Nadal's Lefty Inside Out Topspin Forehand

Watch Out For Rafael Nadal's Lefty Inside Out Topspin Forehand At The French Open

The tennis world is abuzz with excitement now that Roger Federer has beaten Rafael Nadal on clay --finally. And, just on the eve of the ultimate clay court tournament -- the French Open!

All the Federer fans were shivering with exctasy as they watched Rog take apart Nadal 6-0 in the third last week in Hamburg.

But, I'm warning all Fed fans right now -- Beware of Nadal's lefty inside out forehand.

You see, Rafa hadn't lost in three years on clay --that's unbelievable when you think about it. And, when you haven't lost in three years, you start to think that you don't have to do anything special. Just play high percentage tennis and you're bound to win.

Nadal's version of high percentage tennis is to hit heavily topspinned crosscourt forehands to his righty opponents. Well, after three years of getting their hats handed to them, guys are starting to figure Rafa out and they're overplaying his favorite shot. They're anticipating the crosscourt forehand, moving in, taking it early , and returning hard and flat. This pattern is giving Nadal a lot of trouble.

Davydenko almost beat him recently, Hewitt almost beat him, and Federer did beat him.

Well, I'm here to tell you not to get too cocky. Nadal is about to unleash his inside out forehand.

The beauty of Nadal's inside out forehand is that it makes righties ( like Federer, Davydenko, and Hewitt) have to cover the forehand side of the court. They can't cheat as much to the backhand side since at any moment Nadal can unleash that lethal lefty inside out forehand stroke.

Then, when he's pulled them wide to the forehand side, he can pummel them with his crosscourt topspin forehand to their backhand corner. They won't be able to hit it on the rise anymore and then they'll be at Nadal's mercy.

So, look out for Nadal's inside out lefty topspin forehand at the French Open starting tomorrow --the world's greatest clay court tournament.

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