Nadia Petrova
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Nadia Petrova

Russia
Active Retired #3 career high 13 titles Right-handed Two-Handed BH 180cm
Powerful, athletic player with strong groundstrokes from both wings. Aggressive baseliner with a big serve and solid all-court game.

Video Library (39 videos)

Name FPS Duration
BH Wide · Front · Open @0211805 Nadia Petrova's backhand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the front. Her two-handed grip is firm with the non-dominant hand driving the racquet, and there is a noticeable laid-back wrist angle that straightens through contact for added racquet head speed.
9.7s
BH Center · Rear · Open @0202902 Nadia Petrova's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her open stance is paired with a small adjustment hop and a quick pivot of the outside foot before she drives through the shot and uses a couple of lateral recovery steps to re-center.
10.2s
BH Inside In · Rear @0213701 Nadia Petrova's backhand InsideIn from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her shoulders and trunk load with a deep coil against the hips before uncoiling in sequence, with the upper body rotation clearly driving the racquet through the InsideIn line.
12.3s
BH Inside Out · Rear @0212729 Nadia Petrova's backhand InsideOut from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. Her two-handed backhand contact is struck slightly in front of her body with a closed racket face and a steep upward swing path, producing heavy topspin.
9s
BH Center · Arm-action · Side @0203923 Nadia Petrova's backhand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through finishes high with the non-hitting arm counterbalancing behind her, and she quickly regains a neutral stance ready for the next shot.
11.5s
BH Center · Side · Neutral @0205206 Nadia Petrova's backhand from the center of the court in a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her knees are deeply flexed during the loading phase, with strong leg drive forward as her hips stay relatively closed before uncoiling into contact.
12.6s
BH Center · Side · Open @0201829 Nadia Petrova's backhand from the center of the court in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively open to the net while her knees load deeply, with a strong upward leg drive initiating the forward swing.
10s
BH Moves Back · Side @0214912 Nadia Petrova's backhand while moving back from a neutral baseline position, filmed from the side. Her two-handed backhand contact is made slightly in front of her body with the racket face close to vertical, and the swing path drives forward through the ball with noticeable racket head speed.
15.4s
BH Wide · Side · Neutral @0210502 Nadia Petrova's backhand from a neutral stance on a wide ball, filmed from the side. Her hips stay relatively closed through the load with a deep knee bend, then drive forward as her legs extend to push her body into the court.
12.6s
First Serve · Ad · Front @0230201 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk coil strongly away from the target before uncoiling in a pronounced rotational sequence that brings the hitting shoulder through ahead of the hips.
12.4s
First Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Front @0231514 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from the front. Her follow-through drives her weight into the court with her back leg kicking up behind and then stepping through to recover toward a balanced ready position.
17.1s
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Front @0221805 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the deuce side, hit wide and filmed from the front. From this angle you can see her continental grip stay firm while her wrist pronates aggressively through contact, with the racquet face turning outward as she drives the serve wide.
13.6s
First Serve · Ad · Rear @0233225 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. Her legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and her hips stay closed to the court baseline until just before contact when they rotate aggressively into the court.
15.2s
First Serve Wide · Deuce · Rear @0224621 Nadia Petrova's first serve wide from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her follow-through carries her hitting arm across her body while her weight lands on her front foot, quickly bringing both hands back to a neutral ready position for the next shot.
15.2s
First Serve · Deuce · Arm-action · Side @0223127 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the side. Her footwork shows a controlled platform stance with a small, balanced knee bend and minimal front-foot adjustment before driving up into the ball.
13.6s
FH Center · Front · Open @0180609 Nadia Petrova's forehand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from the front. Her 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 chest rotation toward the target.
9.8s
FH Wide · Front · Open @0181604 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from the front. After contact she finishes with a high across-the-body follow-through while her non-hitting hand opens out for balance before she regroups into a ready position.
10.3s
FH Wide · Front · Open #001 Nadia Petrova's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from the front. Her open stance shows strong hip coil against a wide base, with deep knee flexion and an aggressive leg drive into the shot.
10.3s
FH Wide · Front · Open #002 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her open stance shows strong knee flexion on the outside leg and aggressive hip rotation toward the court as she drives through the ball.
10.3s
