You should attack their backhand, right?

Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP Tour Finals by using a counterintuitive strategy. Djokovic won all 12 of his T serves in the deuce court, and on 5 of those points he attacked Alcaraz's forehand with the next shot, instead of his backhand, which is what conventional wisdom would tell you is the smarter play.

[@davidmartin4812]

cant wait to overthink about this next time im on court 😁

[@user-eb6xi5ch9d]

Hahah and gain nothing out of it anyway. Gotta keep those traditions working

[@kostekyourmom9274]

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[@fuzzyyellowballs]

Thanks appreciate that! 👊

[@ReidVV]

OK, so stats, right? But why are more errors hit from the back corner of the deuce court position? What makes this happen?

[@jimmyjoe1591]

He explained it. They are off balance more on that side so it lowers the success rate.

[@sergiosimbula]

Plus we tend to overhit our forehand (go for to much) especially on the run.

[@michaelthorpe1869]

thought it was more winners were hit from the add side than the duce side, not neccessary errors

[@tradingmetamorphosis7197]

This is nothing new
Novak did the same to Roger for over a decade
Attacking the forehand

[@Steveo47dog]

Your assuming pro tactics translate to 4.5 level players and below.🤷‍♂️