Semi-Western Forehand GripSEMI-WESTERN FOREHAND GRIP Moving your knuckle one more bevel clockwise (counterclockwise for lefties) from the Eastern forehand grip puts you in a semi-Western grip.

I know we’ve covered some extreme grips so far, but the Fritz forehand is about to set a record. Remember our discussion on Iga Swiatek’s world-class Western grip forehand? What if I told you ...

Take a look above at the forehand of Karen Khachanov. Notice his odd wrist contortion and that his hand is completely under the racket handle at contact. Khachanov is using a Western grip ...

With the pancake grip, you defend your chicken wing with your forehand instead of your backhand, allowing for a powerful counterattack rather than a weak defensive shot. The Western-style pancake ...

More experienced players adopt a more advanced forehand grip known as the semi-western. It is the grip adopted by most of the professionals on the tennis tour because it is the best way to add top ...

Modern rackets and strings enabled players to hit stronger backhands, while the desire to further amp up the forehand has led most players to more extreme Western grips, he said. (The Semi-Western ...