrist stays relatively firm with a slight lag before contact.
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6.9s |
BH Short · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. The racket contacts the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Short · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate nearly perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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3.5s |
BH Short · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed at the start of the swing, with a deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive that extends fully through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Side #001
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders and trunk coil early as his chest turns well past perpendicular to the net, then uncoil in sequence with a noticeable delay between hip rotation and upper-body release.
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3.2s |
BH Short · Side #002
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed at the start of the swing with a deep knee bend, then drive upward and slightly open as his legs extend through contact.
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3.1s |
BH Short · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from the side, filmed from the Side angle. At contact his two-handed backhand meets the ball around waist height with the racket face slightly closed and the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he moves out to the ball, with a deep knee bend and strong outside-leg push-off to load and drive into the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the net as he loads, with a deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg to drive into the wide ball.
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3.3s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he moves out wide, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing the main push-off back toward the court.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he plants the outside leg, with a deep knee bend and strong lateral push-off to reach and stabilize for the wide ball.
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3.5s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through finishes high with the racket wrapping around his left shoulder as his weight transfers back toward the center of the court, bringing him quickly into a ready position.
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3.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. After contact he finishes with his racquet wrapping high across his body while his weight continues moving toward the sideline, then quickly drops the racquet and brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment shuffle into a semi-open stance, with a noticeable loading on the outside leg before pushing back toward the center.
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3.1s |
BH Wide · Arm-action · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet while the dominant wrist stays firm with a slight laid-back position through contact.
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3.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is almost perfectly square to the ball with the contact point slightly in front of his lead hip, and the racket head accelerates on a low-to-high path that finishes around shoulder height.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. His two-handed grip shows the dominant hand in a strong eastern backhand position with noticeable wrist lag that straightens through contact into a firm, stable wrist.
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2.6s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see a pronounced shoulder turn with his chest rotating well past perpendicular to the net before uncoiling, as the trunk unwinds ahead of the arms to drive the stroke.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle in a closed stance. His follow-through carries his hands high across his body while his weight continues moving toward the sideline before he recovers back into a ready position.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His closed stance is clear as he steps across his body with the front foot, then uses a strong lateral push-off to recover back toward the center.
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3.2s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide ball in a closed stance, filmed from the side. From this angle, his two-handed grip shows the right wrist laid back with a clear lag before contact and a firm, stable left wrist guiding the racquet through the hitting zone.
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3s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #7
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a closed stance on the side of the court, filmed from a side angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high around his lead shoulder while his weight continues moving into the court, quickly bringing both hands back in front of his body to reset for the next shot.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Closed #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His closed stance is clear as he steps across his body with the front foot and uses a strong lateral push-off to recover back toward the center.
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2.5s |
BH Half Volley Wide · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. At contact his two-handed backhand shows a slightly closed racket face with the ball meeting the strings around waist height as the racket accelerates aggressively through the hitting zone.
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2.3s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide neutral-stance position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his firm two-handed grip with the non-dominant hand driving the racket and a controlled wrist lag that straightens through contact without excessive wrist snap.
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3s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide neutral-stance position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his two-handed grip stay firm while the racket lags behind, then his wrists uncoil through contact with a pronounced upward snap.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His neutral stance shows clear knee flexion on the outside leg with the hips staying relatively closed before driving through the shot.
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2.8s |
BH Wide · Side · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg providing a strong base before driving up and into the shot.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot, then uses a strong lateral push and recovery step to get back toward the center of the court.
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2.7s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from an open stance on the side of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate significantly past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils ahead of the arms so the racquet lags and whips through contact.
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2.9s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His open stance shows strong knee flexion on the outside leg with the hips staying relatively open as he drives laterally into the shot.
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2.5s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the side. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with a firm top hand and a laid-back wrist position that stays cocked through the backswing before uncoiling into contact.
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4.3s |
BH Wide · Side · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's wide backhand from an open stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively open to the net as he loads, with a deep knee bend and strong leg drive pushing off the outside leg to reach the wide ball.
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2.9s |
BH Drop Shot → BH Volley · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand drop shot from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand grip stays compact with a softening of the top hand and a relaxed, slightly laid-back wrist right before contact to gently take pace off the ball.
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8.8s |
BH Drop Shot · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk stay relatively closed through the takeback, then uncoil minimally with a subtle forward rotation as he softens the shot, limiting torso drive to keep the ball short.
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3.3s |
FH Drop Shot · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is noticeably open with the ball struck below net height, and the racket head slows into a short, soft upward brushing motion.
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4.1s |
FH Drop Shot · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His knees stay flexed with a reduced leg drive, and his hips stay relatively closed through contact to soften the shot rather than fully rotating through the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Drop Shot · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand drop shot from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western forehand grip is paired with a noticeably relaxed wrist that softens at contact to take pace off the ball.
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2.9s |
FH Drop Shot · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand drop shot from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. After contact he lets the racquet face stay open with a short, compact follow-through while his weight settles forward and his non-hitting arm helps him quickly recover toward a ready position.
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3.2s |
FH Drop Shot · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand drop shot from the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn only minimally while the trunk stays relatively upright, with a subtle uncoil through contact that shortens the kinetic chain to take pace off the ball.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. His split-step is minimal as he sets up to serve, and you can clearly see a stable, slightly closed stance with a firm front-foot plant before driving up to the ball.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front angle. His front-on stance makes it easy to see a stable base with a slight knee bend and a small adjustment step as he sets his feet before driving up into the serve.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm decelerate naturally across his body while his weight lands on his front foot, bringing his left arm down into a relaxed position as he starts recovering toward a neutral ready stance.
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3.2s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front angle. His legs load with a pronounced knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate from a closed position into a more open alignment as he moves into the court.
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4.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings forward to land inside the court, bringing him quickly into a balanced ready position.
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3.2s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His feet set in a stable platform stance before the toss, with a small front-foot adjustment as he drives up and into the court for landing.
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4.6s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from the front. His continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand on the handle, and you can clearly see the wrist pronate aggressively through contact to drive the ball up the T.
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4.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk coil deeply away from the target before uncoiling in a unified rotation, with the front shoulder lifting and the chest opening toward the net just after racquet drop.
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5.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across the ball along a pronounced, fast swing path.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted upward with a fully extended arm, and the ball is struck just above head height, emphasizing a steep upward swing path and high racket head speed through the hit.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His footwork features a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with his back foot drawing up to the front foot before an aggressive leg drive into the court.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulder and trunk rotation are clearly visible as his tossing arm stretches upward, with a pronounced upper-body coil that unwinds sequentially from the torso into the serving arm.
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3s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, hit wide, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted toward the target with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of his body.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand on the racket handle, and the wrist pronates aggressively through contact to direct the serve.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, with a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that turns the strings directly toward the target.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm decelerate across his body while his back leg swings forward, bringing him into a balanced, forward-weighted ready position for the next shot.
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4.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm decelerate across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, bringing him into a balanced, athletic ready position for the next shot.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small, controlled pinpoint stance where his back foot steps up to join the front foot before he drives up into the serve.
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3.9s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss with a deep knee bend, then drive up aggressively as the back leg extends to push him into the court.
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3.5s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk show a pronounced coil with the tossing arm fully extended upward, then uncoil in sequence as the hitting shoulder rotates through and the chest finishes square to slightly left of the target.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His shoulders turn significantly away from the net during the trophy phase, then uncoil in sync with a strong trunk rotation driving up into the ball.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a front angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racquet handle, and the wrist pronation through contact is evident as the strings turn toward the target.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His racket meets the ball at full extension well above his head with a slightly closed racket face, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head speed through contact.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then uncoil upward as his legs drive explosively off the ground into the court.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. The racket comes up to contact with a slightly closed face at a high point above his head, with noticeable racket head speed accelerating straight up through the ball.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping quickly to his side before both hands come back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact his tossing arm drops quickly as his weight lands on his front foot, and he settles into a compact ready position with the racquet in front of his body.
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3.7s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve wide from the Deuce court, filmed from the front. His deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with the hips uncoiling upward as he pushes off the ground toward the wide target.
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3.6s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His feet set up in a platform stance with a pronounced knee bend, and you can see a small adjustment step with the front foot before he drives up into the wide serve.
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3.7s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side out wide, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk during the toss and then uncoil aggressively toward the target, making the chest square up to the net just after contact.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his hitting arm extends fully toward the target before relaxing across his body, while his back leg swings forward into the court to complete his weight transfer and recovery.
