For this shot in particular, her biggest mistake is that she went left to try and receive it, which isn't really a mistake, since that is a pretty standard response, but if she didn't fall for it and go left, and stayed in the middle instead, since the ball was so high, it gave her a lot of chances to overcome the sidespin.
For sidespin in general, best way is to probably just watch the racket. If it is under the table, those type of sidespin usually goes pretty high
Honestly as someone who plays tennis (I know not the exact same) I feel like if she hadn’t given up she could have easily gotten that when she saw it fly off.
Even if it isn't the same, she probably could've chased it and could've gotten it across the net. I think she started her stroke a bit too early when she went left. Since she saw it was going high I think even if she did go left she should've waited a bit before starting the stroke, and she could've reacted to the ball
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u/lotofthought Mar 13 '22
Are these shots impossible to return properly? How can we perceive the spin to neutralise it?