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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Three easy fixes to Shapo's game:
1) Take some speed off the first serve to make more first serves - Sure, the number of aces will come down, but it will also reduce the number of double faults
2) Bring bigger margins into his game - He has more than enough power off both wings to put players on defense, no need to paint lines and play low percentage tennis
3) Improved shot selection - This is related to number 2 in that he needs to be more patient and work the rally until he gets a short ball. Unless a drop shot is perfect, Gaston has too much speed and will get to it and hit an easy winner. Keep him behind the baseline and wait for the short ball opportunity to pounce.
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After reading a lot of Hugh Clarke over the past couple years, I wonder if he’s just let his technique slide into mechanically unsound territory, and the above can’t even happen without rebuilding his strokes. I don’t want Felix to fall into this type of hole either but the serve and routine groundstroke unreliability has to be something more than just mental.