FH Running · Rear @0185807 Nadia Petrova's running forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she lets her racquet wrap high over her left shoulder while her non-hitting arm extends back for balance before she re-loads into a ready position.
12.2s
FH Center · Arm-action · Side @0183512 Nadia Petrova's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is evident in the strong wrist lag on the takeback that unwinds into a pronounced, late wrist release through contact.
9.4s
FH Center · Side · Neutral @0175514 Nadia Petrova's forehand from the center of the court in neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her follow-through finishes high across her body with her weight transferring forward into the court as she quickly brings both hands back toward a ready position.
10.7s
FH Center · Side · Open @0182614 Nadia Petrova's forehand from the center of the baseline in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her feet stay wide with a strong load on the outside leg before she uncoils, and she uses a small recovery hop to re-center after contact.
8.9s
FH Inside In · Side @0193703 Nadia Petrova's forehand Inside-In from the baseline, filmed from the side. The side angle makes it clear that she strikes the ball slightly in front of her lead hip with a moderately closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates rapidly through contact.
12.9s
FH Inside Out · Side @0191016 Nadia Petrova's forehand from an inside-out position, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a pronounced upper-body coil against the hips, then uncoil in sequence as the trunk rotates through contact, making the separation between torso and pelvis clearly visible.
14.8s
FH Short · Side · Neutral @0195002 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her shoulders rotate well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk leading the arm swing for a strong kinetic chain through contact.
11.5s
FH Short · Side · Neutral #001 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a neutral stance at center court, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a pronounced coil against the hips before contact, then the trunk uncoils in a clearly sequenced rotation that drives the arm through the ball.
11.5s
FH Short · Side · Neutral #002 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a neutral stance, filmed from the side. Her semi-western grip is clear in the way the racket face closes slightly at the bottom of the swing, with noticeable wrist lag that unloads into a firm, stable wrist at contact.
11.5s
FH Wide · Side · Open @0184427 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a wide position on the baseline, filmed from the side. Her follow-through finishes high across her body as her weight transfers into the court and she quickly brings both hands back toward a neutral ready position.
10.7s
FH Wide · Side · Open #001 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the side. The side view makes it clear that she meets the ball slightly in front of her hip with a closed racket face and a steep low-to-high swing path accelerating the racket head through contact.
10.7s
FH Wide · Side · Open #002 Nadia Petrova's forehand from a wide position in an open stance, filmed from the side. Her shoulders load with a pronounced coil against the hips before uncoiling through contact, making the trunk rotation and sequencing from torso to arm very clear from this angle.
10.7s
BH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front @0250225 Nadia Petrova's second serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her shoulders and trunk rotate together as a unit during the toss and loading phase, then uncoil sequentially from the hips through the torso to the hitting shoulder just before contact.
16.7s
FH Return 1st Serve · Deuce · Front @0251917 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the deuce side, filmed from the front. Her footwork includes a small front-foot adjustment into a pinpoint stance before driving up, with a clear landing well inside the court that sets up her recovery.
9s
FH Return 2nd Serve · Deuce · Front @0244520 Nadia Petrova's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. At contact her racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates visible racket head acceleration through the hit.
16.8s
BH Return 2nd Serve · Ad · Rear @0255310 Nadia Petrova's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact she drives her weight into the court and finishes with her tossing arm dropping quickly as she settles into a compact ready position for the next shot.
11.1s
FH Return 1st Serve · Ad · Side @0243404 Nadia Petrova's first serve from the Ad side, filmed from a side angle. Her deep knee bend and strong leg drive upward into the ball are clearly visible, with her hips extending fully as she pushes off the ground.
11.5s
Second Serve · Deuce · Front @0240504 Nadia Petrova's second serve from the deuce court, filmed from the front. Her feet show a pronounced knee bend with a pinpoint stance, and you can clearly see her driving up off the back foot into the court as she lands on her front foot to recover.
14.1s
Second Serve · Ad · Leg-action · Side @0234809 Nadia Petrova's second serve from the Ad court, filmed from the side. Her deep knee bend and strong upward leg drive into the court are clearly visible, with her hips uncoiling aggressively toward the target as she pushes off the ground.
16.1s
BH Slice Wide · Front @0220502 Nadia Petrova's backhand slice from a wide position, filmed from the front. Her continental grip is clearly visible, with a firm but relaxed wrist that stays stable through contact before slightly releasing downward through the follow-through.
12.1s

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