Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
Murray's backhand, if you look at the top 50, is about average at best. His passing forehand is good, because he hits it one way very accurately and consistently, cross court. Rarely does he go down the line with it. Outside of that, his rally forehand is generally loopy and weak, he misses too much with it when he goes for it, he doesn't have the power most top 50 guys have with it, he can be rushed with it which leads to timing errors. His forehand is a weakness for the standards of the #4 player in the world.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
The only reason Murray's forehands can be considered accurate is due to the fact he doesn't hit through it with a lot of pace. He guides them. And he has the timing to do that and succeed fairly well enough in putting it where he wants to. That doesn't make it a good shot, though.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
The only reason Murray's forehands can be considered accurate is due to the fact he doesn't hit through it with a lot of pace. He guides them. And he has the timing to do that and succeed fairly well enough in putting it where he wants to. That doesn't make it a good shot, though.
Low balls bother him. He's great at hitting hard on high balls but on low balls he can't get power behind the forehand as easily. His forehands to low slices are very average generally.
On topic, Djokovic has the better forehand. More power and can control play with it.
Murray has a better pass, especially crosscourt.
Consistency, I'd say they're about even. Murray might be slightly more consistent but on the other hand he is a slightly more defensive player than Djokovic.
Don't really know what Typhoon/Whatever is rambling about Murray's forehand being deeper. If you had to choose one attribute that separates Djokovic's game from other pros and what makes him a top player it's the deepness of his shots. Rarely do his shots drop inside the service line. Murray's forehand can drop short and the topspin is far less aggressive than Nole's making it a shot easier to attack.
Murray's forehand showed what it can be if he puts power on it. A dangerous aggressive shot.
Today it was better than Djokovic's. Most of the time it is.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
It's still pretty obvious Nole has the better overall forehand. But Nole struggles somewhat with low balls with the forehand, forehand return and the DTL forehand. Murray, on the other hand, has no real consistent strength with his forehand outside of the cross-court pass. His forehand was picked on by Nadal and he made quite a few errors with it at critical times. It's one of the weakest basic shots of the top 5 players and a huge obstacle in his attempts to win big matches over Fedal.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
It's the weaker shot for both guys, but I think Djokovic's is better. Murray can't/won't consistently go down the line with it. Today against Nadal was just another example-there were so many points when the down the line was OPEN and Murray just spun his forehand cross court over and over again. Djokovic has times when his forehand can go totally off, but at least he is capable of thumping the ball crosscourt and down the line. Murray is the only guy in the top 10 who doesn't have the down the line forehand weapon.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
The AO final was a clear demonstration of how much better Djokovic's forehand is. His FH DTL, inside-out FH and inside-in FH are all weapons, and are all shots that Murray can't seem to consistently execute, hence he goes crosscourt most of the time (as has been pointed out already). Even there Djokovic is better, he generally gets more power and spin on his CC FH than Murray.
The only scenario in which Murray seems to be consistently offensive with his forehand is when he gets a weak reply from a (first) serve, and even then the opportunities are few and far between because of his relatively low 1s%.
The AO final was a clear demonstration of how much better Djokovic's forehand is. His FH DTL, inside-out FH and inside-in FH are all weapons, and are all shots that Murray can't seem to consistently execute, hence he goes crosscourt most of the time (as has been pointed out already). Even there Djokovic is better, he generally gets more power and spin on his CC FH than Murray.
The only scenario in which Murray seems to be consistently offensive with his forehand is when he gets a weak reply from a (first) serve, and even then the opportunities are few and far between because of his relatively low 1s%.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
This is a joke, right? Djokovic by far. His forehand is actually better than what people actually make out of it, just I guess his backhand overshadows it.
This is a joke, right? Djokovic by far. His forehand is actually better than what people actually make out of it, just I guess his backhand overshadows it.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
Irreal poll because Djokovic is one of the most popular player and Murray is hated. I think because he is ugly or I don't know, I like Murray.
I vote for Murray.
Irreal poll because Djokovic is one of the most popular player and Murray is hated. I think because he is ugly or I don't know, I like Murray.
I vote for Murray.
Re: Who Has The Better Forehand? Murray or Djokovic?
seriously murray's forehand is laughably bad, he is one of the few players on the mens tour who sometimes like to run around forehands to hit backhands :haha:
seriously murray's forehand is laughably bad, he is one of the few players on the mens tour who sometimes like to run around forehands to hit backhands :haha:
I have to admit I did think Murray had a better BH at one point and a better serve, but now I'm seriously questioning both as well as the other parts of their game. :shrug:
I have to admit I did think Murray had a better BH at one point and a better serve, but now I'm seriously questioning both as well as the other parts of their game. :shrug:
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