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4.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his hitting arm extends fully toward the target before relaxing across his body, while his back leg swings forward to help him land inside the court and transition toward a ready position.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his torso fully through the court with his back leg swinging forward, finishing in a balanced stance that quickly transitions into a ready position for the next shot.
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3.2s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His feet load in a platform stance with a pronounced knee bend, then he drives up and lands slightly into the court with a small recovery step to regain balance on the baseline.
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4.7s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court down the middle, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the ball with a slightly pronated forearm, striking the ball at full extension well above head height to maximize racket head speed up and through the contact zone.
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4.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to direct the serve into the box.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his weight into the court, with his hitting arm finishing across his body as he quickly drops into a ready position for the next shot.
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4.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline in the trophy position, then uncoil in sync with a pronounced trunk rotation that drives up into the ball.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across the ball along the baseline direction.
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5.4s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted up with the ball struck at full extension above his head, and the racket head accelerates steeply up and across the ball for strong topspin and slice.
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2.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his weight into the court and quickly brings his racquet hand down into a compact ready position as he recovers toward the baseline.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load by turning sideways with a deep knee bend, then uncoil upward as his legs drive through the court during the service motion.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip stays firm with a relaxed wrist, and from behind you can see a pronounced wrist pronation as he accelerates up and through the ball after full racquet drop.
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5.5s |
First Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through finishes across his body and he quickly brings both hands back toward his center line as he lands inside the court, transitioning into a ready position for the next shot.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate aggressively toward the court as he uncoils into the serve.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load with a noticeable coil against a deep knee bend before driving upward, with the rear leg pushing strongly into the court as the hips uncoil toward the target.
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3.1s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is evident with a relaxed hand on the handle, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation as the racquet comes up and through the contact zone.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to direct the serve into the body.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk show a deep coil with the back shoulder dropping and rotating behind him before a pronounced uncoiling drives his torso up and into the court.
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3.5s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he drives his weight into the court, with his hitting arm finishing across his body as he quickly regains a ready position with both hands returning to the racket.
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5.4s |
First Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From behind you can clearly see his continental grip stay stable while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with the racquet face turning inward as he drives up the back of the ball.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off the back leg, with a controlled landing on his front foot that sets up a balanced recovery step toward the center.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, you can see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct snap upward just after impact.
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3.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load deeply with a pronounced knee bend before driving upward, and you can clearly see the back leg pushing off the court to initiate hip rotation into the serve.
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4.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with the back foot stepping up to join the front foot before an aggressive push up and into the court.
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5.2s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct snap as he drives up and into the ball.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a small pinpoint stance where his back foot slides up to meet the front foot before driving upward, with a controlled landing that brings him slightly into the court for recovery.
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5.2s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips stay closed toward the baseline until just after racquet drop, when they rotate explosively into the court.
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4.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket accelerates up a steep swing path with a slightly closed face at contact, meeting the ball at full extension well above his head.
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3.8s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, hit wide and filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced front-leg drive and a small recovery step toward the baseline center after landing.
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4.9s |
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve wide from the Deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his racquet finishes across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, helping him land balanced and quickly recover toward a neutral ready position.
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5.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork shows a controlled platform stance with minimal pre-serve shuffle, then a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off the front leg before landing well inside the court on his left foot.
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4.7s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. The side angle makes it easy to see his racket drop fully into the backscratch position before driving up to contact with a slightly tilted racket face for topspin and slice.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips load with a deep knee bend and then aggressively uncoil upward as his back leg drives off the ground into the court.
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4.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, creating a distinct wrist snap as the racquet accelerates up and into the ball.
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4s |
First Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. The side angle makes it easy to see his racket drop into a deep trophy position before accelerating up to contact slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. The side view makes it easy to see his racket drop into a deep backscratch position before driving up to contact at full extension well above his head.
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4.1s |
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the net while the trunk coils over a firm front leg, then uncoils in sequence so the chest opens toward the court just after racket drop.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small front-foot adjustment into a platform stance before a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off both legs into the court.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a measured platform stance with a small front-foot adjustment before the knee bend, making the weight transfer into the court easy to see from this angle.
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5s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His hips load by turning away from the court while his back knee bends deeply, then his legs drive upward as the hips uncoil into contact.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm as his wrist pronates aggressively through contact and relaxes quickly in the follow-through.
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5s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a smooth pivot into a platform stance with a clear weight transfer from back to front foot as he drives up into the serve.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Ad · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he lands on his front (left) foot and lets his hitting arm finish down by his left hip as his non-hitting arm drops and he quickly returns to a neutral ready position.
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4.8s |
First Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. His hips load with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive, clearly showing how the back hip pushes through as he jumps into the court.
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4.3s |
First Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The side view makes it clear how his racket arm forms a full “L” shape at trophy position before accelerating upward into contact with a slightly closed racket face at full extension.
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4.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. After contact his hitting arm extends fully toward the target as his back leg swings forward into the court, helping him land balanced and quickly transition toward a ready position.
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2.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. The side view makes the upward arm action and pronation clear, with the racket face slightly closed at contact and the ball struck just in front of his body at maximum reach.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His stance remains stable through the loading phase, with a clear knee bend and weight transfer onto the front foot as he drives up into the serve.
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3.5s |
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders just before racket acceleration.
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3.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, creating a pronounced snap just after impact.
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3.7s |
First Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His hips load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, with the back leg extending strongly into the court as the hips uncoil toward contact.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk during the trophy phase, then uncoil aggressively from the hips upward, showing clear sequencing from leg drive into torso rotation.
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3.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip stays firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, with a noticeable wrist snap just after impact.
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4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he drives his weight into the court and finishes with his tossing arm dropping quickly as he lands balanced and begins to reset his feet for the next shot.
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4.8s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with the hips uncoiling as he extends off the ground toward contact.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees during the trophy position, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils upward and forward in sync with his leg drive into the court.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His continental grip stays firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a noticeable snap just after impact.
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4.3s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His knees dip deeply into the loading phase before driving upward, and you can see his hips extend and open toward the court as his back leg pushes off the ground.
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3.6s |
First Serve · Deuce · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His deep knee bend and strong leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with his hips uncoiling upward as he pushes off the ground.
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3.9s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he lets his hitting arm decelerate across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, bringing him into a balanced, upright ready position for the next shot.
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4.4s |
First Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His continental grip stays firm with minimal grip change during the toss, and you can see a pronounced wrist pronation developing just after contact.
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5.2s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His stance shifts from a neutral setup into a slightly open position, with a small adjustment step before contact and a clear recovery step back toward his ready position.
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2s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. After contact he finishes with a high, across-the-body follow-through and quickly lets both hands drop into a balanced ready position as his weight moves back to center for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western grip setting up a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp, relaxed wrist release through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. After contact he lets the racquet wrap fully across his body while his weight moves forward and he quickly brings both hands back to a ready position in front of his torso.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Front · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight transferring onto his front leg, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a ready position for the next shot.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Front · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His feet load wide in the open stance with a clear split-step into a quick pivot and small adjustment steps before contact, followed by a balanced recovery back to ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively open toward the net while a strong knee bend and upward leg drive are visible as he pushes off the ground into contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and you can see the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Front · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. After contact he finishes with a high windshield-wiper follow-through and quickly brings both hands back toward his torso as he regains a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Front · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with the strings facing slightly down during the takeback, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp wrist snap at contact.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Front · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against a relatively stable lower body, then uncoil in sequence as the trunk rotates aggressively through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Half Volley · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is clear from the way the racket face is closed at setup, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Half Volley · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a front angle. His footwork features a quick split-step into a semi-open stance, followed by a small adjustment hop that sets his weight on the outside leg before rotating into the shot.
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2.4s |
FH Half Volley · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. His shoulders load with a deep coil relative to his hips, and you can clearly see the trunk uncoil sequentially from the torso through the hitting shoulder into contact.
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2.8s |
FH Half Volley · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His hips stay closed during the unit turn before driving open through contact, with a pronounced knee bend that loads into an aggressive upward leg drive.
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2.3s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a central court position, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk clearly coil together on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence so that the chest rotates square to the net just after contact while the hitting shoulder continues through the swing.
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4.3s |
FH Inside In · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the center of the court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along an aggressive low-to-high swing path.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight moves into the court, bringing him quickly back to a balanced ready position with both hands on the racquet.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along an inside-in swing path.
