Stefanos Tsitsipas and Serena Williams are among the most popular players on the tours and they also have the luxury of getting the expertise of one of the biggest gurus in tennis: Patrick Mouratoglou.
Mouratoglou is the head coach of Serena Williams, but he is also the owner of a very popular tennis academy in the south of France. Many top players are using the services of Mouratoglou’s academy and Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of them.
Tsitsipas return on serve
Sometimes, Mouratoglou loves coaching Stefanos and he posted a very interesting video about a training aimed at improving Tsitsipas’ backhand return. That is often a weak area for players having a one-handed backhand.
Patrick also gave the following tips:
- No backswing, just turn your shoulders
- Drive the ball, don’t hit it
- Move your body weight in the direction where you want to hit
Working on @steftsitsipas' first serve return last week at the @MouratoglouAcad.
A few tips:
• No backswing, just turn your shoulders
• Drive the ball, don’t hit it
• Move your body weight in the direction where you want to hit pic.twitter.com/GDZN9GyAjJ— Patrick Mouratoglou (@pmouratoglou) March 1, 2021
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021
Ranked world no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 19th of February when he lost to Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
This season the Greek has managed to achieve a composed 6-1 record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s latest run at the Australian Open was the best achievement of his season.
Serena Williams in 2021
Now ranked no.7, the American played her last match on the 18th of February when she lost to Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
This season Serena Williams has a compiled 8-1 record. Serena Williams’s most significant achievement of the present year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
