Tennis has changed forever. If you watch the 1980 Wimbledon final between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, practically every point was a race to the net. Today, if you watch Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner battle in a Grand Slam final, the serve and volley is almost completely dead.
So what happened?
In this video, we dive deep into the unseen evolution of modern tennis. We explore how the shift from heavy wooden frames to graphite racquets changed the geometry of the court, and how the invention of polyester string like Luxilon's big banger - gave players like Rafael Nadal the ability to hit with physics breaking topspin.
From the serve and volley era of the 80s, through the baseline dominance of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. All the way to the complete, modern super athletes like Alcaraz and Sinner, we break down exactly how technology, movement and training killed the net game and turned tennis into a baseline war.
0:00 - The Death of Serve & Volley
1:13 - How Tennis Used to be Played
2:03 - The Racquet Revolution (Wood to Graphite)
2:41 - The String That Broke Tennis (Polyester)
3:44 - Nadal & The Topspin Era
4:25 - Building the Modern Super-Athlete
6:38 - What is the Next Evolution of Tennis?
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