Nastase's serve today...

[stotty]

Did you ever see Nastase play live, Phil? The man was a genius. It was uncanny the things he could do. He could bend his backhand. Plenty of players can bend their forehands but Nasty is the only player i've seen who could bend his backhand. He's the most talented player I have ever seen. You had to see him live to appreciate just how talented he was.

[gzhpcu]

He had this drop....

[stotty]

Still doesn't show enough, Phil. The bottom of the drop happens very quickly, in a millisecond. I've filmed lots of players who didn't seem to have a good racket drop, but it turned out they did on the slow-mo replay.

You may well be right, though. But one thing TP has shown me is that things aren't always as they seem when you slow things down and take a good look.

I saw Nasty at Wimbledon in his 50s (or maybe late 40s) hit a 120mph serve.

[gzhpcu]

Nasty had a good serve in his day. Don't think the clip is that revealing re the racket drop. I froze the clip best I could at the vital moment and it didn't seem that far off to me.

He had a very good drop in his day, but not now....

I froze the clip...

[stotty]

Nasty had a good serve in his day. Don't think the clip is that revealing re the racket drop. I froze the clip best I could at the vital moment and it didn't seem that far off to me.

[gzhpcu]

Found this video of Nastase serving...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzy2ZIfOt6I

His racket drop is no longer that great either...

to be clear: this is a recent video of his serve....