Underarm serve? When all else fails against Nadal, why not?


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 24 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during the Italian Open final against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - When a respected tennis analyst suggested recently that an underarm serve could be an effective weapon in halting Rafael Nadal's annual rampage on clay most just chuckled.

The trouble is that no one seems to have come up with a better plan to the throw the Spaniard off-kilter as he eyes a record-extending 11th French Open title.

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