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At this time, Hingis was still using a lot of flat shots, both fore and back. After she stopped winning Grand Slams, she began to use spin balls more frequently. However, her best weapon was precisely controlling her rising shots and separating them, toying with her opponent and seizing the initiative, so she shouldn't have changed. If she had continued to play aggressively like she did in her prime in 1997, she would have been better able to counter power tennis.
I agree she completely changed her technique especially on the forehand but most of all she lost all the confidence, I don’t know exactly when it happened not sure if at the end of 99 or already in the middle of 98
@stacked7476 It is true that Hingis changed to a defensive style of play, but depending on the surface and ball, it may have been possible for her to play as aggressively as she did in 1997. The match against Sharapova in Tokyo that you gave as an example was one of the more aggressive matches of her career, but it was an indoor court and the ball speed was very fast, which suited her because she is good at rising shots. On the other hand, when they played in the US two months later, she played defensively from behind the baseline. In her match against Venus, Hingis was either aggressive or defensive depending on the tournament, but on the slow surface, Venus' balls were heavy, so she had no choice but to play defensively. This is due to the change in professional tennis that continues from the time to the present, which aims to make rallies longer and make matches more interesting, and also because the evolution of rackets at that time meant that powerful hitters benefited more than weak players.
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At this time, Hingis was still using a lot of flat shots, both fore and back.
After she stopped winning Grand Slams, she began to use spin balls more frequently.
However, her best weapon was precisely controlling her rising shots and separating them, toying with her opponent and seizing the initiative, so she shouldn't have changed.
If she had continued to play aggressively like she did in her prime in 1997, she would have been better able to counter power tennis.
I agree she completely changed her technique especially on the forehand but most of all she lost all the confidence, I don’t know exactly when it happened not sure if at the end of 99 or already in the middle of 98
@stacked7476 I fully agree, I don’t understand why as well. She had good matches against Davenport as well, I remember Zurich 2000 for instance
@stacked7476 It is true that Hingis changed to a defensive style of play, but depending on the surface and ball, it may have been possible for her to play as aggressively as she did in 1997.
The match against Sharapova in Tokyo that you gave as an example was one of the more aggressive matches of her career, but it was an indoor court and the ball speed was very fast, which suited her because she is good at rising shots.
On the other hand, when they played in the US two months later, she played defensively from behind the baseline.
In her match against Venus, Hingis was either aggressive or defensive depending on the tournament, but on the slow surface, Venus' balls were heavy, so she had no choice but to play defensively.
This is due to the change in professional tennis that continues from the time to the present, which aims to make rallies longer and make matches more interesting, and also because the evolution of rackets at that time meant that powerful hitters benefited more than weak players.