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Interesting to watch...

Thanks for posting CM. There are a couple of things about William's game that I enjoy watching, as they are tactics I employ, albeit I am sure at a lesser level and for different reasons. Firstly his serves are quite distinctive, especially the short tomahawk that I have used a lot of late. Secondly, he often serves from a central-ish position, as opposed to the fh dominant fh serve from backhand corner. This is also something I often do to mix things up, as I find opponents not so used to it. WH is, of course, light years better than me but interesting to see tactics that also work for lesser mortals.

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Timo Boll ALC ST
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Yes, WH is certainly not your standard style world class attacker and for that reason alone is always enjoyable/interesting to watch. His FH lacks power but he makes up for it with a great BH, excellent tactical sense, good economy, and an original and intelligent approach to the game. I heard he is now in the top 100. Pity he didn't beat Samsonov in the Olympics (I think he was 4-0 up in the 7th) as he would presumably would have been ranked a good deal higher.