Underarm serving

El Dude

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I don't know what to say. That might work on the Futures, even Challenger, circuit, but ATP? Even a top 50-100 would hammer those. Imagine what Rafa would do.

A fun gimmick, but it won't play in the adult world of tennis.
 

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The Chang one against Lendl was pretty memorable. Chang did just about everything he did to unsettle Lendl in that match - moonballing, standing right up to the box on receiving serve... anything to unsettle Ivan, and it worked.
 

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I've seen McDonald play. He has a regular serve. He must have been suffering from a shoulder injury that day.

I do think throwing in an underarm serve once in a while could work on the WTA.
 

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Cuevas threw an underarm serve this year on championship point (and won).
 
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