Garbine Muguruza – 1st service 3.0
Garbine Muguruza (*1993 / ESP) made her definitive breakthrough in 2016 when she captured the French Open title and thus her first Grand Slam crown. With that, she confirmed that her 2015 Wimbledon finals were not just a one-time strong showing. Tall Garbine (182 cm / 6’0”) can consider her service as one of her weapons and she can hit on a good day (which is not always) a significant amount of aces. The photos from her practice during the 2015 US.Open show that Garbine well fulfills the requirements of the Service 3.0. Her service belongs (mainly on her good days) to the best and technically cleanest on the WTA tour. One of the decisive aspects is the practically perfect targeted pronation. The rather limited upper body coiling might lead to a bit limited stability on the days when her timing is not perfect.
Garbine Muguruza (*1993 / ESP) – 1st service 3.0 in practice – 1 of 4 – start with a wide base, the toss is slightly ahead of the racket takeback – 2015 US.Open – New York / USA – August 2015
Garbine Muguruza (*1993 / ESP) – 1st service 3.0 in practice – 2 of 4 – impact with a good extension and an excellent eye control – 2015 US.Open – New York / USA – August 2015
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 3 of 4 – end of follow through 1 = targeted pronation – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 4 of 4 – follow through 2 = relaxation combined with the entry into the court – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 1 of 5 – start in a comfortable wide stance – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 2 of 5 – toss / backswing combined with the pull of the right foot for a push-off from a pinpoint stance, a rather limited upper body coiling might be the reason for slightly limited stability on day to day basis – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 3 of 5 – push-off and start of a rapid racket motion upwards towards the impact, eyes are perfectly focused, the racket is well lined-up – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 4 of 5 – follow through 1 = targeted pronation – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 5 of 5 – follow through 2 = relaxation – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 1 of 2 – impact with a perfect eye control – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 1 of 2 – end of follow through 1 – targeted pronation, the right palm is still facing to the outside – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*93 / ESP) – 1st service in practice – 1 of 1 – follow through 1 – targeted pronation – 2015 US.Open – NYC
Garbine Muguruza (*1993 / ESP) – 1st service 3.0 in practice – 1 of 1 – follow through 1 – perfect body energy unloading over a very well targeted long-axis pronation – 2015 US Open – New York / USA – August 2015
This article covers certain aspects of Garbine Mururuza’s Service 3.0 and Service 3.0 in general only! It is not intended as a complete stroke analysis. Further extensive photo galleries and more distinct details about her Service 3.0 and other strokes as well as about the strokes of other players over the time are available upon a qualified request at drmgb11(at)gmail.com. Some significant details of this kind, necessary for the peak performance in modern tennis as well as for a sustainable tennis training/development in general, are being discussed also in the seminar “TENNIS 3.0 – Future of the Game”, which is available worldwide upon request – www.tennis30.com / www.tennis30.cz
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