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2.8s |
FH Inside In · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a deep knee bend, then drive forward with an aggressive push off the right leg as the front hip clears into contact.
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2.1s |
FH Inside In · Front · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from a neutral stance, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight moves into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back to a ready position in front of his torso.
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2.8s |
FH Inside In · Front · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a neutral stance in an inside-in direction, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a windshield-wiper path.
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2.2s |
FH Inside Out · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body with his weight driving into the court, and he quickly resets his hands in front of his torso to return to a ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Front #10
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western grip setting up a deep wrist lag on the takeback that straightens into a strong, pronated wrist position through contact.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His split-step leads into a quick pivot onto his right leg, setting up an open stance with a strong push off the outside leg before taking small recovery steps back to the middle.
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2.5s |
FH Inside Out · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders turn so that the hitting-side shoulder briefly points toward the side fence before the trunk uncoils aggressively into contact, with the upper body clearly leading the arm swing.
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4s |
FH Inside Out · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he quickly resets into a neutral ready position.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His semi-western forehand grip is clear from the way the racket face closes slightly at the bottom of the swing, with a pronounced wrist lag that releases into a sharp forearm and wrist pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Front #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path, creating strong racket head acceleration through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Front #8
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His semi-western forehand grip is clear, with a pronounced wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a strong forward snap through contact on the inside-out shot.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Front #9
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His footwork features a quick split step into a wide open stance, followed by a strong push off the outside leg and a small recovery hop back toward a neutral court position.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Arm-action · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, with a noticeable stretch between the coiled trunk and delayed arm action before the torso uncoils into contact.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center as he moves back, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high path.
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2.9s |
FH Running Cross Court · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. His footwork features a quick adjustment shuffle into an open stance before contact, followed by strong crossover recovery steps back toward the middle.
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3.5s |
FH Running Cross Court · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running cross-court forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight continues moving toward the sideline, and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position.
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3s |
FH Running Down The Line · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand down the line from a neutral position, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into an open stance before contact, followed by aggressive recovery steps back toward the center.
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3.1s |
FH Running Down The Line · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand down the line from a neutral position, filmed from the front. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along the target line.
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3.5s |
FH Running · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand on the run from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His footwork features quick adjustment steps into an open stance followed by a pronounced recovery step back toward the middle after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. The contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip 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 #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight continues moving forward, and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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3.6s |
FH Running · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. After contact he finishes with a high windshield-wiper follow-through and quickly brings both hands back toward his torso as he regains a neutral ready position.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center court position, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with a noticeable lag between hip rotation and upper-body release.
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3.7s |
FH Running · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil sharply with the trunk leading the arm swing so the chest finishes facing well into the court.
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2.3s |
FH Short · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings just above net height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a low-to-high swing path.
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3.3s |
FH Short · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His semi-western forehand grip is clear from the closed racket face, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that releases into a sharp wrist snap just before contact.
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2.5s |
FH Short · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight moves into the court, and he quickly resets his hands in front of his torso to return to a ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Short · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk into a deep coil, then uncoil aggressively with the hitting-side shoulder driving forward and slightly upward through contact.
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3.3s |
FH Short · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high across his body and he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position with the non-hitting hand returning toward the racket.
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2.8s |
FH Short · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a front angle. His feet set up in a neutral stance with a clear adjustment step before contact, followed by a small hop into a compact recovery position.
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4.9s |
FH Short · Front #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn, with a deep knee bend on the outside leg that drives up and into the ball as his hips unwind into contact.
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2.5s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket hand positioned well under the handle, and you can see a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
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2.2s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His wide base in an open stance and quick adjustment steps into the ball are clearly visible as he pushes off the outside leg to recover back toward the center.
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3.6s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Front
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the front court position, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through wraps fully across his body as his weight lands on the front foot, and he quickly brings both hands back toward the racket to reset into a ready position.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Front · Neutral
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. His neutral stance is clear as he plants both feet before rotating, with small adjustment steps beforehand and a quick recovery step back toward the center after contact.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the middle of the court in an open stance, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from the front. His feet plant in a strong open base with a clear unit turn, and he uses quick lateral adjustment steps before contact to get outside the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position in the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk leading the arm swing, making the degree of torso rotation and de-rotation easy to compare to his hip line.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the front court position, filmed from a front angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight stays mostly on the outside leg before he re-centers into a ready position with both hands on the racquet.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the front court position, filmed from a front angle in an open stance. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a low-to-high swing path.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide ball in an open stance, filmed from the front. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face, and there is a clear wrist lag that releases into a pronounced forearm and wrist pronation through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Front · Open #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide ball in the Ad court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western forehand grip creating strong wrist lag on the takeback before the wrist uncoils through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Rear · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn with a pronounced knee bend on the back leg before driving up and through the shot.
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3.9s |
FH Center · Rear · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His neutral stance is clear as he plants his feet along the baseline with a small adjustment step before contact and then uses a couple of quick recovery steps to re-center after the swing.
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3.2s |
FH Center · Rear · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the rear view makes the upward, windshield-wiper forehand swing path and accelerating racket head speed clearly visible.
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3.1s |
FH Center · Rear · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a pronounced knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive up and forward into the shot.
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2.8s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick split step into a wide, braced open stance, followed by a strong pivot on the outside leg and small recovery steps to re-center after contact.
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2.9s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the hips so the trunk drives the racquet through contact with a pronounced torso rotation.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face, with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that snaps through just after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Rear · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the baseline to preload the trunk, then uncoil aggressively with the chest rotating toward the target before the arm whips through.
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2.6s |
FH Half Volley · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from the rear. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a pronounced low-to-high swing path.
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2.2s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a central position, filmed from the rear. His follow-through finishes high across his body with his non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him before he quickly recovers back into a ready stance.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-in position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with his trunk so that his chest faces the target at contact.
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2.5s |
FH Inside In · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the rear. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend, then unwind aggressively as his legs drive up and into the court during the forward swing.
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2.7s |
FH Inside In · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-in position, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can see his semi-western grip create pronounced wrist lag on the take-back before the wrist releases into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the rear. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight moves into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Inside In · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-in position, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the backswing, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
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3.3s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His split-step leads into a quick pivot into an open stance, with small adjustment steps setting up the inside-out forehand before a couple of crossover recovery steps back toward the middle.
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2.5s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through wraps fully across his body with his non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he recovers into a compact ready position.
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2.4s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from a central position, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, with a small recovery shuffle back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick split-step into a lateral adjustment and a strong open-stance base before he rotates into the inside-out forehand.
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2.8s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick split-step into a lateral adjustment and a predominantly open stance, with a pronounced recovery step back toward the middle after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high over his hitting shoulder while his weight transfers into the court, bringing him quickly back to a balanced ready position.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western forehand grip is paired with noticeable wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a pronounced pronation through contact on the inside-out swing.
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2.3s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk leading the arm swing through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #6
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Inside Out · Rear #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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3.1s |
FH Moves Back · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick split step into a few retreating adjustment steps before setting up in a mostly open stance as he moves back to strike the ball.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center court position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap high across his body while his non-hitting arm extends back for counterbalance before he quickly regains a neutral ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center court position, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he sprints out wide, with a pronounced outside leg push-off and noticeable knee bend to stabilize before rotating into the shot.
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2.8s |
FH Running · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as he sprints out wide, with a pronounced outside-leg push-off and deep knee bend that load into a late, driving step into the ball.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can see his semi-western forehand grip stay firm as his wrist lags noticeably on the forward swing before releasing into a pronounced pronation through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Running · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the center court position, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed as he sprints wide, with a deep outside leg bend and strong push-off that drives his torso into rotation through contact.
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4.5s |
FH Running · Rear #7
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick adjustment hop into an open stance as he sprints wide, followed by aggressive recovery steps back toward the center after contact.
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3.8s |
FH Short · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips load into a strong, coiled position with noticeable knee bend before driving upward through the legs into contact.
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2.9s |
FH Short · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates upward on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Rear
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the center court position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to his hips on the unit turn, then uncoil with a pronounced trunk rotation that clearly leads the arm and racquet into contact.
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2.9s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight carries toward the sideline, and he quickly repositions his feet to recover back toward the center of the baseline.
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2.8s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Wide Cross Court · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with a pronounced trunk rotation that clearly precedes the acceleration of his arm and racquet.
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2.9s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips before uncoiling in sequence, making the trunk rotation and shoulder alignment through contact easy to compare between preparation and follow-through.
