ATP Finals

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Just in time stroke...I thought that you had gone to sleep at the wheel. TNT. Thiem and Tsitsipas. Two of the better one handed backhands in the game yet neither are extremely adept in the use of the slice. I wonder why not?

That's an interesting question about their slice bh's. Obviously not anywhere close to Fed quality, but not even nearly as good as Stan's or Gasquet's. That is a bit unusual for 2 such good players with such high quality one handed topspin backhands. Another player that had a splendid slice backhand was your ol favorite Tomic(and I am being serious about his slice backhand). But for that matter, I do not think Novak or Rafa has a particularly good slice backhand. I guess I would say there is not a top shelf slice backhand in this group of 8 players.

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Just in time stroke...I thought that you had gone to sleep at the wheel. TNT. Thiem and Tsitsipas. Two of the better one handed backhands in the game yet neither are extremely adept in the use of the slice. I wonder why not?

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Ist up today Thiem vs Tsitsipas. Later today, Rublev vs Nadal. I would pick Stef and Rublev. Oddsmakers have Thiem/Tsitsipas as a virtual pick 'em. Nadal of course slight favorite over Rublev.