00:00 I don't believe that there won't be any champion in the future with one hand backhand.
00:04 For the first time there won't be any top 10 with one hand backhand.
00:10 And I think it shocks people. I think it makes sense.
00:19 I'm not saying that there won't be any other ever.
00:22 I think definitely Griswold can come back to the top 10. He's very close.
00:25 And also Stefanos is out of the top 10 for the first time in 5 years.
00:29 He'll be back. I'm sure also about it.
00:31 But it's just a message still that we need to hear that in today's tennis to have a one hand backhand makes it more difficult.
00:37 And it's already so difficult to reach the top of that game.
00:41 When you put yourself in a situation where it's more difficult because of one hand backhand,
00:46 then the chances to go to the top are lower.
00:49 It doesn't mean that it's impossible. Of course it's not. But it's more difficult.
00:53 Roger won 20 Grand Slams with a one hand backhand.
00:56 Stanislav Rinka won 3 lately also. So it is possible.
00:59 But it's more difficult. It's more difficult to return for sure.
01:02 It's more difficult to counterpunch with one hand.
01:05 And today's game, the serves are huge. People play fast from the baseline, deep.
01:10 So you're often on the back foot and it's not that easy to be able to use the pace when you have a one hand backhand.
01:16 It's much easier with two hands. So that's why it's so difficult.
01:19 So I think we'll see less one hand backhand in the future.
01:22 But I'm sure that there will be here and there big champions with one hand backhand.
01:26 I don't believe that there won't be any champions in the future with one hand backhand.
01:29 People love to see that. They love to say, "Oh, that's the end of an era and it's a new era."
01:33 And every time they say that, it's wrong.
01:36 When Martin Athingis was number one, it was the end of the era of this player who played flat on both sides.
01:41 Now it's the era of the smart players who play tactical.
01:44 And then the Williams come and they become number one.
01:46 Both of them, and oh, it's all about power. If you don't have power, you can't reach the top.
01:50 You have to be big and powerful. And then Justin Henin becomes number one in the world,
01:54 being small and not powerful, but with many other qualities.
01:57 So I don't believe in end of eras. I believe in diversity in tennis.
02:01 Everything is possible for anyone with his qualities.
02:04 And you can reach the top with one hand backhand, but it's more difficult.
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