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2.9s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips turn aggressively into the shot with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, driving up and around as he pushes off to recover back toward the court.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Rear · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His neutral stance is clear as he plants both feet on the baseline after a wide adjustment step, with a small recovery shuffle back toward the center after contact.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Rear · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position in a neutral stance, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his semi-western grip setting up early wrist lag, with a pronounced laid-back wrist that snaps forward just before and through contact.
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2.3s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His open-stance forehand shows strong knee flexion on the outside leg and aggressive hip rotation driving his hips toward the court as he pushes off to the side.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the center in an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a quick lateral shuffle out to the wide ball before planting in a strong open stance with his outside foot, then using small recovery steps to move back toward the center.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn significantly past perpendicular to the baseline before uncoiling, with the trunk rotating aggressively ahead of the arm to drive the racket through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His open stance shows strong external hip rotation with a deep right-knee bend, and he drives off the outside leg to push back into the court after contact.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from the rear. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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3.5s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap fully across his body while his weight continues moving toward the center of the baseline, bringing his non-hitting hand back up into a ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Rear · Open #7
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a windshield-wiper path.
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3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed during the unit turn before driving forward with a strong knee bend and upward leg drive into contact.
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3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. The side view makes it easy to see the racket drop below the ball before contact and the slightly closed racket face as it accelerates up and through the hitting zone.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders just before the arm accelerates through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His hips load with a pronounced coil as his knees bend deeply, then uncoil aggressively with a strong leg drive pushing up and into the court.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see a relaxed semi-western grip with pronounced wrist lag in the forward swing that snaps through just after contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Arm-action · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high across his body while his non-hitting hand extends back for counterbalance before he resets into a neutral ready position.
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3.9s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in neutral stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist to mid-torso height, and the forward swing shows the racket head accelerating low-to-high along a steep, modern topspin path.
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2.3s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a couple of quick recovery steps that bring him back toward his ready position on the baseline.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western forehand grip creating substantial wrist lag on the takeback before a pronounced wrist release through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and you can clearly see the racket head accelerating low to high along a steep windshield-wiper path.
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3.9s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western forehand grip creating pronounced wrist lag on the takeback before the wrist uncoils into contact.
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3.6s |
FH Center · Side · Neutral #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center in neutral stance, filmed from the side. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Side · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed during the loading phase with a pronounced knee bend, then rotate aggressively toward the net as his legs drive up and out of the court.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Side · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a quick split-step into a lateral adjustment and a strong right-leg pivot that anchors the open stance before he uncoils into the shot.
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2.7s |
FH Center · Side · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see a pronounced upper-body coil with his shoulders turning significantly more than his hips, followed by a distinct uncoiling of the trunk that leads the arm and racket into contact.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Side · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His hips stay noticeably open toward the net as he loads, with a deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive initiating the forward swing.
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2.5s |
FH Center · Side · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see his semi-western forehand grip creating clear wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a pronounced wrist snap right through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Side · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. After contact he finishes with a high wrap-around follow-through while his weight continues moving into the court and his non-hitting hand quickly returns in front of his body to help him reset.
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3s |
FH Center · Side · Open #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see a substantial shoulder turn with his chest initially facing the side fence, followed by a pronounced trunk uncoil that starts before full arm extension to sequence the kinetic chain.
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2.4s |
FH Center · Side · Open #8
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. His shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against a relatively stable lower body, then his trunk uncoils aggressively through contact with clear sequencing from hips to shoulders.
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2.6s |
FH Center · Side · Open #9
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body as his weight transfers onto his front leg, and he quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position for recovery.
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2.6s |
FH Half Volley · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high across his body as his weight transfers into the court, bringing him quickly back into a ready position with both hands on the racquet.
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2.6s |
FH Half Volley · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders and trunk coil deeply on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence so the torso leads the arm through contact with a pronounced chest rotation toward the net.
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6.4s |
FH Half Volley · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket laid back and strong wrist lag maintained well into the forward swing before a pronounced wrist release through contact.
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4.7s |
FH Inside In · Arm-action · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-in position, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western grip is clear with the racket hand, and you can see pronounced wrist lag in the forward swing that releases into a strong pronation through contact.
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3.3s |
FH Inside In · Side · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western grip creating pronounced wrist lag on the takeback before the wrist uncoils through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Side · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a neutral stance on the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed during the loading phase with a pronounced knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive upward and forward into the inside-in contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside In · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the side, filmed from a Side angle. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then his trunk uncoils aggressively into contact with a pronounced separation between hip and shoulder rotation.
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2.9s |
FH Inside In · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. His footwork features a quick adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, with a pronounced pivot on the back foot and a decisive crossover recovery step toward the center.
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3.5s |
FH Inside In · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into a semi-open stance followed by a pronounced pivot on the outside leg before driving through and using small recovery steps to reset.
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3.9s |
FH Inside In · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-in forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders load with a deep coil relative to his hips before contact, and the trunk uncoils in a clear sequence from hips to shoulders as he drives through the ball.
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3.3s |
FH Inside In · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce side, filmed from the Side angle. His follow-through finishes high across his body as his weight transfers into the court, and he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position after the stroke.
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3s |
FH Inside In · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideIn from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, followed by a decisive pivot and forward step through the shot before recovering back toward the center.
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2.9s |
FH Inside Out · Arm-action · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-out position, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is clear with the racket laid back into strong wrist lag, followed by a pronounced wrist release through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend before driving upward and unwinding aggressively through contact.
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2.5s |
FH Inside Out · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's inside-out forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net before uncoiling, with the trunk leading the forward rotation ahead of the arm swing.
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2.3s |
FH Inside Out · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from the Side. His follow-through finishes high across his body as his weight transfers into the court and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position for recovery.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from an inside-out position, filmed from a side angle. His hips load with a pronounced coil while his knees sink into a deep bend, creating a strong upward leg drive as he unwinds into the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Inside Out · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the inside-out position, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed during the unit turn and then drive explosively into an open position as his legs push up from a deep knee bend through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Inside Out · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center/Ad side, filmed from a side angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head whips up on a steep low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
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3s |
FH Inside Out · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand InsideOut from the Side, filmed from a side angle. His hips load in a closed position with a deep knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive up and forward through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high over his shoulder as his weight shifts onto his back foot, and he quickly drops the racquet and non-hitting hand into a ready position for the next shot.
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2.5s |
FH Moves Back · Side #10
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed longer as he loads on a bent back leg, then rotate aggressively forward as the rear leg drives up and through the shot.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #11
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #12
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on the outside leg, with a deep knee bend that drives up into contact even as his momentum carries slightly backward.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Side #13
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head sharply through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Moves Back · Side #14
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, showing clear separation between hip and shoulder rotation during the forward phase.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Side #15
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his semi-western grip creating significant wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a pronounced wrist snap through contact.
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3.2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #16
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His footwork features quick adjustment steps as he retreats and sets up in a semi-open stance, then uses a strong pivot on the outside leg to stabilize before swinging.
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3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #17
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to his hips on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, making the sequencing of torso rotation into contact very clear from this angle.
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2.2s |
FH Moves Back · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the net before uncoiling, with the trunk clearly leading the forward swing and the arm following in a sequenced kinetic chain.
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3.3s |
FH Moves Back · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see his semi-western forehand grip creating clear wrist lag on the takeback that releases into a pronounced wrist snap through contact.
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3.7s |
FH Moves Back · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high across his body as his weight shifts onto the back foot, and he quickly brings both hands back toward the racket to recover into a ready position.
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2.7s |
FH Moves Back · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His footwork features quick adjustment steps as he retreats and sets up in a semi-open stance before swinging, with a clear recovery step ready to move forward again.
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2.8s |
FH Moves Back · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. His split-step leads into a quick drop-step and retreating adjustment steps, finishing in a semi-open stance that lets him push off the outside leg back toward the court.
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3.8s |
FH Moves Back · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on the outside leg with a pronounced knee bend before driving up through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Moves Back · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from a neutral court position, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on the outside leg, with a noticeable knee bend and upward leg drive to stabilize the shot despite his backward movement.
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3.1s |
FH Moves Back · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand while moving back from the baseline, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body as his weight continues drifting backward, and he quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position with the non-hitting hand coming back toward the racket.
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3s |
FH Running · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders coil significantly away from the net during the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the trunk rotation as his lead shoulder drives through the ball while he moves laterally.
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3s |
FH Running · Side #10
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that releases into a sharp wrist snap right at contact.
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3s |
FH Running · Side #11
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. The footage clearly displays the racket dropping well below the ball before contact, with the racket face slightly closed and accelerating steeply upward to produce heavy topspin.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with the racket laid back and significant wrist lag maintained until just before contact, where the wrist firms up to drive through the ball.
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2.9s |
FH Running · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively open to the court as he sprints, with a pronounced outside-leg plant and knee bend that loads into an upward leg drive through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Running · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His hips stay slightly closed as he sprints, with a deep outside-leg bend and strong push-off that drive his body through the shot while the trail leg swings through for recovery.
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2.5s |
FH Running · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. The side view makes it easy to see his racket lag behind his hand before contact, with the racket face slightly closed and contact made just in front of his lead hip.
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3.3s |
FH Running · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western grip is clear with the racket laid back and strong wrist lag that unwinds into a pronounced wrist snap right at contact.
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3.3s |
FH Running · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side. His footwork features a quick adjustment shuffle into a wide open stance, followed by a pronounced cross-step recovery back toward the center.
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3.1s |
FH Running · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from the side. The contact point is slightly in front of his body with the racket face moderately closed, and the upward windshield-wiper swing path produces noticeable racket head speed through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Running · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees in the unit turn and then uncoil ahead of the hips, creating a noticeable whip through the trunk as he strikes on the run.
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3.1s |
FH · Arm-action · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. The side angle makes it clear how his racket head lags behind his hand before contact and then whips up on a steep low-to-high path, with the ball struck slightly in front of his lead hip.
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2.4s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. His hips load with a pronounced turn while his knees sink into a deep bend, then his legs drive upward and forward to unwind the hips aggressively into the ball.
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4.3s |
FH Short · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is paired with a compact wrist lag that quickly firms up into a stable, laid-back position just before contact.
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3.5s |
FH Short · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle, you can clearly see a semi-western grip with pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.7s |
FH Short · Side #10
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His hips load into a strong semi-open stance with noticeable knee bend before he drives upward through the legs into contact.
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2.9s |
FH Short · Side #11
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a quick split step into a semi-open stance, followed by a strong pivot on the outside leg and a small recovery step back toward the center.
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3.1s |
FH Short · Side #12
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a quick recovery step that returns him to a ready position on the baseline.
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2.9s |
FH Short · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can see a semi-western grip with pronounced wrist lag in the forward swing, followed by a strong upward wrist release through contact.
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3.9s |
FH Short · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist to chest height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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4.8s |
FH Short · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight drives into the court, and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position.
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3.8s |
FH Short · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, making the sequencing of torso rotation into contact very clear from this angle.
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3.3s |
Forehand · Short #6
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a quick adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, followed by a small recovery step that readies him for the next shot.
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2.4s |
FH Short · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. His shoulders coil well past 90 degrees relative to his hips before uncoiling, with the trunk rotation clearly initiating the forward swing before the arm whips through.
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2.3s |
FH Short · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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4.9s |
FH Short · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from the side. After contact he drives his racquet high across his body while his weight moves into the court, quickly bringing both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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3.8s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His contact is made slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a pronounced forward acceleration of the racket head through the hitting zone.
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2.7s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. His outside leg plants with a deep knee bend while his hips stay closed initially, then drive and rotate explosively into the court as he pushes off to reach the wide ball.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a quick adjustment shuffle into an open stance, with a strong push off the outside leg to reach the wide ball and a clear recovery step pattern back toward the center.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Arm-action · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the side, filmed from a side angle. After contact his follow-through wraps fully across his body as his weight continues moving toward the sideline, and he quickly re-centers his stance with both hands coming back to a ready position.
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5.3s |
FH Wide Down The Line · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His hips load deeply with noticeable knee bend before driving up through the legs into a strong rotational uncoil toward the ball.
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4.6s |
FH Wide · Side · Neutral #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His neutral stance shows a strong base with noticeable knee flex in the loading phase and a clear hip unwind driving through as he steps into the ball.
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2.9s |
FH Wide · Side · Neutral #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide neutral-stance position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see a full shoulder turn with the trunk coiling against the hips on the unit turn, then uncoiling in sequence as the shoulders lead the forward swing before the arm and racquet.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps high across his body while his weight lands on his outside leg before he pushes back toward a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the side. His semi-western grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the racquet head that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #3
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his deep knee bend on the outside leg and strong lateral push off the ground as his hips rotate aggressively toward the ball.
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2.4s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the side. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot, rotates his hips through contact, and uses a small recovery step to push back toward the center.
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2.8s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #5
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the side. His semi-western forehand grip is evident with a pronounced wrist lag on the take-back that unwinds into a strong pronation through contact.
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3.1s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #6
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from the side. His follow-through wraps fully across his body with his weight transferring onto his front leg, quickly bringing his non-hitting hand back to center as he recovers toward a ready position.
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2.3s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #7
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from the deuce side in an open stance, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist to chest height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along a low-to-high swing path.
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3.2s |
FH Wide · Side · Open #8
Marcos Baghdatis's wide forehand from an open stance, filmed from the side. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head upward through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulder line rotates significantly away from the target during the trophy phase, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds in sync with his upward drive into the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips load with a pronounced knee bend on the back leg, then drive upward as both legs extend aggressively into the court during the serve.
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2.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced front-leg drive and balanced landing that sets up an immediate split-step for the next shot.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a controlled front-foot landing that sets up a balanced push up and into the court.
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2.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and disguise.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the knee bend, then drive forward with an aggressive leg push upward into the court.
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3.6s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His 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 briefly before contact.
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2.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a pronounced knee bend, then drive upward as his legs extend to initiate the serve motion.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact his follow-through finishes high with the racquet over his front shoulder as he quickly brings both hands back toward his body to recover into a neutral ready position.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the knee bend before driving upward, with a noticeable push off the back leg to initiate hip rotation into the court.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is nearly square to the incoming ball with the contact point around waist height, and the two-handed swing drives the racket head straight through the ball before releasing upward.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk into a compact coil on the takeback, then uncoil aggressively through contact with the chest finishing square to the net.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His compact split step into a semi-open stance sets up a quick pivot and small adjustment steps that keep his weight moving diagonally into the court.
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3.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His two-handed backhand meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face and a compact, upward swing path through contact.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. He uses a compact split step into a semi-open stance and quickly plants his outside foot to drive into the return while keeping a short recovery step ready.
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3.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His compact split step into a semi-open stance sets up a quick pivot and small adjustment steps that align his body before he drives through the backhand.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high in front of his body as he steps diagonally back toward the center and quickly resets his hands into a compact ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. He uses a compact split step into a semi-open stance, then takes a small adjustment step with his outside foot before rotating into the two-handed backhand and finishing with a short recovery step toward the center.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His compact split step into a slightly open stance lets him load on his outside leg before driving forward and taking a small recovery adjustment toward the center.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. He uses a compact split step into a semi-open stance, then drives off his outside leg with a small recovery hop ready to move laterally for the next ball.
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3.7s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball taken around waist height, creating a clear downward and forward chopping path through impact.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His footwork features a rhythmic pinpoint stance with the back foot drawing up to the front foot before an aggressive upward drive off the ground.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His deep knee bend and aggressive leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with his hips uncoiling upward as he pushes off the ground.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a controlled pinpoint stance with the back foot drawing up to the front foot before an explosive upward drive into the court and a balanced landing on his front leg.
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3.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping quickly as he brings both hands back toward a compact ready position for the next shot.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the net during the trophy phase, then the trunk uncoils aggressively upward and forward in sync with the upward arm swing.
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3.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His hips load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, with the front hip opening toward the net as the back leg extends through the serve motion.
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4.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly pronated with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of his body.
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2.7s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a pinpoint stance, with the back foot drawing up to the front foot before he drives up into the serve.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His shoulder line rotates significantly away from the target during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders into contact.
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2.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His legs show a deep knee bend during the loading phase, with a strong upward leg drive that extends fully through contact as his hips uncoil toward the court.
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2.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #7
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted upward with a pronounced wrist snap, meeting the ball at full extension well above his head to create a steep, fast swing path through the ball.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #8
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip with a relaxed hand and a pronounced wrist pronation as he drives up through contact.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #9
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His hips load with a pronounced knee bend before driving upward, with the front hip leading into the court as the back leg extends aggressively into the landing.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates clear pronation through the hit.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping quickly to his side before both hands come back together in front of his body as he settles into a neutral ready position.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk coil together into a compact turn before uncoiling in sync, with the chest rotating toward the target as the tossing shoulder stays slightly higher through contact.
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2.8s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders rotate as a unit with a noticeable trunk coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with the forward swing so the chest finishes facing the net.
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3.7s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings forward into the court, helping him land balanced and recover quickly toward a neutral ready position.
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2.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk show a pronounced unit turn on the takeback, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to shoulders as he drives through the return.
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3.6s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front foot with his tossing arm dropping naturally as he brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position to recover.
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3.7s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand slice return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. After contact, his racquet finishes out in front with the non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance as he recovers toward a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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3.2s |
FH Return Slice 2nd Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand slice return of a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His compact split step into a slightly open stance is followed by a small lateral adjustment step before the slice, with a quick recovery step bringing him back toward the center.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, making the wrist snap clearly visible from behind.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lands on his front (left) foot and lets his hitting arm finish down by his left side while his non-hitting hand drops quickly back toward a neutral ready position.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lands on his front (left) foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops to help him transition quickly back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from the hips through the torso into the serving arm.
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3.3s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His compact split step into a semi-open stance and quick pivot with the outside foot set up an efficient lateral move toward the ball before he plants and swings.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he extends the racquet out toward the target while his weight continues moving into the court, then quickly brings both hands back toward his body as he resets into a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the rear. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads on a flexed front knee, then uncoil with a strong upward leg drive into the shot.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is firm with a relatively relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, making the wrist snap especially visible from behind.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulder line turns noticeably away from the court during the trophy phase, then the trunk uncoils in sync with the upward leg drive, creating a clear sequential rotation from hips to shoulders into contact.
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2.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible topspin and kick.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second-serve return from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand return uses a compact takeback with a firm, semi-closed top hand grip and minimal wrist deviation through contact, keeping the racquet face stable against the incoming serve.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His compact split step into a slightly open stance sets up a quick lateral push toward the ball, followed by a small recovery step back toward the center.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed grip is clearly visible with a firm top hand and a laid-back hitting wrist that straightens through contact for added stability on the return.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the split step with a noticeable knee bend, then his legs drive up and into the court as his hips rotate into the backhand.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of his body with a relatively closed racket face and a rising swing path through the ball.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second_serve from the deuce side, filmed from the rear. The rear angle makes it easy to see his tossing arm drop as the racket whips up into a steeply upward contact with a slightly closed strings angle just above head height.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the serve, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add spin.
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2.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From behind you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and control.
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2.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high with his weight transferring into the court, and he quickly relaxes the non-hitting hand off the racquet to start recovering toward a neutral ready position.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His two-handed grip stays compact with the top hand driving the racquet, and there is a noticeable firm wrist structure through contact with only a slight release after the ball leaves the strings.
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5.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply up the back of the ball along a pronounced low-to-high path.
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2.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate as a single unit with the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from hips to torso to shoulders into contact, making the degree of upper-body rotation easy to compare between preparation and follow-through.
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2.9s |
BH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn early as he coils the trunk on the unit turn, then the torso uncoils in sync with the forward step, keeping the hitting shoulder slightly below the non-dominant shoulder through contact.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly pronated with the strings square to the ball, meeting it at full extension well above his head to maximize racket head speed up and through the court.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible on the racket handle, and the rear view makes the upward wrist pronation through contact easy to see.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lands on his front (left) foot with his torso unwinding toward the court, and his hitting arm continues down across his body as he quickly begins to recover toward a neutral ready position.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the rear. After contact he lands on his front foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops to help him recover quickly toward a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a rhythmic rocking motion into the pinpoint stance, with a strong upward drive off the back leg and a controlled landing that keeps him balanced on the baseline for potential recovery.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the rear view makes the upward, pronated swing path and high racket head speed clearly visible.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a relaxed hand and a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that sends the strings down the target line.
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3.4s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the court before uncoiling in sequence, with the upper body rotation clearly leading the arm swing into contact.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he finishes with his racquet wrapping over his left shoulder while his weight moves into the court, quickly dropping the racquet and resetting both hands on the handle in a ready position.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. He uses a compact split-step into an open stance, then pushes off his outside leg and takes small adjustment steps to recover back toward the center after contact.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #5
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips uncoil into the court to initiate the service motion.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #6
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips stay closed to the court until just after contact, when they unwind toward the target.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lands on his front foot with his torso uncoiling toward the court, and his non-hitting hand drops back as he quickly brings the racquet down into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket moves up with a pronounced pronation at contact, with the strings slightly brushing up the back of the ball to create spin rather than a flat strike.
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3.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a compact pinpoint stance with the back foot stepping up to the front before the toss, followed by a balanced landing on his front foot that sets up an immediate split-step into the court.
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FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the court during the trophy phase, then uncoil in sequence so the torso leads the arm into contact.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's forehand slice return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn early as his trunk coils against the hips, then uncoils in a compact motion that keeps the upper body slightly closed through contact on the slice.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings through into the court, bringing him quickly into a balanced ready position for the next shot.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline in the trophy position before the trunk powerfully uncoils upward into contact.
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3.6s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and control.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Rear #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, you can clearly see his continental grip stay stable while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and control.
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FH Return Slice 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head speed through the hitting zone.
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2.9s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes around shoulder height as his weight transfers into the court and his feet quickly recover toward a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His split-step into a semi-open stance is clearly visible, followed by a quick pivot and balanced lateral recovery step along the baseline.
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2.8s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. The side angle makes it easy to see his racket drop fully into the backscratch position before driving up to contact at full extension well above his head.
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3.4s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the racket head accelerates forward on a relatively level path through the hitting zone.
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3.5s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His racket comes up to contact with a slightly closed face at a high point above his head, with noticeable racket head acceleration through the ball.
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2.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate aggressively into the court as he uncoils toward contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His two-handed grip stays compact with a stable, slightly laid-back hitting wrist that firms up just before contact to handle the incoming pace.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate aggressively into the court as he uncoils toward contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders and trunk load with an early, pronounced coil, then uncoil in a clearly sequenced motion where the hips initiate the turn followed by the torso and shoulders through contact.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first-serve return backhand from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His two-handed backhand grip stays compact with a noticeable laid-back wrist position on the dominant hand that firms up into a stable, slightly pronated wrist at contact.
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3.7s |
BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the two-handed swing driving forward through the ball on a relatively compact path.
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BH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through toward the baseline, lets his back foot come through, and quickly brings both hands back in front to reset into a compact ready position.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return on a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate early as he coils the trunk on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence from the hips through the torso, with the hitting-side shoulder finishing well through the ball.
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BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip with a relaxed hand and a pronounced wrist pronation as he drives up and through the ball.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he extends the racquet forward with a compact two-handed follow-through while his weight transfers into the court and he quickly brings both hands back toward a ready position.
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3.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #10
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His split-step is timed just before the opponent’s contact, leading into a quick pivot and semi-open stance that lets him load on the outside leg before driving into the court.
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3.4s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #11
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. From this angle, his shoulders and trunk show a pronounced early coil with the chest turning well sideways before contact and then uncoiling in sequence from hips to shoulders through the hit.
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2.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #12
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed at the start, then unwind in sync with a strong knee bend and upward leg drive that pushes his weight into the court.
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3.4s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed at contact while a strong knee bend and upward leg drive are clearly visible as he pushes off the ground into the shot.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he finishes with his two-handed follow-through high across his body while his weight transfers into the court, quickly bringing the racquet back to a neutral ready position.
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2.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. After contact he extends his two-handed follow-through toward the baseline while his weight continues moving into the court, quickly bringing both hands back in front to reset into a ready position.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above shoulder height, and the upward swing path creates a pronounced brushing action for spin.
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3.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he extends the two-handed follow-through toward the baseline while his weight carries forward into the court and his non-hitting hand helps him quickly recover toward a neutral ready position.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the ad side, filmed from the side. From this angle, his two-handed backhand grip shows a firm left-hand dominance with the wrists staying laid back through the takeback and then unhinging together through contact.
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3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His split-step into a semi-open stance is clearly visible, followed by a short lateral adjustment step that sets his weight over the outside leg before rotating into the shot.
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3.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return on a second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders and trunk form a pronounced coil on the unit turn, then uncoil in sync with his hip rotation to drive the two-handed swing through contact.
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2.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His early shoulder turn creates a pronounced trunk coil, with the torso uncoiling in sync with his arm action so the hitting shoulder rotates through contact while the non-dominant shoulder stabilizes the upper body.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His shoulders and trunk show a pronounced early coil with the chest turning well past perpendicular to the net, then an aggressive uncoil that clearly sequences from the hips through the torso into the shoulders at contact.
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3.6s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #10
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. From this angle, his two-handed grip is clearly visible with the dominant hand in a semi-western position and a firm but relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the swing before stabilizing at contact.
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2.5s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #11
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of a second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the compact two-handed swing path drives forward through the court with noticeable racket head acceleration.
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3.3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #13
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His follow-through finishes high with the racket wrapping toward his non-dominant side as he quickly regroups his feet into a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the compact swing path shows the racket head accelerating forward through the hitting zone.
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3.1s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed as he loads, with a deep knee bend and strong push off the outside leg driving him into the court through contact.
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3.8s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His split-step occurs just before the opponent’s contact, leading into a compact pivot and neutral stance with a small recovery shuffle toward the center after the swing.
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4.2s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. After contact his two-handed follow-through finishes high in front of his body as his weight transfers into the court and he quickly resets his feet toward a neutral ready position.
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3.4s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips stay closed toward the baseline until just after contact when they unwind into the court.
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2.7s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate early to load, with a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sync with his hip turn as he drives through the return.
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3s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand return of second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His hips stay relatively closed during the return load while his knees are deeply flexed, giving a clear view of how his legs drive up and forward into the shot.
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2.9s |
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #9
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His legs show a pronounced knee bend during the loading phase, with an aggressive upward leg drive that extends the hips fully into the court.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full extension, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the right side of his body.
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3.3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His continental grip stays firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct wrist snap as the racquet accelerates up and across the ball.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is firm with a relaxed wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, making the wrist snap especially clear from this viewpoint.
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3.9s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulder line rotates well past perpendicular to the baseline on the trophy phase, then his trunk uncoils aggressively upward and into the court in sync with his hitting arm.
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2.8s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His shoulder and trunk coil deeply away from the court before uncoiling in a clearly sequenced motion, with the torso rotation initiating just after leg drive and leading the arm whip up to contact.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His footwork shows a controlled platform stance with a rhythmic knee bend and upward drive, followed by a balanced landing on his front foot that sets up an efficient recovery step.
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2.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. His legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips turn aggressively into the court as he uncoils toward contact.
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2.9s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a side angle. From this view, you can see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a distinct snap just after impact.
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3.5s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the inside of the ball.
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3s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side #8
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. The racket contacts the ball at full extension well above his head with a slightly closed racket face, and the upward swing path produces noticeable racket head speed through contact.
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2.6s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His footwork into the serve uses a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a clear knee bend and upward drive off the front leg visible from this angle.
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FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he lands on his front foot with his torso unwinding into the court, his non-hitting arm dropping back as he quickly regathers into a balanced ready position for the next shot.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His 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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3.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that unrolls sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact.
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3.1s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. After contact he drives his weight into the court and finishes with his hitting arm relaxed across his body while his non-hitting arm drops back to help him rebalance into a compact ready position.
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3.2s |
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off the back leg clearly visible from this angle.
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2.9s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip stay stable on the racquet while the wrist pronates aggressively through contact to drive the serve.
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3.2s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see distinct wrist pronation through contact as the racket accelerates up and across the ball.
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2.6s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is clearly visible with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist pronation through contact as the strings brush up and across the ball.
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2.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to add spin.
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3.5s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second-serve return forehand from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His timing on the split step into a semi-open stance is clear, followed by a small adjustment step into contact and a quick recovery shuffle back toward the center.
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3.3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His hips load with a noticeable knee bend before driving up into the ball, with the rear leg pushing off strongly to initiate upward and forward motion.
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3s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. The racket contacts the ball slightly above head height with a clearly closed strings angle, and you can see the racket head accelerating upward along a steep, brushing path for heavy spin.
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4.4s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. After contact he lets his hitting arm extend fully toward the court while his back leg swings forward, bringing him into the court and into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.1s |
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His hips stay closed to the court for most of the loading phase while a deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward are clearly visible before contact.
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3.1s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips load by turning sideways with a deep knee bend on the back leg, then drive upward as both legs extend into the court during the serve motion.
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FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His deep knee bend and pronounced hip coil into the back leg are clearly visible before he drives upward into the ball.
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3.1s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. The side view makes it easy to see his racket head drop fully behind his back before accelerating up to contact at full extension well above his head, with the strings nearly square to the ball.
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3.5s |
FH Return Slice 1st Serve · Deuce · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's first serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His knees load deeply before trophy position and you can see his rear hip driving up and into the court as he pushes explosively off the ground.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. From this angle, you can clearly see his shoulders close significantly during the toss and then uncoil in sequence with the trunk rotating toward the target before contact.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a front angle. From this view you can clearly see his relaxed continental grip and the gradual wrist pronation as his arm accelerates up and through the ball.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. The racket can be seen dropping deep into the backscratch position before contact, with the strings brushing up the back of the ball to create spin at a contact point slightly above head height.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the ad court, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk coil noticeably away from the target before uncoiling in sequence, with the front view making the degree of upper-body rotation and chest reorientation toward the net especially clear.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lets his hitting arm finish across his body while his back leg swings forward, bringing him into a balanced landing and quick recovery stance.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted up with a clear upward brushing motion, and the ball is struck just above head height with noticeable racket head acceleration through the hitting zone.
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3.1s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side down the middle, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his shoulders close significantly during the trophy phase and then uncoil in sync with his trunk rotation as he drives upward into the serve.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a relaxed hand and a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that finishes with the palm facing slightly outward.
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4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his shoulders tilt and rotate as his trunk coils during the toss, then uncoils in sequence from hips through torso into the hitting arm at contact.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his 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 hit.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands inside the court with his weight moving forward and quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #5
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and you can clearly see the upward brushing motion that creates spin as the racket accelerates through the hitting zone.
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4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Front #6
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a front angle. His shoulders and trunk clearly coil away from the target before uncoiling in sync with his upward swing, with the front shoulder lifting and chest rotating toward the net as the racquet accelerates.
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3.5s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. After contact he lands on his front leg with his weight moving into the court, and his tossing arm drops quickly as he settles into a compact ready position for the next shot.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. At contact his 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 ball.
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3.8s |
Second Serve Wide · Ad · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, hit wide and filmed from the front. His deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive into the court are clearly visible as his hips uncoil toward the wide target.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. From this angle you can clearly see his shoulders stay closed longer during the toss and loading phase before the trunk uncoils aggressively up and into the court.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a front angle. His legs load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, and his hips stay relatively closed toward the baseline until just after contact.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. From this angle you can see his relaxed continental grip and a pronounced wrist pronation through contact that turns the strings toward the target.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the target during the toss, then uncoil in sequence so that the chest rotates through to face the net just after contact.
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3.4s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed through the toss and loading phase, with a noticeable knee bend and upward leg drive as he extends into the serve.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His hip drive is clearly initiated by a deep knee bend and strong leg push upward, with the front hip staying closed toward the net before uncoiling into contact.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. His footwork includes a controlled rocking motion into the stance, with a stable platform and minimal front-foot adjustment as he drives up into the toss.
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4.1s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, hit wide and filmed from the front. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced front-leg drive that brings him up and slightly toward the sideline before landing ready for recovery.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip stays relaxed through the motion, with a clear wrist pronation driving the strings through the ball just after contact.
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3.4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulder line rotates markedly away from the court during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders as he drives up to contact.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The rear view clearly shows his tossing arm extending fully upward before dropping as the racket accelerates up and across the ball, with the racket face slightly closed at contact to impart spin.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his weight drives into the court with the back leg kicking up behind him, and he quickly lands balanced and begins to bring both hands toward a neutral ready position for the next shot.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his weight moves into the court and his back leg swings through behind him, helping him land balanced and quickly organize into a ready position.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates aggressively through contact to add spin and control.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His legs load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, and his hips remain closed toward the baseline until just after contact.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed longer during the toss and knee bend, then unwind in sync with an aggressive leg drive upward into the court.
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4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a rhythmic rocking motion into the trophy position followed by a controlled front-foot pivot that keeps his stance stable through contact.
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4.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulder line turns significantly away from the court during the toss, creating a noticeable trunk coil that then unwinds in sequence from hips to shoulders as he drives up to contact.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket moves up to contact with a slightly closed face at a height just above his head, with a pronounced upward swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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3.9s |
Second Serve Wide · Ad · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, hit wide and filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is easy to see from behind, with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact to shape the wide serve.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. After contact, his hitting arm extends fully toward the target while his back leg swings forward into the court, helping him land balanced and ready for the next shot.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His feet set in a platform stance with a small right-foot adjustment before the toss, and he drives up off both legs with a clear rear-view of how his weight shifts forward into the court.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate as a unit with the trunk into a deep coil during the trophy phase, then uncoil sequentially from hips through torso to shoulder as the hitting arm comes up to contact.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head speed through the hitting zone.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket contacts the ball slightly above head height with a visibly closed face and an upward, brushing swing path that accentuates spin.
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3.5s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his 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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4s |
Second Serve Down The Middle · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The racket contacts the ball slightly above head height with a closed face and pronounced upward swing path, creating visible spin as the racket accelerates through the hitting zone.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork shows a rhythmic rocking motion into the serve with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive, finishing with a balanced landing on his front foot before a small recovery adjustment.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a rear angle. From this view you can see his relatively relaxed continental grip with a loose wrist that allows for a pronounced pronation through contact.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. The rear view makes it easy to see his tossed ball aligning slightly in front of his body with the racket dropping into a deep backscratch position before accelerating up to contact.
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4s |
Second Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, hit wide and filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders rotate significantly away from the court during the toss, creating a noticeable trunk coil that then uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders as he drives up to contact.
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3.8s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His legs load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, and his hips uncoil from a closed to more open position as he moves into the court.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small adjustment step into a platform stance before the toss, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive through the legs that is clearly visible from this angle.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His legs load with a noticeable knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate from a closed to more open position as he uncoils into the serve.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the baseline on the toss, then the trunk uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact, making the degree of upper-body rotation easy to compare between trophy position and follow-through.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips load in a coiled position with a noticeable knee bend, then uncoil upward as his legs drive through the court during the serve motion.
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4s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. His hips load by turning away from the court while the back knee stays deeply flexed, then uncoil with an upward leg drive that straightens both legs into the hit.
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2.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Body-rotation · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. After contact he rotates his upper body fully toward the court, lands on his front foot, and lets his hitting arm decelerate across his body as he settles into a compact ready position.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline in the trophy phase, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing, showing clear upper-body rotation sequencing into contact.
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3.2s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. After contact he drives his weight into the court and finishes with his hitting arm relaxed across his body while his back leg swings forward to aid recovery into a ready position.
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3.6s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. From this angle, you can clearly see his continental grip stay firm while his wrist pronates smoothly through contact to add spin and control.
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4.1s |
Second Serve · Ad · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the Ad side, filmed from the side. His footwork includes a small rhythmic rocker step into a pinpoint stance, with a pronounced knee bend and upward drive off both feet before landing slightly inside the baseline.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Ad · Toss · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the ad court, filmed from the side. His rhythmic service motion includes a pronounced knee bend into a platform stance and a controlled upward drive off the back leg, with a small hop landing that sets up his first recovery step toward the center.
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2.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His continental grip stays relaxed as his wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with a noticeable snap upward to impart spin on the serve.
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3.7s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. The racket arm motion shows a clearly pronated forearm through contact with the racket face slightly tilted forward as it moves up and across the ball.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulder line rotates from a deep coil with the tossing arm extended upward into a pronounced trunk uncoil that initiates just before arm acceleration, making the sequence of torso rotation into shoulder internal rotation easy to distinguish.
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3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the side. His footwork shows a measured platform stance with a rhythmic knee bend and clear hip and shoulder rotation driving up into the serve before landing inside the court.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Body-rotation · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His footwork shows a controlled platform stance with a deep knee bend and a pronounced front-leg drive into the court as he lands and begins his recovery.
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3.9s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulder line coils noticeably against the hips during the trophy phase, then the trunk uncoils in sync with leg drive to initiate an upward kinetic chain into the serve.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Leg-action · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from a side angle. His legs show a deep knee bend during the loading phase with noticeable upward leg drive into the court as his hips rotate into contact.
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3.1s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His feet stay grounded in a pinpoint stance through the toss, with a clear weight transfer from the back foot to the front foot as he drives up into the serve.
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3.3s |
Second Serve · Deuce · Toss · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. His shoulder line turns well past perpendicular to the baseline during the toss, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders into the contact.
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4s |
BH Slice Running · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His continental grip is clearly visible with a firm but relaxed hand, and his hitting wrist stays laid back through contact with only a subtle downward carve to keep the slice low.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Running · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the front. His shoulders stay relatively closed with the trunk slightly side-flexed, and you can clearly see the upper body uncoil laterally as he carves under the ball on the move.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Running · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. His footwork features quick adjustment steps into a slightly open stance, with his outside leg planting early to let him carve the slice while his inside leg is already preparing the recovery push back to center.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the center, filmed from the front. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, giving a low, stable base as he reaches out to carve the wide ball.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. After contact his racket finishes out in front with the hitting arm extended while his weight continues to move toward the court and his non-hitting hand starts to come back toward a neutral ready position.
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3.6s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. After contact he extends the racquet out toward the target with his upper body slightly leaning forward, then quickly brings both hands back toward his center to reset into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Front #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. His shoulders stay noticeably closed through contact as the trunk uncoils gradually, with the upper body rotation clearly leading the racquet path on the slice.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Center · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his racket finishes out in front with the left hand releasing early, and he uses small adjustment steps to recover back into a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Center · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a pronounced knee bend on the outside leg, giving a stable base as he carves under the ball.
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2.6s |
BH Slice Running · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the rear court, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders turn early with a noticeable upper-body tilt, and the trunk stays relatively stable through contact with only a small uncoil as the arm extends through the slice.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features quick adjustment steps as he moves wide to his left, finishing the slice in a slightly open stance before taking a few recovery steps back toward the center.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Running · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the Rear side, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed to the baseline while his outside knee bends deeply and the back leg trails behind, showing how he stabilizes and carves the slice while moving laterally.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Rear #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. From this view, his continental grip is evident with a relatively firm wrist that stays stable through contact, creating a consistent racket face angle through the ball.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Rear #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path traces a distinct high-to-low motion that keeps the racket head moving smoothly through the shot.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Rear #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from a rear angle. The racket face is noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path shows a pronounced high-to-low motion that creates clear backspin.
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3.5s |
BH Slice Center · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His stance stays mostly neutral with a pronounced upper-body turn, and his footwork includes a small adjustment step before planting the front foot to drive through the slice.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Center · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from center court, filmed from a side angle. The video clearly shows the racket face slightly open at contact with the ball around waist height, with a distinct downward, slightly forward swing path through impact.
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3.3s |
BH Slice Center · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the center of the court, filmed from the side. His knees stay flexed with a pronounced forward step from the front leg, while his hips remain relatively closed through contact to keep the slice low and controlled.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Running · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's running backhand slice from the side, filmed from a side angle. The racket face stays noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path moves slightly downward and forward to create underspin.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Short · Side
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from the middle of the court, filmed from the side. He sets up with a neutral stance, using small adjustment steps before planting his front foot and keeping a stable base through the slicing motion.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #1
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. His knees stay flexed with a pronounced lateral base as he moves out wide, and his hips remain relatively closed through contact to keep the upper body stable during the slicing motion.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #2
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. His continental grip is clearly visible, with a firm but relaxed wrist that stays stable through contact and only subtly releases after the ball leaves the strings.
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3.1s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #3
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. His feet set up in a slightly open stance with a pronounced lateral step out to the ball, followed by a clear recovery step pattern back toward the court.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #4
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. From this angle you can clearly see his continental grip staying firm while the hitting wrist remains laid back through the swing, with only a subtle unhinging at contact.
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3.2s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #5
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. His shoulders turn early to set the racket path, and you can clearly see the trunk staying relatively quiet with a controlled, minimal uncoil as the arm drives through the slice.
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2.9s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #6
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. After contact his racquet finishes out in front with the left hand staying back for balance as his weight transfers toward the sideline before he regroups into a ready position.
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3s |
BH Slice Wide · Side #7
Marcos Baghdatis's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the side. The racket face stays noticeably open at contact with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket travels on a distinct high-to-low path through the hitting zone.
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2.9s |
Cyprus
